Awards & Distinctions Points of Pride

During an all staff meeting, May 16, the MSUM Community Outreach Center (within the Counseling & Student Affairs Graduate Program) was recognized by the Fargo Housing and Development Authority as a “Partner We Can’t Live Without.” The clinic coordinator, Ben Erie was presented with a plaque stating the MSUM Community Outreach Center is “Making a [...]

The MSUM College of Arts and Humanities newsletter received a silver Addy Award in the category of advertising for the arts and sciences at the 2012 AAF-ND Addy Awards held Friday, Feb. 22 at the Holiday Inn. Congratulations to: Derek Lien, contributing graphic designer Rebecca Sundet-Schoenwald, contributing writer/editor Darel Paulson, contributing photographer View the Arts [...]

By Mary Ann Grossmann mgrossmann@pioneerpress.com New Rivers Press will be 45 years old in 2013, and the literary press founded by the late C.W. (Bill) Truesdale is starting the celebration this week with an evening of readings by Nick Healy, Sharon Suzuki-Martinez, Nick Knittel and Tim Nolan. There will be music by Minnesota singer, songwriter [...]

A two-year $262,000 grant was recently awarded from the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to co-PIs Tim Harms (Mathematics) and Alison Wallace (Biosciences). Senior personnel include: Linda Houts-Smith (Languages and Cultures), Richard Lahti (Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy), Steve Lindaas (Physics and Astronomy), and Teresa Shume (School of Teaching and Learning). The primary [...]

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 [...]

Anna Arnar, a professor in the Art & Design Department, recently received the Robert Motherwell Book Award for the best publication in the history and criticism of modernism in the arts, including the visual arts, literature, music and the performing arts. Nominations are made by publishers and the winner is chosen by a panel of [...]

The Beta Gamma Sigma chapter at MSUM was recently honored by Beta Gamma Sigma as one of their Premier Chapters for the 2011-12 year. Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society for universities that have achieved accreditation of their business programs by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This is [...]

Tri-College Army ROTC Cadet Jonathan Kvernen was named the honor graduate, the third Cadet of 435, in the 8th Regiment at the Leadership Assessment Development Course (LDAC) in Fort Lewis, Washington. Kvernen is a construction management major at Minnesota State University Moorhead. Kvernen excelled in every aspect of his leadership assessment at LDAC this summer. [...]

Physics and Astronomy student, Shouvik Bhattacharya, has been awarded the SPS 2012 Leadership Scholarship. The award recognizes outstanding academic performance and high level of commitment to activities of the Society of Physics Students (SPS). Bhattacharya is majoring in mathematics and physics and astronomy. He has served as historian of the MSUM SPS club, and continues to connect [...]

Though his Dragon track and field career may be over, senior Aaron Lund was one of 87 student-athlete men to receive the prestigious 2011-12 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. The scholarship will help Lund in his pursuit of a postgraduate education. “Receiving a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship is not only a tremendous honor for myself and my family, but [...]