The Art of Giving (TAG) — North Dakota’s largest art exhibition and sale — returned to the Grand Forks Curling Club this year on September 25th. Since its inception, TAG has sold over $2.3 million in artwork and donated more than $575,000 to local charities, including the Grand Forks Children’s Museum. Dozens of MSUM School of Art faculty, alumni, and […]
The MSUM Planetarium recently celebrated the completion of another month-long series of programs for West Fargo Public Schools! Over the course of the month, more than 1,000 fifth graders joined us for two shows each day. Years of development and fine-tuning have gone into creating a program specifically for this grade level, making each visit an opportunity to bring classroom […]
This summer, Jacob Hammer, a junior in Fargo Public Schools, completed an internship with Sara Schultz at the Minnesota State Moorhead Planetarium, culminating in the creation and presentation of a public planetarium show about NASA’s newly launched Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Throughout the internship, Hammer immersed himself in the science behind one of NASA’s most anticipated space missions while […]
Sara K. Schultz, Planetarium Director, brought a U.S. perspective to an international stage at the International Planetarium Society conference in the session “Japan Meets LIPS.” A regular contributor to and practitioner of the Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS), Schultz represented American approaches to live, audience-driven planetarium programming, demonstrating techniques that prioritize real-time dialogue, adaptability, and immersive storytelling. Presenting to an […]
The first two sessions of this summer’s College for Kids and Teens (CFKT) are officially in the books, bringing a vibrant energy to campus over the last few weeks. As of early June, enrollment data reflects a highly successful launch, with more than 800 individual students registered across 1,750+ class sessions. Thank you to the many faculty, staff, and student […]