Award-Winning Teachers Start at Moorhead

Moorhead has been developing outstanding educators for over a century and the results speak for themselves. Graduates are earning statewide recognition for their excellence, innovation, and impact in classrooms across Minnesota and beyond. What makes the difference? Real classroom experience from day one. Students spend over 200 hours working directly in schools, applying theory and discovering their own teaching style. […]

MSUM students team up with Moorhead schools to boost early literacy

A new literacy program in Moorhead is pairing MSUM students with elementary classrooms to help K–3 learners improve reading skills. By Michael McGurranWDAY/Inforum MOORHEAD — College students are getting hands-on classroom experience while helping some of Moorhead’s youngest learners strengthen their reading skills through a new pilot literacy program that’s already showing promise. Inside classrooms at SG Reinertson and Dorothy Dodds […]

Minnesota State Moorhead hosts Become a Teacher Day on Nov. 4

High school junior and senior students can explore the profession of teaching at Minnesota State Moorhead’s Become a Teacher Day on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the university’s Lommen Hall. Students will sit in on a college course, hear from current education students and faculty, tour campus, and take part in an activity with members of Moorhead’s teacher […]

Nibbe gift allows undergraduate travel to literacy conference

Four Moorhead education students recently attended The Reading League Annual Conference, Oct. 8-10 in Chicago. This opportunity was made possible thanks to the Nibbe Family Foundation’s recent gift to the university’s School of Teaching and Learning. One earmark of the $5.5 million donation is creating more opportunities for students to attend professional conferences. Attending this conference were Averie Burmeister, Sierra […]

Nibbe gift elevates teacher education

The largest gift in university history—a $5.5 million donation from the Nibbe Family Foundation—was announced last week during Homecoming. The gift will provide undergraduate scholarships, support innovative teaching initiatives, expand opportunities such as study abroad and conference participation, and recognize teaching excellence. It also renames the teaching school to the Nibbe School of Teaching & Learning. At the unveiling of […]