F-M campuses roll out rainbow welcome mats

By: Marino Eccher, INFORUM FARGO – When Kara Gravley-Stack started working at North Dakota State University, advertising the school’s gay and lesbian support services was a surefire way to draw criticism from anti-gay quarters. “I’d get messages coming to me saying, ‘I can’t believe you’re supporting this,’ ” said Gravley-Stack, NDSU’s director of diversity initiative, “and other things I’d rather […]

Local artist to speak on community-based art projects

Wednesday, Nov 2 • 10:30 a.m. • King Hall 306 All MSUM students and faculty are invited to attend an artist lecture featuring Michael J. Strand, local artist and chair of the NDSU Department of Visual Art, Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 10:30 a.m. in King Hall 306. He will be speaking about the philosophy and exchange of his recent community-based […]

EEB student Randy Sutrisno wins cash prize for best poster at NDSU grad fair

Students in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) emphasis in the Biology degree (Biosciences Department) presented 11 posters at the NDSU Environmental & Conservation Sciences Graduate Program fall recruiting fair and poster session on Oct 4. A total of 40 EEB undergraduate co-authors were represented, mentored by Biosciences faculty Brian Wisenden, Dan McEwen, Linda Fuselier and Donna Stockrahm. Poster judges […]

MSUM and NDSU join forces to host regional conference on Ireland

The English Departments of Minnesota State University Moorhead and North Dakota State University will host the Midwest American Conference for Irish Studies this week, with most events taking place on the MSUM campus. Two conference events are free and open to the public. On Friday, Francis Carroll, a retired professor of Irish history at the University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Man., […]