Dorothy Dodds passed away Saturday

Dorothy Dodds passed away Saturday, Dec. 15. Service will be held Saturday, Dec. 22 at the First Presbyterian Church in Moorhead. Time is yet to be determined. Dodds taught kindergarten at the Moorhead State Campus School from 1949 until the school closed in 1972. She taught in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s education department until her retirement in 1986. Dodds developed […]

Dr. Lisa Stewart trains Minnesota Reading Corps members and teachers

Dr. Lisa H. Stewart, School Psychology, trained Americorps Minnesota Reading Corps members and their internal coach teacher partners at the St. Paul River Centre August 13-17. This year 1,187 MRC members will provide early literacy and reading research-based interventions to children from age three to 3rd grade in over 600 schools and preschools throughout the state. MRC is the largest […]

Helen Klassen, former faculty member at MSUM, passed away July 31, 2012

Dr. Helen Klassen began her career at MSUM in the counseling center in 1989 and transferred to the American Multicultural Studies department in the late 1990s. Klassen was a leader in teaching and mentoring Native students. She was innovative and creative in her use of Anishinaabe cultural traditions in her teaching to engage students and enhance their understanding of course content. Klassen once […]