Student video warns of texting dangers

By: Dave Olson, INFORUM A video shot by three Minnesota State University Moorhead students has been named a winner in a contest aimed at helping make modern technology safer for young people. The video titled “Message Sent” is a cautionary tale about what can happen to a very personal image once the “send” button is pushed for a text message. […]

BCBT students receive 1st place in poster competition

Biochemistry and Biotechnology senior students Sara Aleem and Nivedha Manohar received first place honors in the undergraduate poster competition at the 78th annual meeting of the Minnesota Academy of Science held last weekend at North Hennepin Community College in Minneapolis. Mitchell Lakner, also a BCBT senior, was also a co-author on the poster. The poster presented the results of their […]

Sandy Pearce delivers paper at national meeting

Sandy Pearce, English, delivered a paper on George Kelly, Pulitzer-Prize winning Irish-American playwright at the University of Wisconsin Madison for the national meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies. Pearce will be bringing this group of scholars to MSUM next October for the regional meeting. Also accompanying Pearce to the Wisconsin conference were two English students, Andrew Olson (MFA […]

Mass Comm students take 1st place in district competition

Mass Communications students took first place in the District 8 (North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan) National Student Advertising Competition of the American Advertising Federation. In Minneapolis on April 16-17, they presented a marketing plan for this year’s NSAC client, JC Penney. The advertising campaigns class has participated in this national contest for many years, but hasn’t […]

Kristina Anderson wins national poster competition

Kristina Anderson Wins American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Undergraduate Poster Competition Kristina Anderson, a senior biochemistry and biotechnology major, received first place honors in the undergraduate poster competition at the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology National Meeting April 9 -13 in Washington, D.C. The poster competition included 196 undergraduates from universities from around the United States. Kristina […]