Daughter of Deep South came of age during turbulent era for US By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM MOORHEAD – Camilla Wilson remembers the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. She happened to be in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968, picking up photography supplies for a newsletter she was working on for a literacy program. That evening, King was felled […]
Students gather in Minnesota State University Moorhead’s campus mall Friday night in memory of the victims of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting earlier that day. About 30 students were at the candlelight vigil, which was organized by MSUM freshmen Valli Fjelde and LaTesha Frazier. They lined the campus mall with candles. Charly Haley / The Forum
By: Sam Benshoof, INFORUM MOORHEAD – Last month, aspiring musician Rachel Jane released her first album of music. Jane also appeared on “The Christopher Gabriel Show” on WDAY 970 AM to talk about and play some of her songs, and a few weeks later, she hosted a full CD release party at Studio 222 in Fargo. There’s just one thing […]
By: John Lamb, INFORUM FARGO – It’s was quite a week for Erik Hougen. On Oct. 12, it was announced that the painter had been selected for a competition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The following week, he got married. Since graduating from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2006, Hougen’s star in the art world has been […]
Andrea Noonan, English Teacher Education, 2004, was named the 2013 North Dakota Teacher of the Year. By: Helmut Schmidt, INFORUM WEST FARGO – Andrea Noonan, an eighth-grade language arts teacher from Cheney Middle School, is North Dakota’s 2013 Teacher of the Year. Noonan was honored Wednesday at the middle school in a ceremony presided over by Gov. Jack Dalrymple. “This […]