By: Amy Dalrymple, INFORUM Minnesota State University Moorhead preserved a piece of history Friday. A replica of a 95-year-old time capsule discovered during construction last year was put back in its original spot, along with some additional relics. Darrell Rowe, the outgoing president of the MSUM Alumni Foundation, said he was honored to return the time capsule to the cornerstone […]
Faces of Our Community: A profile of photographer Wayne Gudmundson This audio-visual profile looks at photographer and MSUM Mass Communications Professor Wayne Gudmundson, whose work is in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the U.S. Embassy in Iceland and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art among other institutions. The Moorhead native has created and/or collaborated on numerous […]
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.
A 95-year-old time capsule opened Tuesday provides a link to a part of Minnesota State University Moorhead’s past that was destroyed in a 1930 fire. University archivist Terry Shoptaugh said there was no record of the time capsule in Weld Hall, likely because President Frank Weld’s papers were destroyed in the fire of Old Main. Shoptaugh opened it Tuesday in front of about 200 people and found well-preserved photographs, course catalogs, a diploma and other documents from 1915 and earlier. Click headline to read more.
Funeral services for Krista McCleary, the MSUM junior killed in a car accident Tuesday afternoon, will be held on Sunday, December 20 at 2 pm at the First United Methodist Church in Fargo. Visitation will be on Saturday, December 19 at Hanson/Runsvold Funeral Home from 4-6 pm with a prayer service at 6 pm. Read Mila Koumpilova’s full inforum story at http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/263095/