I knew it was too early for school. I’ve just spoken with Elizabeth Kirchoff, an English professor at Minnesota State University – Moorhead. Students in a couple of her classes have been complaining “relentlessly” that their dorm rooms have no air conditioning, and that sleeping conditions are just unbearable. They told her that fans Read more →
Just got this from Minnesota State University – Moorhead: MSU Moorhead president to retire June 2014 Edna Mora Szymanski, the tenth president of Minnesota State University Moorhead, has announced that she will retire on June 30, 2014. Szymanski has been MSUM’s president since July 1, 2008. Under her leadership, the university strengthened its focus on Read more →
Minnesota State University – Moorhead President Edna Szymanski tells The Advocate student paper why she ended on Monday the university’s $37 million fundraising campaign to establish a hockey program after generating about half of the financial goal: “The other half wasn’t about to materialize in the next few days.” Read the full story here.
“We’re trying to get to their level. Students are texting. They’re using apps. So we’re adjusting.” — Graduate assistant John Edmonds, who specializes in new media for Minnesota State University – Moorhead’s university college office, on how the university is now texting students important information instead of e-mailing it. Apparently, a number of students weren’t Read more →
MSU-Moorhead Athletic Director Doug Peters is trying to squelch rumors that the university has dropped its bid to start a Division I hockey team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. The association reports that Moorhead has collected $17 million of the $29.6 million goal that would get them in, and The Advocate writes the deadline Read more →
Andrea [bah! la realta!] via Flickr Moorhead, these are called “water pipes” — I think. The ’60s and ’70s are still alive at Minnesota State University – Moorhead, from what The Advocate student paper is reporting. Some Moorhead residents are fighting an ordinance banning products that could be construed as drug paraphernalia, which is apparently Read more →
Minnesota State University – Moorhead President Edna Szymanski tells The Advocate student paper why the university is phasing out its continuing studies department, which handles public-outreach programs: “Right now, this university is supported 64 percent by your tuition; for that reason, I can’t continue anything that doesn’t either benefit you directly, or in someway, generate a Read more →
Minnesota State University – Moorhead English professor Laura Fasick explains why she’s OK with paying the new $45-per-semester faculty charge to ride the local bus: “I like the fact that when I’m on the bus I can read. I can write. I can get a lot of things done. In that sense, it saves me Read more →
“I am impressed by how much your students really love the university and how patriotic their behavior is toward the university. We can see the emblem of the Dragon practically everywhere. It’s within the community. It’s about students who take pride in their university.” — Russian NGO official Aleksandr Bryukhanov in The Advocate after touring Read more →
Well that’s a sight. Someone found this coyote camped out next to MSU-Moorhead’s Ballard Hall dormitory earlier this week. The Advocate student paper says the animal may have been sick. It was captured and released north of the city. Read the full story here.
Alex Friedrich