The challenges faced in 2008 by incoming Minnesota State University Moorhead President Edna Mora Szymanski seemed insurmountable. They were not. Szymanski surveyed a dangerous landscape, developed a strategy to negotiate the pitfalls, and then took on the sometimes divisive task of fixing what desperately needed to be fixed. It was not easy. Within months she discovered a $4.95 million structural […]
Friday, September 27 1 to 2:30 p.m., Roland Dille Center for the Arts Streaming live on mnstate.edu A special highlight during homecoming and as part of the 125th celebration will be a panel discussion with the university’s four living presidents: John Neumaier, Roland Dille, Roland Barden and Edna Szymanski. They will share the history of MSUM from their perspectives, spanning […]
President Edna Szymanski offers MSUM students the opportunity to visit with her on Wednesday, April 10 between the hours of 10 a.m. to 12 (noon) in the Office of the President, Owens Hall 203. MSUM students are invited to share their ideas with her individually during this time.
By Amy Dalyrymple The Forum Edna Szymanski takes it personally if a student doesn’t graduate. The Minnesota State University Moorhead president appointed a task force to find out why the university’s graduation rate is lower than the rate at similar schools. And now she wants to use that data to start fixing it. The university task force on retention and […]
Minnesota State University Moorhead President Edna Szymanski literally jumped for joy Tuesday. Szymanski was ecstatic to deliver news to faculty and staff during an all-university meeting that enrollment projections are up and fundraising last year was at a record high. Click headline to read more.