Lisa Stewart, Psychology, trained Minnesota Reading Corps members and teachers last week as part of the Minnesota Reading Corps 2011 week-long training institute. Minnesota Reading Corps is an Americorps program where members volunteer for a year to help reduce the achievement gap in reading. In 2011-2012 there are over 760 members statewide, serving thousands of students. Many of the schools […]
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees today expressed its commitment to pursue any administrative or other options to stay open in the event of a government shutdown July 1. Meeting in an emergency session, the board also indicated its support for the chancellor’s contingency planning if remaining open is no longer an option. “We are optimistic that […]
George Holley, Mike Michlovic and Rinita Dalan, Anthropology and Earth Science, completed a report on an archaeological survey of Swift County, Minnesota. The field work was done in summer 2010 with involvement of all three faculty, ten archaeology students and two graduate student MSUM alums. The survey discovered 45 new archaeological sites in Swift County and located several areas likely […]
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton unveiled his bonding proposals today under the title “Getting Minnesota Back to Work.” His “shovel-ready” projects total more than $500 million and include $14.9 million for MSU Moorhead’s Livingston Lord Library. It’s the first volley in a process that will face scrutiny from legislators as they weigh the pros and cons of Gov. Dayton’s list– and […]
State Senate stalwart Keith Langseth, DFL-Glyndon, likely won’t pursue an 11th term. In an interview for the forthcoming Politics In Minnesota: The Directory, Langseth noted his age when his current term ends after 2012 session. “I’ll be 75 when this term is over. I don’t intend to run again,” Langseth said. Langseth has been mostly invincible in his district going […]