Three MSUM mass communication students are honored nationally

Three Minnesota State University Moorhead mass communication majors, Lane Zyvoloski, Sauk Rapids, Minn., Bryce Haugen, Moorhead, Minn., and Kaitlyn Teske, Fargo, N.D., were honored nationally by the Society of Professional Journalist’s 2012 Mark of Excellence Awards. Senior, Zyvoloski, won a national award for Online Feature Reporting from a medium-sized school for her “Being Queen: Life in Drag” story she wrote […]

Economics majors in graduate programs

Six Economics majors are enrolled in graduate programs. From the class of 2013: Rachel Hettich – Purdue University, Applied Economics Anthony Lau – University of Minnesota, Regional Planning Ryan Daly – NDSU, Applied Economics Nick Enger – MSUM, Finance and Accounting

MSUM graduate credits teachers with boost to academic excellence

By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM MOORHEAD – In just a few short years, the arc of Joshua Gates’ academic life has gone from meh to marvelous. Gates’ identity at Mayville (N.D.) High School was as a football, basketball, track and baseball standout. But that didn’t transfer to the classroom. He had a 2.5 grade-point average and was 47th out of a […]

MSUM is turning musician’s dreams into reality

By: Kay Cooley, WDAY Watch the video here. Fargo, ND (WDAY TV)– Most musicians hoping to make it big can only dream of one day signing with a record label. But a student run group at MSUM is turning that dream into a reality for local musicians. Behind the books and hours of studying. Lies a group thats turning the […]

CSIS students take second place at MICS Programming Contest

Several Computer Science students attended the Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium held at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. While there they competed against 45 teams from universities across the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains states. The teams were given seven difficult problems and three hours in which to solve them. The team of Ashraf Kamel, Joseph Nosie, and Dan […]