The deadline for applications to present at the 2010 Student Academic Conference will be extended one week to Friday, March 5 at midnight. There will not be further extensions this year. Please encourage your students to participate.
A new center at MSUM aims to improve recruitment and retention of American Indian students. MSUM sponsored a grand opening ceremony Wednesday for the American Indian Research and Resource Center in Holmquist Hall. In addition to providing a resource library and a hub for research projects, the center will be a gathering place for students. MSUM has about 100 Native American students, or about 1 percent of the student body, said Donna Brown, assistant vice president of student affairs for diversity and inclusion. Read the full inforum article by Amy Dalrymple at http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/270197/
A Minnesota State University Moorhead student art exhibit featuring a variety of media will be on display through March 12 in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts gallery. A reception for the artists will be held from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18 in the gallery. It’s free and open to the public. Click headline for gallery hours and to see who is exhibiting.
The Helen Roberti Charitable Trust has granted MSUM scholarship funds for American Indian students acquiring graduate and undergraduate degrees in such fields as law, medicine, education and other advanced degree vocations (All majors will be considered). Application Deadline: Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Click headline for more information and for the application.
Food drive, office decorating contest, pet partners, mind reader and mentalist (a Go Pink event)–all this week. Click on the headline for DragonFrost event details.