Nibbe gift allows undergraduate travel to literacy conference

Four Moorhead education students recently attended The Reading League Annual Conference, Oct. 8-10 in Chicago. This opportunity was made possible thanks to the Nibbe Family Foundation’s recent gift to the university’s School of Teaching and Learning. One earmark of the $5.5 million donation is creating more opportunities for students to attend professional conferences. Attending this conference were Averie Burmeister, Sierra […]

Four Physics Students Attend and Present at National Planetarium Conference

Physics undergraduate students, Marah (MJ) West, Jacob Mailhot, Rollin Lasseter, and Hannah Crumby attended the Great Lakes Planetarium Association annual conference Oct 7-11th. They presented on an array of topics from their work in the planetarium, including summer camp development and social media marketing. The students represented Minnesota State Moorhead well and garnered praise for their professional presentation and interest […]

Archaeology Alum Wins Paper Competition

Please join me in a hearty congratulations for Spring 2025 Anthropology graduate Reid Haugen, who has won the Jeanette E. Stephens Student Paper Award sponsored by the Illinois Archaeology Survey. His paper titled “Resistance Isn’t Always Futile: Electrical Resistivity at Historic Nauvoo” draws on geophysical methods, specifically electrical resistivity, to explore buried architectural features at a site of deep historical […]

Digital Media Management Major Natalie Berg named “Miss Moorhead”

Minnesota State Moorhead student Natalie Berg, a Digital Media Management major, has been named Miss Moorhead 2026. The honor recognizes her talent, communication skills, and commitment to service, placing her among a select group of young women who represent their communities with excellence. As Miss Moorhead, Natalie will serve as a community ambassador, making appearances at local events and preparing […]

Registered nurse earns MHA and MSN while working in the operating room

Originally from South Korea, Seon Lee is a full-time RN at Essentia Health and a dual-degree graduate student at Moorhead. He recently completed his Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) and is finalizing his Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) this fall. “As a nurse, we often just focus on patient care,” Seon says. “But now I understand the business decisions […]