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Minnesota State Moorhead Office of the President campus news, updates and media coverage.

  • Jack Strand Named Finalist for Harlon Hill Trophy
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Minnesota State Moorhead senior quarterback Jack Strand has been named one of eight finalists for the 2025 Harlon Hill Trophy. The annual award honors the best college football player in NCAA Division II.  Strand becomes the first player in MSUM history to be named a finalist for the top honor in NCAA Division II football. The Bloomer, Wis., […]
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  • Moorhead opens applications for new MS in Project Management
    Minnesota State Moorhead is now accepting applications for its new Master of Science (MS) in Project Management, with classes beginning Fall 2026. The program was created with working professionals in mind. Fully online, students will be able to complete their degree in as little as 18 months. Through the accelerated 4+1 program, Moorhead undergraduate students can complete their undergraduate degree […]
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  • Dragons Present at Society for Neuroscience Conference
    Six Minnesota State Moorhead undergraduate students presented the research they have been doing with Biosciences professor Dr. Adam Stocker at the Society for Neuroscience conference that took place in San Diego, CA from November 15th through 19th. Bioscience majors Madison Aberle, Aisha Chovuchovu, and Colton Tapson; BCBT majors Eyerusalem Kinfe and Opeyemi Olowoniyi; and BCBT/Psychology double major Guzoro Adumah, presented […]
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  • First Dragon Lair Business Plan Pitch Competition a Success
    Minnesota State Moorhead hosted the first Dragon Lair Business Plan Pitch Competition on Thursday, November 20, bringing together ten pitches from student entrepreneurs. More than a dozen majors were represented, with presenters representing business administration, marketing, art education, computer science, photojournalism and more. Students presented their business ideas in six minute pitches followed by four minutes of questions from a […]
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  • RN to BSN Program Earns Top Honors in Minnesota
    EduMed.org has recognized Minnesota State Moorhead’s RN to BSN program as the number one online RN to BSN bridge program in Minnesota and the number two online nursing program in the state. These rankings emphasize programs that balance academic quality and strong support for working nurses. This acknowledgment reflects the work of our faculty and staff who design learning experiences […]
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  • Minnesota State Moorhead Oceanarium publishes its first research paper on Ocean Literacy
    The MSUM Oceanarium offers a summer program as part of College for Kids called Junior Aquarist Camp for Kids (JACK). Biology (EEB) majors Katie Hanson and Amber Sullivan developed and assessed the effectiveness of curricula based on the seven principles of Ocean Literacy (https://oceanliteracy.unesco.org/). The resulting manuscript based on that work has been accepted for publication in Current, the peer-reviewed journal […]
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  • Commercial Music Major competes at national competition
    Commercial Music and drumset performer Josiah Campos competed this past weekend in Pittsburgh, PA as a part of the national “Crash the Decks:  Drummer vs DJ” competition with local DJ Anthony Peralta.  After winning the Northern region competition in Fargo in September, the duo received an official invitation to compete at the national competition.  Although they did not win (the […]
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  • Sara Schultz, Planetarium, Invited to Present at annual “Best Of Nerd Nite Fargo”
    Dr. Sara Schultz, Planetarium Director, has been invited to do an encore presentation of her March 2025 Nerd Nite talk: Fire in the Mountains: A Dragon’s Journey Through Chile at the Annual Best Of Nerd Nite.  The presentation focuses on Schultz’s 2024 trip through Chile as an Astronomy in Chile Education Ambassador Program participant.   Schultz was awarded a full-ride fellowship through the […]
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  • Mischief Managed: Community Engagement and Planetarium Host Hogwarts Scavenger Hunt
    Nicole Larry and Sara Schultz and their student staff (Community Outreach and Planetarium) collaborated with Clued-In Events to host their ninth annual community scavenger hunt. This year’s theme was Harry Potter which partnered well the Planetarium programming “Skies Over Hogwarts”. Participants raced throughout campus to be the first to solve all 13 puzzles. Areas of campus that were highlighted included: […]
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  • Jack Strand named finalist for college football’s top scholar athlete award
    Minnesota State Moorhead senior quarterback Jack Strand has been announced as one of 16 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy®, the nation’s premier scholar-athlete award. Strand was named a member of the 2025 National Football Foundation (NFF) National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments® with Strand receiving an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship.  Strand becomes the first Dragon since Bart Johnson (1998) to be […]
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  • Minnesota State Moorhead ACM Club Team Captures First Place at Computing Competition
    The Department of Computer Science & Information Systems at Minnesota State Moorhead proudly announces its first-ever first-place victory at the 2025 DKC³ Collegiate Computing Competition, held October 17 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Hosted by Digi‑Key Electronics, the competition brought together 20 university teams, each typically composed of four students, to tackle rigorous programming and word-problem challenges. Minnesota State Moorhead entered two teams into the event consisting of […]
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  • Four Physics Students Attend and Present at National Planetarium Conference
    Physics undergraduate students, Marah (MJ) West, Jacob Mailhot, Rollin Lasseter, and Hannah Crumby attended the Great Lakes Planetarium Association annual conference Oct 7-11th. They presented on an array of topics from their work in the planetarium, including summer camp development and social media marketing. The students represented Minnesota State Moorhead well and garnered praise for their professional presentation and interest […]
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  • Minnesota State Moorhead Percussion performs this week for over 2,500+ Elementary Students
    This Monday and Tuesday, the Minnesota State Moorhead World Percussion Ensemble “Fuego Tropical” will perform for over 2,500 first grade students from across the region in their annual “Carnival Jump-Up!” educational presentations in Hansen Theatre. Sponsored by the FM Learning Bank, these educational programs introduce students to music and cultures from around the world. These fun-filled interactive 30-minute performances will […]
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  • Sara Schultz Awarded Prestigious Mentor Award by Great Lakes Planetarium Association
    Dr. Sara Schultz, Planetarium Director, was recently awarded the prestigious Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLPA) Mentor Award while attending the GLPA/WAC annual conference last week. The Mentor Award celebrates the recipient’s outstanding contributions to the development and growth of the next generation of planetarium professionals. To qualify for this award, the individual has been a current or former member of […]
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  • Dr. Wooyang Kim’s Research Accepted for Publication in Leading Journal
    Dr. Wooyang Kim, Professor of Marketing at the Paseka School of Business (PSB), recently had a research paper placed in press for publication in the Journal of Intellectual Capital, one of the leading journals in the field of intellectual capital (H-index: 118, Scimago: Q1, ABDC: B). The theory-driven empirical study, titled “Virtual Teamwork Coordination and Performance: Integrating the Metaverse and […]
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  • Digital Media Management Major Natalie Berg named “Miss Moorhead”
    Minnesota State Moorhead student Natalie Berg, a Digital Media Management major, has been named Miss Moorhead 2026. The honor recognizes her talent, communication skills, and commitment to service, placing her among a select group of young women who represent their communities with excellence. As Miss Moorhead, Natalie will serve as a community ambassador, making appearances at local events and preparing […]
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  • Dr. Sara Schultz presents at national planetarium conference
    Dr. Sara Schultz, director of the Planetarium, presented at the annual Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS) held at the Fiske Planetarium at CU Boulder. The symposium is a master class in live and interactive planetarium presenting and programming. Schultz presented on the wide variety of unique programming created regularly at the MSUM Planetarium.  Schultz is well-known in the planetarium field […]
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  • Moorhead Alumna and emeritus faculty co-discover new exoplanet
    Moorhead Department of Physics and Astronomy alumna Madelyn Madsen, class of 2023, and Professor Emeritus Matt Craig are part of a team that discovered 30 planets around other stars. Data taken by Madelyn at the Paul P. Feder Observatory at the MSUM Regional Science Center in summer 2020 was one of many data sets used to confirm that the object […]
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  • Nursing student crowned Miss Minnesota 2025
    Please join us in congratulating Emma Vrieze, a Nursing major and Psychology minor, on being crowned Miss Minnesota 2025! Emma represented Miss Glacial Waters in the statewide competition held June 20. She earned a $10,000 educational scholarship along with the crown. Her community service initiative, Swim With Knowledge: Water Safety, reflects her lifelong commitment to safe swimming and public education. […]
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  • Dr. Wisenden named among top researchers in his field
    Congratulations to Biosciences professor Dr. Brian Wisenden, who has been recognized as one of the world’s leading researchers in ecology and evolution by Research.com, a global academic platform. His ranking places him among top researchers from institutions around the world.
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