Dr. John S. Benson published book

Dr. John S. Benson (professor in the School of Teaching and Learning) recently had his book  (Title: Missionary Families Find a Sense of Place and Identity: Two Generations on Two Continents) published by Lexington Books. Based on over ninety interviews and John’s extensive knowledge of culture geography, he compares the lives of the missionary generation who grew up in the […]

The Great Plains Reading Review now online

The book reviewing service, The Great Plains Reading Review, is now online at gprr.weebly.com. This is their fourth volume, which was first published in 2005. The journal is staffed by MSUM students who write reviews of new books written for children and young adults. MSUM Honor’s student, Taylor Kasprzak, is the Managing Editor and web designer.

Holtan Named Director of MSU Moorhead’s Marcil Center for Innovative Journalism

Merrie Sue Holtan, an assistant professor in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s School of Communication and Journalism, has been named director of the university’s Marcil Center for Innovative Journalism. The position is part of a $1 million gift from Forum Communications to the MSUM Alumni Foundation announced in Fall 2013 to create the William C. Marcil, Sr. and Jane B. Marcil […]

Illustrative career: Conference for children’s book illustrators, writers provides inspiration for local artists

By MeLissa Kossick / The Arts Partnership on Sep 14, 2015 at 6:00 a.m. FARGO – Authors only tell half of the story, says illustrator Elise Parsley. “Children’s picture books are unique in that a reader wouldn’t understand the entire story by only reading the text; similarly, a reader wouldn’t understand the whole story through just the pictures,” says the […]