Matt Pearcey selected to lead NASPA’s Indigenous People Knowledge Community

Matt Pearcey, Interim Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, has been selected to lead NASPA’s Indigenous People Knowledge Community (IPKC) for Region IV-E starting in March. The IPKC is an all-inclusive group of student affairs professionals and students identifying as Native American/First Nations/Alaskan Native/Native Hawaiian heritage, including international indigenous nations, and any persons with a shared concern about […]

Education & Taxes: A Roundtable Discussion July 20

Hosted by Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans and State Representatives Paul Marquart and Kent Eken A roundtable discussion on Education & Taxes will be held Friday, July 20 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the Comstock Memorial Union room 101 on the MSUM campus. Revenue Commissioner Myron Frans and State Representatives Paul Marquart and Kent Eken are seeking input from the […]

MSUM education alumnus earns national honor

Loren Kersting, who received his bachelor’s degree in elementary education (’75) and a master’s degree in educational administration – ed leadership (’84) was named North Dakota’s 2011 National Distinguished Principal. Read the INFORUM’s full story below. South Elementary’s Kersting named National Distinguished Principal By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM Some hugs each day can keep retirement away. Just ask Loren Kersting. The […]

Lean continues to move forward

MSUM has recently launched three new Educational Lean projects that will get underway spring semester. The projects and lean facilitators are: furniture acquisition and inventory (Anita Bender and Kristi Monson); central inventory (Kirsti Fleming and Dan Heckaman); and the hiring process (JoDee Haugrud and Diane Wolter).