MSUM strategies position university for fiscally sustainable future

Minnesota State University Moorhead administrators have completed a process of consultation with their faculty union in advance of reductions in faculty positions stemming from lower student enrollment. In November, the administration outlined a projected deficit of $8 million by 2016. This deficit follows years of enrollment declines and state funding reductions of almost $7 million from 2008 to 2012.

MSUM students prepare for music industry by producing records

This article is from Prairie Business Magazine. By: Dan Gunderson, Minnesota Public Radio News www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article MOORHEAD, Minn. — Eric Jensen spends countless hours in the recording studio trying to create new tunes, the kind of work that could help him make it in the music business. Jensen is enrolled in a Minnesota State University-Moorhead program in which students earn a […]

Combined Charities Campaign ends today

Time is running out – Campaign ends soon! Make your pledge today – No gift is too small. NOW MORE THAN EVER…. people in the community are in need of your generous support. Your donation(s) are needed to ensure funding cuts will not be made to programs needed by those less fortunate individuals who truly depend on these services for […]

Campaign urges students to explore career technical programs

With Minnesota’s need to prepare more skilled and educated workers, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the Minnesota Department of Education have launched a campaign to encourage more students to explore and enroll in career technical programs. A radio campaign, “Learning that works,” is underway to showcase technical education programs offered by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and […]