Dragon Stories

Get to know the MSUM graduate program coordinators! They are crucial in supporting students' professional and academic goals while pursuing their graduate degrees.

Director of Graduate Studies Maya Sosa Machado, PhD, shares what MSUM graduate studies looks for in candidates and discusses what has changed in recent years. It has become less about finding the perfect "fit" and more about finding unique voices and new perspectives.

Kelly La Venture, an MSUM MBA graduate and now an associate professor in the Business Administration Department at Bemidji State University, recently received a Fulbright Specialist Program award for her work promoting entrepreneurship in Cambodia. 

Over winter break, around 300 participants took advantage of MSUM's first-ever winter term. Students were able to take an online course at an accelerated fashion to get ahead of their degrees and lighten their course load during the academic year.

Dennis Dahlen earned his MBA at MSUM in 1986. Now he is CFO at one of the most recognized health care institutions in the world.

The student gets connected with someone that can give them insight into the reality of the career path they are pursuing.

Midwest West Moving Company was started four years ago by three former MSUM Dragons.

Minnesota State University Moorhead student Aleyah Fettig and co-owner Nat Nongnuang launched Sushi Burrito Café in January 2021.

At MSUM, diversity is active and alert. For professors, addressing diversity head on is part of their job, and for students, discovering it begins in the classroom.