Dragons After Dark is sponsoring a clothing drive the week of Monday, October 26-Friday, October 30. Clean out your closets and bring your gently used clothes to the CMU Main Lounge or contact us at dragonsafterdark@mnstate.edu and we will arrange for a pick-up. All donations will be given to local homeless drop-in shelters. Your old coat could become somebody’s warmth through the winter. Click headline to read more.
There are a number of national fellowship competitions for undergraduate and graduate students. Information and application materials for these fellowship programs can be obtained from the advisors listed below. Fellowship advisors are available to meet with interested students, assess the student’s appropriateness for a given fellowship competition, and advise the student on the preparation of application materials. Click the headline for details.
Speaking quite candidly about white surgical masks and being temporarily advised to leave her university, Megan Zander, a Dickinson, N.D., native and a special education major at MSUM, is recovering from her bout with H1N1, also known as the swine flu. Click the link to read Lisa Call’s story from The Dickinson Press.
Last weekend the Film Studies department, including professors Anthony Adah, Raymond Rea, Tom Brandau, staff member Mike Stromenger and 43 students, attended the three-day festival held in Aberdeen, which included screenings, workshops and a discussion with Academy Award-winning actor/director Kevin Costner.
Click the link to look at a few pictures from Friday’s homecoming parade.