Leadership & Mentorship Dragon Stories

The Student Success Initiative, an integrated, collaborative model of student academic support, is bolstered by the addition of new staff and technology.

The Dr. Robert and Millie MacLeod Women’s Athletic Scholarship salutes the MacLeods’ MSUM legacy and supports female athletes.

Carolina Panthers V.P. of Research and Development Eric Eager shares his foundational experience at Moorhead.

Minnesota State Moorhead president writes a letter for alumni and friends about Moorhead's unprecedented advancement and innovation in multiple areas.

Jenny Glenski '13, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, believes MSUM's AI initiative will give students the foundation to lead.

Filmmaker and educator Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson is the inaugural dean of Moorhead's Honors College.

Nina Johnson, a 2003 political science graduate, has received the 2025 Service Faculty of the Year Award from the Minnesota State Board of Trustees. 

Madison Hanson's struggle to find effective mental health treatment sparked a passion for systemic change.

Sara Kubicek, an experienced educator and MSUM alumna, mentors student teachers like Fatima Alshahmani.

MSUM’s executive director of Facilities Management, Brenda Norris, has managed the masterful renovation of campus structures for over 20 years.

Each year, the MSU Moorhead Marketing & Communications team hires inventive students to develop a fun, festive short video to share holiday greetings with the wider Dragon community.  

For psychology alumnus Jason Nicholas, his relationships with faculty at Minnesota State University Moorhead provided him the mentorship and career guidance he desperately needed in his life, something he now gets to be a part of in others' lives.