March 27 budget open forum recording, slides available

A recording and slides of the March 27 University Planning and Budget Open Forum are available on President Downs’ webpage. You can view the presentation by selecting the link, “News & Notes” and clicking “Budget Open Forum | March 27, 2024” under “Campus Updates.” Employees must be logged into myMSUM to see the link. Watch the budget open forum.March 27 slide […]

Mike McFeely’s Q&A with President Downs

In wide-ranging interview with Forum columnist Mike McFeely, new MSUM leader confident about growing enrollment and doesn’t flat-out say ‘no’ to adding hockey. MOORHEAD — Minnesota State University Moorhead has shed more than half of its enrollment since reaching a record high of 9,151 in 1990. The school recorded 4,379 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled last fall, continuing a downward […]

MSUM’s tuition-free scholarship for North and South Dakota residents

Below is media coverage about MSUM’s tuition-free scholarship for North and South Dakota residents. MSU Moorhead creates tuition-free scholarship program for North and South Dakota residents (Valley News Live, March 20, 2024) MSUM to match tuition coverage of North Star Promise scholarship for North Dakota, South Dakota students (The Forum, March 20, 2024) MSUM expands tuition-free scholarship program to North […]

President Downs and VP Jackson featured in January Prairie Business magazine

President Tim Downs and VP of Academic and Student Affairs Arrick Jackson are among several higher education leaders featured in the January 2024 Prairie Business Magazine. In the issue, leaders discuss the strategic decisions being made to reshape higher education for the long term – everything from financial, enrollment and marketing challenges to addressing mental health and equity needs to […]

Pres. Downs and Moorhead college presidents speak at Chamber event

“A new era of higher education,” an installment of the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues series, was held Tuesday, Dec. 12 in Moorhead, featuring President Downs, Carrie Brimhall, president of Minnesota State Community and Technical College or M State, and Colin Irvine, president of Concordia College. During the event, they talked about a variety of topics, […]