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 […]

Art Education Majors Graduating with AI Certification

Senior Art Education Major, Annabelle Matthews is believed to be the first MSUM student who will graduate having achieved an AI Certification this spring. Annabelle completed all 4 Teacher certification levels and an image generation certification for the Magic School AI platform this fall. Magic School is the world’s largest and most robust AI platform for schools in the world. […]