News & Notes

MSUM Office of the President campus news, updates and media coverage.

  • Gallo, Maahs, and Mayer Present at National Conference
    Dr. Dawnita Gallo (School of Teaching and Learning) along with Gail Maahs (Early Education Center & School of Teaching and Learning) and Jill Mayer (Early Education Center) presented at the annual conference sponsored by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. This group’s presentation, entitled: Teaching Through Transitions: How to Use Engagement Cues and Hook Techniques to Help […]
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  • MSUM Life Science Education alumnus wins Science Teacher of the Year
    On Friday, November 1, Richard Lahti (Chemistry & Biochemistry) and MSUM Life Science Education Alumnus Jake Pundsack co-presented “Go on a date with data! Bringing out the relationship between computational modeling and data science in a secondary biology classroom” at the Minnesota Science Teacher Association Conference on Science Education.   During the opening ceremony, Jake was also named the secondary […]
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  • Volcanoes in Our Solar System – a new student created planetarium show!
    Experience the Solar System from an explosive viewpoint! Geology student Bridgett Grosz brings together countless new concepts and research findings from the world of planetary volcanology in Volcanoes in our Solar System. From volcanoes on Earth to the ice volcanoes of Triton, as well as planetary development, evolution, and present-day structures, get ready to learn about the unique study of […]
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  • MSUM Students, Watson & Ishaug, present at national planetarium conference
    Emily Watson and Cassie Ishaug presented at the Great Lakes Planetarium Assn annual conference in conjunction with Western Alliance Conferences at the Riverfront Museum in Peoria, IL. Emily, 4th year physics/astrophysics major, presented on the work she has been doing in the planetarium with the open source software, OpenSpace.  She has been working with OpenSpace developers and American Museum of […]
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  • Planetarium Director, Schultz, presents at and supports students to attend national planetarium conference
    Sara Schultz, PhD, director of the planetarium presented four talks/workshops during the recent Great Lakes Planetarium Assn (GLPA) annual conference.  She presented with two of her students, Cassie Ishaug and Emily Watson. Schultz, as the elected Inclusion & Outreach officer for GLPA, presented on a program to encourage pre-career students interested in the planetarium field as a potential career path […]
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