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Join the Dragon Fire Booster Club Today & Support our Student-Athletes!

Benefits of becoming a Dragon Fire member include season tickets to home athletic events, invitations to Dragon Athletic special events and discounts at the MSUM Bookstore.

MSUM Faculty and Staff can join through payroll deduction by downloading the membership brochure here and mailing it to: Dragon Athletics, 1104 7th Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563, Attn: Dragon Fire. Read the rest of this entry →

Dr. Mary Stone and Dr. Sheri Erickson, Paseka School of Business, have a case published in Issues in Accounting Education, Vol. 32(3), a publication of the American Accounting Association with a 12% acceptance rate. The case, “Hometown Community Church: Opportunities and Challenges of Continued Growth” includes teaching notes to help users highlight how managerial accounting information can help not-for-profit organizations make decisions.

Vinod Lall and Ruth Lumb, Professors at the Paseka School of Business with colleagues from Metropolitan State University of Denver had a paper “Healthcare Facility Location: A DEA Approach” accepted for publication in volume 17 (6), 2017 of the American Journal of Management (ISSN: 2165-7998). The journal is classified as a whitelist journal by Cabell’s Scholarly Analytics and has an acceptance rate of 20%.

Qualifies as nationwide superior chapter

The Minnesota State University Moorhead Financial Management Association (FMA) chapter recently received three prestigious awards from Financial Management Association International.

The MSUM FMA chapter qualified as a superior chapter for its programming and activities last year. The award goes to less than 10 percent of chapters in the country.

Joe Tjosvold, FMA president for 2016-2017, was named one of six nationwide FMA Collegiate Fellows for exemplary leadership and service.

MSUM FMA advisor Tom Hanson was named a Superior Faculty Advisor, an award that goes to only five honorees nationwide.

MSUM was the only chapter in the country to win all three awards this year, and perhaps one of the only to do so in the past 20 years.

Congratulations to all!

Take a look at the news stories featuring MSUM in recent weeks. Stories are presented in chronological order.

On Tuesday June 20, 2017, starting at 9 a.m., there will be planned IT Maintenance. We will be upgrading one of our database servers. The down time of each application may vary as we move the applications to the new environment. This planned maintenance will affect the following applications.

• Accessibility Services
• Alumni SOS form
• Bookstore Fin Aid Changing
• Bookstore Course Schedule
• Budget Requests
• Career Services and Academic Success Request System
• Chemical Inventory Manager
• Chemistry Exit Survey
• CIBS – Dragon Consulting Student Application
• Clearinghouse
• College for Kids
• Data Warehouse Security Requests
• Dean’s List/Graduation List
• DIARY/Cooperating Teacher Survey
• Directory Manager
• Distance Dragon Card
• Dragon Card
• DragonFire membership tracking
• Driver License Verification
• Event Attendance
• Film equipment Checkout
• Financial Aid Scholarship Manager
• Hendrix Immunization Form
• Housing forms
• HR forms
• IT application Inventory
• IT forms
• IT person Verify
• ITS forms
• Key/Card forms
• KMSC song log
• MSUM mobile app
• Name Badge Ordering Form
• Nursing Online Application
• Online Course Evaluations
• Paralegal Internship Manager
• Parking Permit Request
• Positive Pay
• Retiree Directory Manager
• Scholarship Listing
• SCJ Camera Checkout
• Security Photos and New Prox Cards
• SPA – Events Form
• Transcript Requesting
• Wellness Center
• Work orders (Housing and Main)

On Friday, April 28 an induction ceremony was held for 22 students joining Beta Gamma Sigma during the 2016-2017 academic year. The Paseka School of Business congratulates these students who join an expanding worldwide network of more than 625,000 outstanding business professionals who have earned recognition through lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma. This is a very selective honor as only students ranking in the top 10 percent of the baccalaureate programs at schools accredited by AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) are eligible for this invitation.  Read the rest of this entry →

Michelle Bruer earned first place at the DECA International competition in Anaheim, Calif., as part of the 12 member DECA team from MSUM. She is the second Dragon in the past three years to hold the distinction of DECA International Champion, earning her award in the accounting role play category.

The team of Justine Rittgers and Kaleen Krueger made the finals in Business to Business Strategies, entering the contest as reigning DECA Minnesota State Champions. Cody Rittenhouse and Bruer were recognized for having the highest test scores in the accounting category.  Read the rest of this entry →

Friday, April 21 | 1-5 p.m.

Join us on the Dragon Business Cruise this Friday, 1-5 p.m. We feature Moorhead businesses this semester. Spaces are still available, so print out the attached form and bring it, along with your registration fee, to BR 206 today! For more information, contact Jane Pettinger at pettinger@mnstate.edu.  Read the rest of this entry →

Dr. Wooyang Kim, Assistant Professor in the Paseka School of Business, has been published the paper in the Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science, one of the elite marketing journals. The title of the paper is “Consumer Innovativeness and International Consumer Behavior: Comments and Extensions.” This study reviews current research topics and provides the direction for the future studies in the research field of consumer innovativeness.

Vinod Lall, Professor and Co-chair, Paseka School of Business presented a paper ‘Facilities, Inventory, Transportation and Information as Drivers of Humanitarian and Disaster Recovery Supply Chains’ at the 3rd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Innovation in Business, Engineering, Science and Technology held in Bangkok Thailand on April 5-6, 2017. His presentation was awarded a certificate for best presentation.

Peter Geib and Jim Swenson, Paseka School of Business, have co-authored an article that will appear in the journal Advances in Management. The title is “China: Punctuated Equilibrium and Innovation Led Growth.”

During spring break, seven members of FMA (Joe Tjosvold, Abigail Olson, Jessica Lemmerman, Peter Olson, Rochelle Cross, Justin Barnett, and Jenna Kalthoff) traveled to New York City. Some of the highlights of the trip were visiting Bloomberg’s world headquarters, touring the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and attending the FMA National Leaders’ Conference. The group also enjoyed the sights of NYC, including the Empire State Building, Broadway shows, and many others. You can see pictures of the trip at the Paseka School of Business Facebook page or on Twitter @MSUMFinance.

Year of the Fire Rooster

In Mongolia, the first celebration of the year is the lunar new year, Tsagaan Sar, meaning ”white moon.”

The date of the celebrations is determined according to lunar calendar. It comes on the first new moon after the winter solstice and is a symbol of the warmer days of spring just ahead. It is one of the most important events for all Mongols across the country. The holiday lasts fifteen days.  Read the rest of this entry →

Dr. Thomas Hanson, assistant professor of finance, had a research paper accepted for publication in the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. The paper was coauthored with colleagues at NDSU and Walsh University (Ohio).

Achieve higher pass rates than other Minnesota, North Dakota schools

MSUM students who took the 2016 Uniform CPA Examination within one year of graduating achieved a pass rate of 76.9 percent, higher than other colleges and universities in the region. Only the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities achieved a higher pass rate surpassing MSUM by just .4 percent. Read the rest of this entry →