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Giving Back By Paying It Forward
President Anne Blackhurst wants to recognize MSUM’s Executive Mentorship Banquet for their focus on what’s really important, which is how our students have been changed by their college experience and how they’ll use their education to make important contributions to their professions and communities.
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Steve Scheel honored with L.B. Hartz Professional Achievement Award
Steve D. Scheel received the L.B. Hartz Professional Achievement Award because he has created economic opportunities for others through innovation, entrepreneurship and community service.
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Computer Science Graduate's Tenacity Shapes Sustainable Business
Rolland Elendu uses the skills he honed as a computer science graduate to champion a unique and environmentally-friendly Fargo business.
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Toy photography is creative outlet for English & Mass Communications major
English and Mass Communications student Jonathan Ness's toy photography hobby provides a creative outlet and captures the attention of local news, professors and fellow students alike.
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Campus Duo: Heather Soleim & Sarah Jegela
It's nearly guaranteed a meeting with Heather Soleim and Sarah Jegela will garner a chuckle or two, but you may not know the registrar and associate registrar have a rich history.
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School psychologist, professor receives lifetime achievement award
Dr. Margaret (Peg) Potter, a professor in MSUM’s psychology department, has recently received the Lifetime Achievement award for her dedication to the betterment of school psychology.
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A Degree Worth the Wait
It took Alyssa Lopez 16 years to finish her degree. She was able to do it thanks to support from her parents and professors. Now she supports others who face obstacles.
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Alumni Center Groundbreaking
Dragon alumni will soon have a place of their own. A groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited MSUM Alumni Center will be in April 2022. In addition to serving as the anchor for alumni returning to campus, the center will provide space for students and community members to interact.
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Hawaii and beyond for nursing alumna
Sarah Jasmer's public health experiences at MSUM prepared her to help patients across the nation in a variety of nursing environments.
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MSUM Design and animation students team up to develop a game celebrating diversity, equity and inclusion
Angela Konz, a graphic communication major, and her partner Rebecca Zych, an animation major, created a Halloween-themed video game called “The Great Halloween Kerfuffle” for this year's conference.
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"House Hunters" features MSUM international student alum Poonam Budhiraja with fellow Dragons
"House Hunters" featured MSUM alumni Poonam Budhiraja (2012, Broadcast Journalism and Film Studies), Jerry Griggs (2016, Business Administration and Management) and Alexa Dixson-Griggs (2015, Social Work) as Budhiraja showed the local couple houses to fit their growing family.
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Graduate counseling student presents workplace mobbing research at SAC
MSUM graduate student Oksana Bihun hopes to shed light on a misunderstood and relatively unknown issue at the 24th Annual Student Academic Conference (SAC): workplace mobbing.