Dragon Week of Thanks
Minnesota State University Moorhead “Dragon Week of Thanks”
Moorhead, MN—The Minnesota State University Moorhead Alumni Foundation will be hosting their first “Dragon Week of Thanks” on April 28th through May 2nd. Throughout the week there will be visual opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to see how donations have impacted students and their education at MSU Moorhead.
Across campus, there will be information posted in departments, on buildings, and in common areas to emphasize how donations enhance the student experience. More than 500 current students who received donor-funded scholarships have also been given backpack tags to recognize the individual impact of gifts on their education.
Donations to the Alumni Foundation support students by funding scholarships, awards, academic competitions, travel to conferences, and student research. Donations also assist faculty by funding research and professional development.
Students are encourage to express their gratitude to donors by writing a personal message to donors using postcards, which will then be sent to alumni, faculty, staff, businesses, parents, and friends who have made gifts recently. On Wednesday, individuals can also record a video message to donors. The Alumni Foundation will be setup on the campus mall from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm to record messages and have students sign a large thank-you banner.
The MSUM Alumni Foundation secures, receives, manages, administers, and disburses funds for MSUM. It is a non-profit organization that creates fundraising campaigns and hosts several events on and off campus, throughout each year.
Fact Sheet
- Last year, the Alumni Foundation provided $598,240 in scholarships and $323,190 in academic program support. That’s almost $1 million to help MSUM students!
- This year, 526 MSUM students received an academic or athletic scholarship that was funded by donations.
- Donations to the Alumni Foundation fund student research, guest speakers, student attendance at conferences, equipment purchases, academic competitions, scholarships, and much more.
- Last year (2012-13), 165 corporations, businesses, and organizations supported MSUM with gifts totaling $635,084.
- Last year (2012-13), 3,319 alumni made a gift to the MSUM Alumni Foundation.
- Over the last 16 years, more than 10,000 MSUM students have received scholarships funded by donors.
- The Alumni Foundation had an endowment of almost $13 million, as of June 30, 2013.
- So far this fiscal year, the Alumni Foundation has received more than $2 million in new gifts and pledges.
- Gifts to the Psychology Department funded 28 students attending the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and Minnesota Association of School Psychologists (MSPA) conferences in 2013.
- Donations have supported the Capstone presentations for Construction Management students.
- Donors support students in the Biosciences Department who present research at national conferences.
- More than $200,000 has been donated to support the Straw Hat Players.
Advocate Positions Open
The Advocate is hiring for Fall 2014!
Check out our open positions for Fall 2014 and kick-start your career today! Being on The Advocate staff not only looks good on your resume, but will help you in essentially any mass communications career.
The Advocate will be accepting applications until May 1st in order to get interviews in before the end of the semester. Resumes can be found at msumadvocate.com. For questions and to submit your applications with a resume please send them to advocate@mnstate.edu, or slide it under The Advocate office door, located in CMU 110.
APPLY NOW FOR THESE OPEN POSITIONS:
Assistant Editor:
-Design News pages (with headlines)
-Come up with story ideas
-With editor, monitor news section
-Stay in contact with photo editor for news photos
-With editor and opinion editor, write editorial
-With editor, hire staff members (for the following year, and when needed)
-Assist editor when needed on all things (so they do not go crazy)
Opinion Editor:
-Hire columnists and cartoonists
-Make sure the opinion section is filled each week
-Design opinion pages (with headlines)
-With assistant editor and editor, write editorial
A&E & Sports Editors:
-Monitor own section
-Come up with story ideas for section
-Design pages for section (with headlines)
-Stay in contact with photo editor to make sure photos accompany stories in section
-Seek editor if help is needed
Photo Editor:
-Hire photographers, Give them assignments
-Make sure each section editor has the photos they need
-Make decisions on which photos are best for publication
-Work with editor on deciding which photos are published
-Edit all photos for publication (print and web)
-Seek editor if help is needed
Copy Editors (2):
-Edit every page on Sunday nights during layout
-Each page goes through three rounds of edits. Two copy editors view the page each round.
-While editing pages, pay attention to everything: AP style, grammar, wording, captions, photos/graphics, headlines, etc.
-Seek editor if help is needed
Web Editor:
-Post everything to website
-Monitor social networking accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs)
-Design/maintain website
-Help with multimedia such as videos and podcasts
-Seek editor if guidance is needed
Business Manager:
-Mail invoices
-Balance Advocate checkbook (using Quickbooks)
-Work with ad manager on revenue
-Create yearly budget
-Keep advisor informed on budget concerns, seek help when needed
-Payroll
-Pick up mail
Print Media Employee Position – City of Moorhead
Apply Now!
The City of Moorhead is not accepting applications for a TEMPORARY Print Media Employee.
This is a PAID, one-year temporary position with the City of Moorhead that requires 15-30 hours per week. This position will strengthen your skills, help you apply classroom knowledge in a professional environment, and give you a step up in your career.
Responsibilities
- Design and distribute various City publications
- Take photos during special events, council meetings and more
Required Qualifications
- Junior, Senior or graduate with major in Graphic Design, Graphic Communications, Mass Communications or equivalent
- MUST be proficient using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as Microsoft Office software
Other Skills & Abilities
- Ability to multi-task and work under many deadlines
- Creativity in completing projects
- Perform professionally and conduct essential communications work
DEADLINE APRIL 24th
To apply, send resume and cover letter to: becky.jahnke@cityofmoorhead.com
Contact Becky Jahnke at 218.299.5305 with questions.
‘Photos by Regene Radniecki’ exhibit opens today
The MSUM College of Communications and Journalism welcomes the community to help honor MSUM professor Regene “Reggie” Radniecki at the opening of her photographic exhibit, “Photos by Regene Radniecki.” A reception will be held today from 4-6:30 p.m., Flora Frick Hall, Room 254. The exhibit closes May 20.
Radniecki is retiring after a long and colorful career in photojournalism. Her work has been published in many renowned publications, including: The New York Times, National Geographic’s World Magazine, LIFE, Ebony, Business Week, Time Magazine, Forbes, Christian Science Monitor, The Los Angeles Times, MPLS/St. Paul Magazine, Press Time and many others.
From Queen Elizabeth II and Pope John Paul II, to athletes, war veterans, singers, and everyday Americans, Radniecki has captured it all. Her sense of timing is impeccable – the subjects, scenes, and scenarios depicted in her photographs are unlike any other in composition and style.
The professor of mass communications has also played an instrumental role in the development of Horizonlines.org, a general-interest online magazine produced by students in the multimedia journalism program.
“Reggie joined us in 2000, and not only did she help usher in the new millennium, but helped us introduce a new era of digital publishing,” said C.T. Hanson, chair of the MSUM Mass Communications Department. “Through her work with horizonlines.org, Reggie and her students have helped establish our department and university as one of the premier programs in online publishing.”
For more information on Radniecki and her photographic exhibit, visit congratulatereggie.wordpress.com.
AAF-ND Portfolio Review on April 2
The American Advertising Federation of North Dakota is pleased to be hosting yet another Portfolio Review this year on Wednesday, April 2, on the Minnesota State University Moorhead campus. We have many slots open and we’d love to see you there!
If you don’t know much about the event, it’s a day where industry professionals meet with students to review their portfolios. This is a FREE event we host each year, solely for the purpose of providing students real-time advice on their portfolios.
Categories for review include the following:
CATEGORIES:
- Graphic Design (print and/or interactive)
- Photography
- Ad Copywriting
- Ad Design
- Print Journalism
- Photo Journalism
- Broadcast Journalism
Review sessions are 20-30 minutes long, and each student can register for up to 3 review sessions (journalism categories can only register for 1 session). We typically have 40-50 industry reviewers from a variety of backgrounds: ad agencies, in-house marketing departments, print and web production, freelancers, etc. At the very least, it’s an excellent networking opportunity!
To register, go to www.aaf-nd.org.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. Hope to see you there!
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