Dolence and Zepper Teach Students at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge

On Friday, May 14, Professors Travis Dolence (Library) and Kevin Zepper (English) taught 9th graders from the Detroit Lakes School District. Using a short poetic form, Dolence and Zepper encouraged students to hike briefly through the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge near Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. More than one hundred students wrote up to three short poems on their experiences with nature. […]

MSU Moorhead’s first BSN Nursing cohort completes second semester in new Essentia Health Center for Nursing

MSU Moorhead’s (MSUM) new Minnesota Alliance for Nursing Education (MANE) Bachelor of Science (BS) in Nursing program admitted 32 students in Fall 2020. This first cohort of nursing students plan to graduate in the Summer 2022 semester.  “MSUM is committed to investing in programs that serve our students, strengthen our community, and meet local and national workforce needs,” said Lisa Nawrot, MSUM’s interim […]

Shark Tank Open Grant Brings Artificial Intelligence Course to Criminal Justice

Dr. Katie Richardson Jens, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, and two colleagues from the Department of Criminal Justice at St. Cloud State University (SCSU) Drs. Lindsey Vigesaa and Mary Clifford, were awarded a Minnesota State Shark Tank Open grant of $23,272 for their project: “Interdisciplinary Applications of Artificial Intelligence Emphasizing Public Safety: A Multi Campus Collaboration to Develop and […]

Fitting, Harms present at virtual Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference

Tammy Fitting, Director of the Math Learning Center, and Tim Harms, Professor of Mathematics Education presented at the virtual Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference held April 16 and 17.  Tammy Fitting presented a session titled “Little Things Can Make a Difference” that connected how findings in neuroscience can be addressed in classroom instructional practices. Tim Harms presented a […]

Campus News Named Best College News Magazine by Society of Professional Journalists

The Society of Professional Journalists has named MSUM’s Campus News as the winner in the student news magazine category in its annual Mark of Excellence Region 6 Awards. In addition, Campus News students earned eleven individual awards in six different television categories, more than any other school in the region. The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards […]