First-Generation College Celebration Day is Nov. 8

Nov. 8 is First-Generation College Celebration Day, an opportunity to lift up college students and graduates who are the first in their family to go to college. The event is held on this date annually to commemorate the signing of the Higher Education Act of 1965, which promotes postsecondary access and completion for our nation’s more than 8 million first-gen […]

MSUM Life Science Education alumnus wins Science Teacher of the Year

On Friday, November 1, Richard Lahti (Chemistry & Biochemistry) and MSUM Life Science Education Alumnus Jake Pundsack co-presented “Go on a date with data! Bringing out the relationship between computational modeling and data science in a secondary biology classroom” at the Minnesota Science Teacher Association Conference on Science Education.   During the opening ceremony, Jake was also named the secondary […]

Fuego Tropical presents “A Night of Heavy Metal: Steelbands and Gamelans”

The MSUM World Music and Percussion Ensemble, “Fuego Tropical,” will present their annual fall concert on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 7:30pm in Gaede Theatre.  Directed by Dr. Kenyon Williams, “A Night of Heavy Metal:  Steel Bands and Gamelans” will feature music from two very different cultures:  the intense and exciting steel band music of Trinidad and the relaxing, meditative music […]

SPA Hosts 70 students for Dragon High School Honor Band

Under the direction and guidance of Dr. Benjamin Druffel, Director of Bands and Instrumental Music Education at MSUM, the School of Performing Arts hosted 70 high school students from across a North Dakota and Minnesota for the Dragon High School Honor Band on Tuesday, Nov. 5th.  These students, which represented some of the “best of the best” of music programs […]