Layna Cole and Erin Gillett, STL, presented at Minnesota Rural Education Association annual conference

Drs. Layna Cole and Erin Gillett, School of Teaching and Learning, along with June Reineke, Director of the Winona State University Children’s Center, gave a presentation at the Minnesota Rural Education Association annual conference. Their session, titled “Minnesota’s Early Childhood Landscape: Lessons and Opportunities,” explored the challenges and opportunities in creating alignment among various state agencies involved in Early Childhood […]

Terrie Manno teaches, performs in Oklahoma

Terrie Manno was the invited guest artist for the Oklahoma Baptist University 2015 Keyboard Academy (November 8 – 14). She completed a week-long residency during which she taught several piano courses, gave master classes, and performed a duo piano recital with Dr. Michael Dean. Their program featured music by Rachmaninoff, d’Indy, Dvorak, Joplin, and John Williams. The Rachmaninoff was paired […]

MSUM’s Doing Business in China Program Receives Innovation in Global Education Award

Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Doing Business in China Program has been named a winner of the 2015 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Academic and Student Affairs Awards for Innovation in Global Education. The award recognizes the creative and high impact practices of faculty and staff that increase students’ understanding of the growing interdependence of nations and peoples through cross-cultural and […]

Honors Program students presented at National Collegiate Honors Conference in Chicago November 14

Sam Szczesny (Graphic Com) and Stefan Nelson (Math), along with Director Lisa Nawrot, also attended sessions on a variety of topics including assessment, retention, community building, pedagogy, peer tutoring, undergraduate research, FYE, and fundraising. The students particularly enjoyed the conference plenary speaker Emerson Spartz, the CEO of Chicago-based Spartz Media and the founder of MuggleNet, a Harry Potter fansite.