Explore. Create. Experience. Minnesota State University Moorhead Honors Program.
Honors
NEWSLETTER
Fall 2016
Letter from the Director elcome to another great year to be a Dragon in Honors here at MSUM! Our program continues to grow and attract a greater number of outstanding students to campus. More than a dozen graduating seniors completed the program last year and were awarded the Golden Stole by President Blackhurst during the Spring Banquet. And this fall’s freshmen class was at record levels for the fourth year in a row. Faculty involvement in Honors is growing, too, as demand for more honors classes increases. For the second year, we offered an honors-section of First Year Experience (FYE), and the number of Honors 102 Encounters sections continues to grow with faculty from across campus serving as instructors. Students this year can choose
traditional honors seminars such as Masterpieces in Literature, as well as new honors courses like Censorship in American Literature. We continue to foster collaborations across disciplines with non-honors speciality classes offered through other departments including The Nature of Science (Philosophy) and Natural Disasters (History). And new this year we are working with the NDSU Honors Program to promote and encourage students from both schools to take honors classes in each program. Outside of class we always have fun in honors, with signature activities including our Fall Picnic, Classic Movie Nights, private guided tour of the Rourke Art Museum, and annual spring trip. Our three previous trips involved travel, including to the Minneapolis Guthrie Theatre, continued on page 2...