Dragon Stories

Gricel Escobedo-Kingwell will address her fellow graduates at MSUM’s 2024 commencement ceremony, sharing her story of grit, growth, and gratitude.

Freshman Megan Overly traveled from Kansas to attend MSU Moorhead. She was drawn to MSUM's perfect size, quality education, and affordability for out-of-state students.

Simone LeClaire’s films are a study of self-expression and exploration. The MSUM film production graduate is a recipient of the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship.

Rebecca McCradie shares her journey to recovery through volunteer and service work within the White Earth Veterans Honor Guard.

During the 32^nd Woodland and High Plains Powwow at MSUM in April – faculty member Caitlin Johnson, Ph.D., plans to jingle dress dance for the first time in 15 years.

For Chloe Flynn, making valuable connections in MSUM’s SMART Start program helped ease the transition from high school to college.

Starting college can be an enormous financial burden for many students. While they are getting an education they value, making ends meet can be a struggle, especially for those living independently for the first time. MSUM is assisting students with this burden by establishing the Dragon Pantry.

On November 8, City of Moorhead voters will consider a ballot initiative to build a new Moorhead community center and regional library, funded by a 0.5% local option sales tax. As a 12-year Moorhead resident and proud president of Minnesota State University Moorhead, President Anne Blackhurst strongly endorses this initiative.

MSUM has recently been awarded a Federal grant that will allow us to take our commitment to veterans to the next level.

Kay Beckermann, an assistant professor in the School of Communication & Journalism at MSUM, recently reinvigorated the student-run agency MSUM Flypaper Creative Services in August of 2021.

Moyinoluwa (Mo) Abiola ‘17, a senior analyst at Goldman Sachs, knows the importance of connecting with the people around her in a place she loves. 

Dennis, a part-time MSUM student in art education, shares his gift with Fargo-Moorhead and surrounding communities as the powwow’s head male dancer.