At the Thursday, Sept. 1 Meet and Confer meeting of the Minnesota State University Moorhead Faculty Association (FA) and university administration, FA President Magda Chalikia signed a resolution passed unanimously by the Senate recognizing the offices and individuals involved in recruiting this Fall’s class.
Learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom. That’s the idea behind “learning communities” that are gaining popularity in area college residence halls.
The concept takes a slightly different form on each campus, but the programs all have similar goals: increasing student retention and success. At Minnesota State University Moorhead, first-year students living in learning communities take at least three of their fall semester classes together and live on the same floor of a residence hall. Click the link to read more of Amy Dalrymple’s article.