Research Dragon Stories

The importance of wine, one of the most celebrated beverages in all of human existence, goes far beyond wine-mom workout videos and romantic dinner dates.

Student Leah Schmitt gives new students the inside scoop about what life is really like as an MSUM Dragon.

Brick by brick, piece by piece, and with the power of more than 315 children, parents, artists, volunteers and community members, Fargo unveiled its first large-scale public art project in August at Madison Skate and Bike Park.

Jeff Hagen ’68 (art education) is impacting kids in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains by introducing art. He may also be inspiring future artists or entrepreneurs.

At age 39, Sue (Peterson) Koesterman ’03 (philosophy) cashed in her 401K, quit her job, changed her family lifestyle, and began on her journey to answer her calling.

MSUM alumni serve where they’re called—across the globe and in their own backyards.

Unseen is dedicated to thwarting human trafficking and impacts lives around the world by partnering with organizations that directly rescue victims from the clutches of forced services and despair.

MSUM professors Dr. Mary Dosch and Dr. David Paul guided 12 MSUM students, all women, on a service learning trip to the Dominican Republic to work with young girls at the Mariposa Foundation.

Grit. Humility. Heart. These are the defining characteristics of the students who pass through our front gates and triumph in their entrepreneurial endeavors.

Dale Wolf ’85 (history) and Beth (Grabinger) Wolf ’84 (speech language hearing sciences) and ’85 (speech language pathology & audiology) are partners in life and in work.

Beth (Grabinger) Wolf ’84 and ’85 is not only an entrepreneur with her husband, Pastor Dale Wolf ’85, co-founders of Lighthouse Church, she is also an entrepreneur in her own right—as a self-employed speech therapist for the past 16 years.

MSUM’s vigorous academic focus on entrepreneurship intends to subtly inform and shift how students think about work, social innovation, marketing, finance, life.