By Meghan Feir Walker As a choral director for the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) on Sigonella Naval Air Station outside of Catania, Sicily, Italy, Antone Leustek ’02 (music education) has a unique opportunity in his field of music education. His students are comprised of seventh through 12th graders, a mixture of children from American military and NATO families. Since the coronavirus took the […]
Ecology and evolutionary biology student Patrice Delaney is helping to bring new life to MSUM by planting a pollinator garden surrounding the university’s hummingbird sculpture. The hummingbird, created and installed a few years ago by Art Professor Chris Walla and his students, sits on a gray concrete block on the lawn near the Roland Dille Center for the Arts. MSUM […]
Professor Sherry Short, School of Art, has been recognized as a Board of Trustees 2020 Outstanding Educator. Minnesota State has released a short video featuring the award winners. This link will take you directly to Professor Short’s segment: https://youtu.be/dCfE6Euvpbg?t=356 From the citation by the Board of Trustees: This excellent teacher is motivated by her desire to provide curriculum that is […]
Prior MSUM Geography student, Jacob Larson and Geosciences professors Dr. David Kramar and Dr. Karl Leonard published “A Geostatistical Analysis of Seismicity in Oklahoma Using Regression Trees and Neural Networks” in the Journal Physical Geography. This research utilizes machine learning to establish relationships between wastewater injection sites associated with the shale-gas industry, and the prevalence of earthquake activity in Oklahoma. […]