Eight advanced Art Education students gained valuable work experience serving as jurors for the MN State Section 6 Visual Arts Exhibition in New York Mills this spring. Students juried work in their areas of expertise over 10 media categories. Over 200 works were juried for awards with finalists selected to move on to the State-wide Finals Competition.
Archaeology student scholars win the Council for Minnesota Archaeology Undergraduate Poster Prize for their poster presentation on the importance of community collaboration. Their poster, titled “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: The Importance of Collaboration Between Archaeologists and Indigenous Communities,” details collaborative and volunteer work completed at the request of the Tribal Historic Preservation Office of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
The MSUM Planetarium’s annual Romance Under the Stars were performed to sold-out crowds on Valentine’s Day. The Planetarium hosted four back-to-back shows on Friday night. A student developed and presented show, Romance has been an annual tradition for going on 10 years. This year saw the addition of a collaboration with the Oceanarium for Romance Under the Sea. This special […]
In the first semester of the Elevating Early Childhood Special Education Grant, $30,000 of support was given to 12 students. This grant provides funding for students seeking licensure in Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE), offering up to 6 credits of tuition support to help combat the shortage of licensed ECSE teachers in Minnesota. “When I learned this might be an […]
Sara Schultz, PhD, director of the planetarium presented four talks/workshops during the recent Great Lakes Planetarium Assn (GLPA) annual conference. She presented with two of her students, Cassie Ishaug and Emily Watson. Schultz, as the elected Inclusion & Outreach officer for GLPA, presented on a program to encourage pre-career students interested in the planetarium field as a potential career path […]