Dr. Dawnita Gallo and Ann Sandeen present at a region conference

Dr. Dawnita Gallo, Early Childhood Education, and Ms. Ann Sandeen (12/2024 MSUM graduate and long-term sub at the MSUM Early Education Center) presented at the MN Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, in St. Paul this past weekend. Their presentation was titled: Ditch the Worksheets! Transforming Worksheets into Developmentally Appropriate, Play-based Learning Experience for Young Children. Participants, […]

Dr. Lisa Habedank Stewart receives Minnesota School Psychology Association’s Ysseldyke Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Lisa Habedank Stewart was the recipient of the 2025 Minnesota School Psychology Association Ysseldyke Lifetime Achievement Award to acknowledge her exceptional contributions to the School Psychology field for 30+ years.  Noted accomplishments include authorship on numerous research publications, development of curricula in early literacy, MTSS and RTI, consultation for Minnesota Reading and Math Corps and training of hundreds of […]

MSUM alum fastest to ever earn MN science teacher of the year

MSUM alumni Jake Pundsack has been awarded the 2024 Minnesota Science Teaching Award in his third year as a high school science teacher in Melrose, MN. He is the shortest-tenured teacher to receive the award in its history.   Jake credits Minnesota State University Moorhead’s classes and professors with his success after college.   “It was the hands-on experience, and great examples […]

Social Work Faculty Presented at the International Conference on Education

Tracy Neusser, Janelle Miedema, and Nandita Bezbaruah presented at the 23rd Annual International Conference on Education in Hawaii on 6th January. The title of the presentation was “The Effect of DEI Course Content on Students’ Perceived Feelings of Belongingness and Desire to Persist in the Social Work Program.”  The presentation was based on the research study conducted in three of […]