Brazilian Samba Drumming workshop at MSUM

The MSUM Percussion Studio, directed by Dr. Kenyon Williams, will host a Brazilian samba drumming workshop Thursday night in the Center for the Arts room 100 (Band Hall) from 7-10 p.m. The workshop will be led by guest instructors, Tim and Pat O’Keefe, co-directors of Minneapolis’ own “Batucada do Norte.” The workshop is a prelude to the Day of Percussion […]

MSUM hosted Microbial Genome Annotation

MSUM in conjunction with the Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute hosted a workshop in Microbial Genome Annotation. The workshop was held on campus Friday, Oct. 19 and Saturday, Oct. 20. Attendees learned how to utilize IMG-ACT, an online tool that can be incorporated into classrooms and research projects.

English faculty publish poetry

Yahya Frederickson, Linda Lein, and Kevin Zepper, English, recently received poetry acceptance letters. Frederickson’s two poems “Carthage” and “Ruins,” Lein’s poem “Meltwater,” and Zepper’s poem “Visitation” were published in the Lake Region Review, an annual literary journal published by the Lake Region Writers Network. Linda Lein also presented a workshop “Why Writers Need an Author’s Platform” at the Lake Region […]