Digi-Key Corporation hosted their Collegiate Computing Competition for 22 student teams from Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota universities. The problem solving and computer programming skills of these students were rigorously tested over several hours. Our team of Priyanka Aryal, Annika Greaney, Mariah Kinneberg, and Suman Koirala took third place and won $1,000 for the CSIS department.
Shantel Jagol, a senior in Paralegal, was selected as the Paralegal Community Service Achievement Scholarship Award winner by the American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE). The scholarship for $1,000 was awarded based upon substantial demonstrated participation in community service efforts while pursuing a Paralegal degree. This award was announced at the AAfPE National Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico in October.
Matthew Dakken’s paper, “Booyah! An Analysis of Mad Money Stock Recommendations,” placed third in the Term Paper division of the Minnesota Economic Association’s 2017 Undergraduate Student Paper Contest. Dakken, who is completing a major in Economics and minor in Political Science, is the first Minnesota State University Moorhead student to earn this distinction from the Minnesota Economic Association.
On Oct. 25 more than 15 members of the local Kappa Sigma chapter at Minnesota State University Moorhead volunteered their time to partner with Peak Nutrition to raise money for their national philanthropy, the Kappa Sigma Military Heroes Campaign. This was the first time the Sigma-Sigma Chapter partnered with Peak Nutrition to raise money for the Kappa Sigma Military Heroes […]
Twelve students and five faculty members from the Department of Anthropology and Earth Science attended the Plains Anthropological Conference in Bismarck, North Dakota from October 4-17, 2017. The following seven co-authored talks and posters were presented, encompassing research across archaeology, cultural anthropology, geoarchaeology, geology, and GIS: