HyFlex Classrooms Provide Flexibility, Engagement Opportunities

Ryan Jackson was exploring all the ways he could teach in a HyFlex classroom before COVID-19 pushed possibility into reality. This fall the chair of the School of Entertainment Industries and Technology jumped in and taught six classes in a HyFlex classroom where students participated in person and via Zoom simultaneously.  “It was exhausting, but I’m not going back,” he says. “I have a lot to learn, but there are too […]

MSUM Theatre produces four performances for younger audiences

The School of Performing Arts has produced and recorded four children’s plays which will be made available to families, schools and organizations to stream for a limited time. The plays include Super Happy Awesome News, a children’s musical geared toward grades K-4; and three plays by Idris Goodwin and the initiative Plays Towards an Anti-Racist Tomorrow, which include: The Water […]

MSUM String Orchestra begins again this spring

The MSUM School of Performing Arts is excited to announce the re-forming of the String Orchestra this spring at MSUM! Created for non-music majors who want to enjoy making (socially distanced) music together, the ensemble will be directed by Professor Doug Neill and is only one night per week (Wednesday, 7:30-9:30 p.m.). Register online for MUS 328 (1.0 credit)