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MSUM Office of the President campus news, updates and media coverage.

  • Two Papers by Dr. Siwei Zhu Accepted for Presentation at BCERC 2025
    Two research papers by Dr. Siwei Zhu at Pakesa School of Business have been accepted for presentation at the prestigious Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference 2025, one of the top conferences in entrepreneurship. “What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Stand-Up Comedians: The Impact of Investor Laughter During Entrepreneurial Storytelling on Funding Decisions”, co-authored with Dr. Barış Morkan, R&D Director at Guven […]
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  • Assistant Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning Wins a Dissertation Award
    Dr. Kenneth Driggers, Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education in the School of Teaching and Learning, recently won the Social Foundations Doctoral Dissertation award from Georgia State University. His dissertation is titled Articulating the Teacher: Gottlieb, Dreyfus, and Heidegger on Language, and it can be accessed here: https://scholarworks.gsu.edu/eps_diss/277/.
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  • Planetarium Sells out Romance Shows
    The MSUM Planetarium’s annual Romance Under the Stars were performed to sold-out crowds on Valentine’s Day.  The Planetarium hosted four back-to-back shows on Friday night.  A student developed and presented show, Romance has been an annual tradition for going on 10 years.  This year saw the addition of a collaboration with the Oceanarium for Romance Under the Sea.  This special […]
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  • Dr. David Wolff Presented at Minnesota Educators for the Gifted and Talented Conference
    Dr. David Wolff, Assistant Professor of Elementary Inclusive Education in the School of Teaching and Learning presented at the annual Minnesota Educators for the Gifted and Talented conference on February 3, 2025. Dr. Wolff presented two breakout sessions titled, Tying the Reading Rope and the Writing Rope Together and Higher Order Thinking ‘On the Go’. Both sessions focused on instructional strategies […]
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  • Dr. Dawnita Gallo and Ann Sandeen present at a region conference
    Dr. Dawnita Gallo, Early Childhood Education, and Ms. Ann Sandeen (12/2024 MSUM graduate and long-term sub at the MSUM Early Education Center) presented at the MN Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, in St. Paul this past weekend. Their presentation was titled: Ditch the Worksheets! Transforming Worksheets into Developmentally Appropriate, Play-based Learning Experience for Young Children. Participants, […]
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