Moorhed graduation celebrated in photos

Minnesota State University Moorhead awarded degrees to more than 600 students during its spring commencement programs. By Alyssa Goelzer, The Forum MOORHEAD — Minnesota State University Moorhead awarded degrees to more than 600 students during its spring commencement programs, including more than 165 graduate students. The graduate programs commencement ceremony was on Thursday, May 7, and the undergraduate programs commencement ceremony […]

Students devise ways to overcome barriers to providing mental health services for rural patients during SPARQ Competition

The SPARQ (Synthesizing Proposals for Ambitious Research Questions) competition is a program that charges students to think about potential solutions to challenging scientific research questions. Participating students must delve into primary literature to understand the scope of the question, then devise a hypothesis and means to address the question. Students were required to submit a brief written proposal and present […]

Moorhead Area Public Schools superintendent speaks at Commencement

Moorhead Area Public Schools’ Superintendent Brandon Lunak made it to where he is today partly because of teachers who mentored him at every level of his education. “I had really good teachers. They showed they cared and made me feel important.” At this year’s graduate school commencement, he will highlight the people who impacted his life in profound ways, encouraging […]

Planetarium Director and Students Bring New Immersive Learning Tools to Campus After National Conference

Sara K. Schultz, Director of the Planetarium, along with three student participants, recently attended the 2026 WorldViewer Network Conference (WNC 2026) in Denver, Colorado—a national professional conference focused on immersive visualization, dome‑based storytelling, and educational technology. Hosted by Elumenati at their state‑of‑the‑art Mile High Studio and GeoDome Experience Center, the two‑day conference brought together planetarium and science‑education professionals from around […]