MSUM Graduate Programs Meet Students’ Needs

innesota State Universit y Moorhead’s graduate studies programs are convenient and e xible for working professionals

“While some of our graduate programs are traditional ‘bricks and mor tar,’ the majority of our graduate programs are available online or in hybrid formats,” said Boyd Bradbur y, MSUM dean of Graduate Studies “In an age of ubiquitous technolog y, working professionals should be able to get the necessar y education to advance their professional careers without leaving the comfor t and convenience of their homes ”

Robert Asp Elementary teacher Josh St Louis completed the Minnesota principal licensure program at MSUM and is working toward his master’s degree in educational leadership

“The online classes were great because I could do the work when it t into my schedule, and events such as web chats were scheduled in the evening,” St Louis said

New Graduate Programs Added

MSU Moorhead Graduate Degrees

▸ Accounting & Finance

▸ Business Administration

▸ Business Administration with Health Care Management Emphasis

▸ Counseling & Student A airs

▸ Curriculum & Instruc tion

▸ Educational Leadership (M S & Specialist)

▸ Healthcare Administration

▸ Nursing

▸ School Psycholog y (M S & Specialist)

▸ Special Education

▸ Speech-Language Patholog y

▸ Teaching English as a Second Language

Graduate Cer ti cates

▸ Biochemistr y & Biotechnolog y Industr y

▸ Kodaly

▸ Professional Counseling

▸ School Counseling

▸ Teaching & Learning with Technolog y

▸ Teaching English as a Second Language

Based on input from regional employers, new master's programs have been added in business administration (executive MBA with healthcare emphasis), healthcare administration, nursing administration, and accounting and nance With these new options, graduate student enrollment has doubled in one year

“The increase in enrollment is not by accident Our graduate faculty members have made a genuine e or t to accommodate student needs and provide personalized attention,” Bradbur y said Students in MSUM online classes receive one- on- one at tention from their professors and get to know their fellow students through online chat programs

“Student interac tion and developing relationships is vital to learning Our use of technologies to emphasize personalized at tention and oppor tunities to learn from each other are cornerstones of MSUM’s programs,” said Julie Swagger t, Educational Leadership program coordinator

MSUM master’s degrees, graduate cer ti cates and licensure programs meet students’ needs by o ering exibilit y and convenience while enhancing exper tise and preparing for career advancement

Minnesota State Universit y Moorhead is an equal oppor tunit y educator and employer and is a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system distances and helping to choose some of the historic elements that go into the streetscape so that there’s more public space for urban activities,” he says

The project is expected to begin next year and will likely take several years to complete because it will tie in with other large downtown projects, he says

Land Elements also plans to produce a book of design guidelines for streetscapes which can be applied throughout downtown Fargo. Fischer says the book will be available for private developers as well as city engineers

In Sioux Falls, Confluence has played a key role in redeveloping its downtown. The firm served as the lead consultant in the Big Sioux River Greenway-Downtown Riverfront project, an anticipated $35 million quality of life improvement project that will be realized in phases over the course of many years along with downtown redevelopment projects, Jacobson says.

The first phase of the greenway project was completed in 2012 along the riverfront in a space that once housed an industrial agriculture elevator and rail switchyard. Updates included improved greenway access as well as new public gathering spaces, seating, a pedestrian bridge and large, stone-based light piers A second phase was completed last year and consisted of similar redevelopments along the riverfront near the downtown Hilton Garden Inn. Jacobson expects up to 10 more redevelopment phases before the greenway project is complete

Jacobson says he enjoys working on public projects because they provide the most exposure for the firm and can make the most impact on the general public The firm is currently working with the city of Sioux Falls on a healthy living initiative that would incorporate public infrastructure projects to encourage residents to recreate and exercise Public outdoor exercise areas are a growing trend elsewhere in the country and Jacobson is eager to put them into play in our region

“Literally, there is outdoor fitness equipment located along trails and public gathering areas that people don’t have to pay to use, they can use it when they’re walking or using the bike trail and kind of build it into their routine for exercise,” he says

The future of landscape architecture appears bright in the region and established professionals say they are excited for the opportunities that lie ahead for them and for the growing number of new landscape architects working in the area Fischer says that while most of NDSU’s landscape architecture graduates used to pursue their profession in Minneapolis, Chicago or along the coasts, a growing number of recent graduates are now able to find work in the region

The desire for quality of life improvements will likely continue to drive the expansion of landscape architecture throughout the northern Plains, a movement which Allmendinger says he is happy to be playing a role in.

“I believe that if you create great outdoor spaces and unique experiences, people will create memories in these spaces, and memories will help create a strong sense of community,” he says. “There are many components of making strong communities, but I absolutely feel that landscape architecture is one of them ” PB

Kris Bevill Editor, Prairie Business 701-306-8561, kbevill@prairiebizmag com

Masterful design

Minneapolis features one of the best examples of landscape architec ture to be found any where the Grand Rounds National Scenic By way, which is an interconnec ted series of parkways and parks that flow throughout the city near and around the Mississippi River The system was designed by H W S Cleveland in response to the city ’s request to connec t and preser ve the city ’s existing natural features and today, more than 100 years later, the Grand Rounds continue to be known as one of the best urban park systems in the world.

Some of Cleveland’s other projec ts included the landscape design for the Fergus Falls State Hospital in Fergus Falls, Minn , as well as the landscaping for the University of Minnesota campus. In 1873, he published a book titled “Landscape Architec ture as Applied to the Wants of the West,” in which he expressed his disdain at the carelessness with which railroad communities in the western U S were being construc ted He believed the layouts were disorderly, towns were being built too fast and not enough thought was being given to public spaces for people Today, landscape architec ts are addressing similar concerns for communities in the Bakken region.

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