Influence on Community: Southern-born librarian is Fargo’s go-to planner

By: Meredith Holt, INFORUM www.inforum.com “Women of Influence” is an ongoing series exploring the women in our community who have the most impact and influence. Each profile will explore a different element of influence and redefine what it means. MOORHEAD – Brittney Goodman spends her days navigating the stacks of the Minnesota State University Moorhead library. But good luck figuring […]

Biz, education degrees dominate area colleges

By: Cali Owings, INFORUM www.inforum.com/event FARGO – Each year, Fargo-Moorhead area colleges graduate a higher proportion of education and business students than students in any other field. Of the 87,000 students who have earned bachelor’s degrees from North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead and Concordia College in the past 25 years, nearly a third studied business or education […]

Art education major founds Art Club for homeless children; featured in Fargo Forum

Springing from work done in Steve Grineski’s Ed. 310 class, art education major Marissa Van Vleet continued her social justice work by volunteering at Churches United for the Homeless on Saturday mornings running an art club for children. Van Vleet’s advisor Brad Bachmeier hopes to turn this into a sustainable program in the future. Read more in The Forum article.

Making A Scene: MSUM photography senior selected for show at Vt. gallery

Article by The Forum. By: Ryan Johnson, INFORUM www.inforum.com/event/article MOORHEAD – Brittany Cossette knew the perfect subject for a portrait assignment in one of her photography classes at Minnesota State University Moorhead last fall. She just didn’t realize at the time that the assignment would get her into an international juried gallery show – or lead to her current relationship […]