Gary Tharaldson to receive Honorary Doctorate at Minnesota State Moorhead Commencement Ceremony

Minnesota State Moorhead will honor Gary Tharaldson, one of the nation’s most successful hotel developers and a transformative leader in the hospitality industry, with an honorary Doctor of Business (Hon. D.B. h.c.) at its 2 p.m. commencement ceremony on Friday, May 16, in Nemzek Fieldhouse. Gary Tharaldson is a leader of multiple business enterprises, including CEO and founder of Tharaldson […]

Campus Hosts International Conference

On April 22, Minnesota State Moorhead’s campus hosted Global Frontiers: International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Accounting, Humanities, Innovation, and Management. The conference, organized in conjunction with SashBM LLC, included 45 submissions from around the globe. The event’s focus was the importance for business schools to deliver applied research that addresses specific issues businesses encounter. This focus will result in high-value data […]

Student-Faculty Research Paper on Short-Term Study Abroad Wins Best Paper Award at International Academic Conference

Nora Simondet and Dr. Wooyang Kim of the Paseka School of Business received the Best Conference Paper Award (1st Place in Undergraduate Student Research) at the 2025 Tourism, Hospitality, and Event Conference for Researchers, Educators, Practitioners, and Students (THEREPS)—a leading international conference in the hospitality and tourism discipline—held in New York City on April 11–12. The student research competition featured […]

Dragons Place at DECA International Competition

24 Dragons competed with over 1,300 other students at the Collegiate DECA International Career Development Competition in San Francisco, California, April 5-9. The following Dragons qualified for final competitions or were recognized in their respective events: Daisy Hubred and Aubrey Harvala – Business Ethics finalists Isimbi Minani and Estefania Romero – Starting a Business finalists Cian Logan and Jackson Reishus […]