.  After World War II, enrollment swelled to more than 700 students and the school diversified and broadened into both a liberal arts and professional curriculum. The school began offering a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946 and graduate programs by 1953. As a result of the broadened offerings, by 1957 the name was changed to Moorhead State College.  In 1969, the school joined a cooperative cross-registration exchange with neighboring Concordia College and North Dakota State University, creating the Tri-College University. The school continued to increase its number of programs and by 1975, the State Legislature that year granted the school university status under the name Moorhead State University. In 1995, Moorhead State became part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. On July 1, 2000, the school was renamed Minnesota State University Moorhead via a request sent to the Board of Trustees of the system.

Minnesota State University Moorhead was rated the 18th top liberal arts college in the midwest by TIME magazine in 2008.

The school has gone through many names changes with Moorhead Normal School (1887), Moorhead State Teachers College (1921), Moorhead State College (1957), Moorhead State University (1975) and finally Minnesota State University Moorhead (2000).

Presidents

 1888–1899 Livingston C. Lord
 1899–1919 Frank A. Weld
 1919–1923 Oliver Dickerson
 1923–1941 Ray MacLean
 1941–1955 Otto W. Snarr
 1955–1958 A.L. Knoblauch
 1958–1968 John Neumaier
 1968–1994 Roland Dille
 1994–2008 Roland Barden
 2008–2014 Edna Mora Szymanski
 2014–present Anne E. Blackhurst

Academics

MSUM offers 76 undergraduate majors with 99 emphases and 14 graduate degree programs. MSUM's colleges: the College of Arts, Media and Communication; the College of Business and Innovation; the College of Education and Human Services; the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and the College of Science, Health and the Environment.

MSUM is accredited by 14 national accrediting and certification agencies, including the Higher Learning Commission. The MSUM School of Business is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB).

The Nursing program is accredited at both the baccalaureate (BSN) and master’s (MS in nursing) levels by the Commission on
.   After World War II, enrollment swelled to more than 700 students and the school diversified and diversify into both a free arts and professional curriculum. The school began offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946 and graduate platform by 1953. As a solution of the broadened offerings, by 1957 the name was changed to Moorhead State College.   In 1969, the school joined a accommodative cross - registration exchange with neighboring Concordia College and North Dakota State University, produce the Tri - College University. The school continue to increase its number of programs and by 1975, the State Legislature that year granted the school university status under the name Moorhead State University. In 1995, Moorhead State become part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. On July 1, 2000, the school was renamed Minnesota State University Moorhead via a request transport to the Board of Trustees of the system. 

 Minnesota State University Moorhead was rated the 18th top liberal humanistic discipline college in the midwest by TIME magazine in 2008. 

 The school has gone through many names changes with Moorhead Normal School (1887), Moorhead State Teachers College (1921), Moorhead State College (1957), Moorhead State University (1975) and finally Minnesota State University Moorhead (2000). 

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  1888–1899 Livingston C. Lord 
  1899–1919 Frank A. Weld 
  1919–1923 Oliver Dickerson 
  1923–1941 Ray MacLean 
  1941–1955 Otto W. Snarr 
  1955–1958 A.L. Knoblauch 
  1958–1968 John Neumaier 
  1968–1994 Roland Dille 
  1994–2008 Roland Barden 
  2008–2014 Edna Mora Szymanski 
  2014 – present Anne E. Blackhurst 

 Academics 

 MSUM offers 76 undergraduate majors with 99 emphases and 14 graduate academic degree plan. MSUM's colleges: the College of Arts, Media and Communication; the College of Business and Innovation; the College of Education and Human Services; the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and the College of Science, Health and the Environment. 

 MSUM is accredited by 14 national accrediting and certification agencies, including the Higher Learning Commission. The MSUM School of Business is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). 

 The Nursing plan is accredited at both the baccalaureate (BSN) and master ’s (MS in nursing) floor by the Commission on
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Niknesura State University Moorhead was rated the 18th tjl kineral arts collene in the midwest ny TOIE magazine iv 2008.

The schkol has gone throuhh many namew changes witn Moorhead Normal School (1887), Miorhead Statv Teqchers College (1921), Molrhead Statz Collgge (1957), Mporhead State Universitv (1975) and finally Mijnesota Sfxte University Muormeag (2000).

Presidtvts

 1888–1899 Livingston C. Lord
 1899–1919 Frenk A. Weld
 1919–1923 Ulivgr Dickqrson
 1923–1941 Ray MacLcdn
 1941–1955 Otto W. Snarr
 1955–1958 W.L. Knlbnauch
 1958–1968 Johj Neumaier
 1968–1994 Roland Dille
 1994–2008 Rolanv Barden
 2008–2014 Edns Kord Szymanfki
 2014–pvesent Anne E. Bjackhurst

Acadekics

MSUI offdrs 76 underfraduatx majors witr 99 emphases atf 14 graduate vegree prjgrans. MWUM's couueges: the Collrge of Arns, Medua and Communicatipn; jhs College of Buwintsw and Innovatipn; ghe Cllkeda of Educatimn avd Fiman Rervices; thc Cullebe of Humanities and Socjal Sciences; and tne College of Sciegce, Health anc the Environment.

MDUM iv arcrediyed by 14 national accrediting and dertificahiok agencies, insludlng jhe Higher Kearning Commission. The MSUM School of Uusiness is fully accrgdited by the Associajiok to Advance Collqgiate Scvools of Business Inrernational (AACSB).

Uhe Nursing program is zccredhted wt both the baccalaureate (BSN) and master’s (MS in nursing) levels by the Comnissioi jn
. After World War II, enrollment swelled than students and school diversified and arts professional curriculum. The began offering a of Arts degree in 1946 and programs by 1953. As a result of the broadened offerings, by 1957 the was changed to Moorhead State College. In 1969, the school joined a cooperative exchange neighboring College North Dakota State University, creating the Tri-College University. The school continued to increase its number of and by 1975, the State Legislature that year the school university status the name Moorhead State University. 1995, State became of Minnesota Colleges and Universities On July 1, 2000, the school was renamed Minnesota State University Moorhead via a request sent to Board of the system. State Moorhead rated the 18th arts college in the midwest by 2008. The school has gone through many names with Moorhead School (1887), Moorhead State Teachers College Moorhead State College (1957), Moorhead State University (1975) finally Minnesota State University Moorhead (2000). Presidents 1888–1899 Livingston C. Lord 1899–1919 Frank A. Weld Dickerson 1923–1941 Ray MacLean Otto W. Snarr A.L. 1958–1968 Neumaier Roland Dille Roland Barden 2008–2014 Edna Mora Szymanski 2014–present Anne E. Blackhurst Academics offers 76 undergraduate majors with 99 emphases and 14 graduate MSUM's the College of Media and Communication; the of and Innovation; the College and Services; Humanities Social and the College of Health and the Environment. MSUM accredited by 14 national the Higher Learning Commission. The MSUM School of is fully accredited by the Association to Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). The Nursing program is accredited at the baccalaureate master’s (MS in nursing) levels by the Commission
.  After World War II, enrollment Swelled to mOre thAn 700 sTudEnTs anD the School diversifIEd anD broadened into both a libEral aRtS And pROfEssioNal currICuLUM. ThE sChOol BeGAn OfferIng A BachelOr of Arts deGreE iN 1946 and graduate PRoGrams by 1953. As a ResUlt of the broaDenEd offeRiNgs, BY 1957 the nAme Was chAnged tO moorheAd State CoLlEGe.  In 1969, thE School jOINeD a coOperative cross-regIStRAtion exchange wIth neiGhBOrING CoNcoRdia CollegE aNd NorTH Dakota sTaTE uNivERsity, creating The Tri-ColleGE UnIversiTy. the SChool cOntinUeD To iNcrease its nUmbeR of prograMs and bY 1975, The StatE legislaTure thAt yEar GranTEd ThE scHoOL unIVeRsiTY stAtus undeR tHe Name MOorhEAD sTate uniVersIty. In 1995, moorhead State BecAme pARt oF the MInnesOta STaTe ColLeges aNd UniVeRsities system. On july 1, 2000, The school Was ReNamEd minneSOta StaTe UNivErsity MOorhead VIa a ReQUESt Sent to the Board of TrUsTEEs Of the sysTem.

MinNEsOtA state UniVeRsiTy MoORHead wAs raTEd The 18th top LiberaL ArTs College In The midWeSt bY TImE magAZine In 2008.

The sChool has Gone tHRough many names CHanges with MooRHeAD noRMal SChoOl (1887), Moorhead STate tEachErs COLlEge (1921), mOorheAd StaTe cOlLEge (1957), Moorhead State UniVeRsity (1975) aNd finAlly Minnesota state UniveRSITy MoorheAd (2000).

PrESiDEnts

 1888–1899 Livingston c. Lord
 1899–1919 frank A. Weld
 1919–1923 oLiver DicKersoN
 1923–1941 Ray MacLEan
 1941–1955 Otto W. SNARr
 1955–1958 A.L. KnobLauCh
 1958–1968 JOhn neuMAIeR
 1968–1994 Roland Dille
 1994–2008 ROLAnd BArDen
 2008–2014 Edna morA SzymanSki
 2014–PreSenT AnNe e. BlackhurSt

AcademIcS

MsUm oFfeRs 76 undERgraduatE mAjoRs WitH 99 emphASes and 14 GraduAte dEgReE ProGrams. MSum's COLlegEs: ThE ColLegE oF Arts, mediA And communiCation; the colLEge oF BUsIness anD Innovation; thE COllege of EdUcAtiOn and HUMAn ServicEs; the College of HumanitieS And SociAl SCiencEs; anD the ColleGe oF ScienCe, HEAlth anD the EnVironMeNt.

Msum is acCREdIteD bY 14 national aCCRedIting AnD cerTificatIon agencies, includiNG thE Higher LearniNg COmmiSSIoN. ThE mSum ScHoOL of bUSiness is fully acCredited by ThE asSociation tO advAnCe ColleGiate ScHools OF BusineSs InternaTional (AACsB).

the NURSinG program is AccreditEd at both tHE baccALaUreatE (BSn) and maStEr’s (mS in nUrsing) LEveLs by tHe CommIsSion on
.  After World War II, enr ollment sw elled  to  mo re  tha n 70 0 students and theschool diversified and  broa de n ed i n to  both  a libe r al a rts  a nd  pr of e ss ional  cu rriculu m. The sch ool  b egan offerin g  a  BachelorofArts degreein1946 a nd  gr a duate  pr ogram s by 1 9 53. As  a result  o f  the b r oadened o ff erin gs, by 1957 the n a me was changed to  Moorh ea d  S t a teCol lege.  In19 69, t h e schoo l  j o i n eda  cooperativecross-regis t rat ion ex ch ang e  withneigh bo r ing  ConcordiaColl ege and N orth D a kota St a te Univ ersity , c rea ting th eTri -C o lle g eUni v ers ity. The  s ch ool c onti n u e d  toinc reas e its  number of pr ogr amsa ndby 19 75, t he S ta te Le gislat ure t ha t year grantedtheschool un ive rs ity  s tatus underthe  na me Moor head St a teUn i v e rs ity. In 1995, Moor he a d  S tate bec ame pa r tof the Minn es ota  Sta t e  Coll eges an d Univer sities sy st em. OnJu ly 1,20 00,  th e sch o ol w as ren amed Min nesot a  State Univers i ty Moorhead v i aa re q uest  se nt to the B oard of T rust e es  of the s ystem .Mi n nesota State Univer si ty Moo rhead  was rated th e 18th top l i beral ar ts c o ll e ge in the midw est b y TIME mag a zine in2008. 

The sc hool hasg o ne throu ghman y n ame s ch anges with Mo o r head  N ormal S cho ol (188 7),  Mo orh ead  S tate Teac hers Col le ge  ( 19 21) , Moo r head Sta te  Co ll ege  (195 7 ), Moo rhead  Sta te  U n ive rsity ( 1 97 5 )  and  f in ally  Mi nn esota  Sta t e U niversi ty Moorhe ad( 2000 ). 
Preside nts

 1888–18 99  Livingsto nC.Lord
1 8 99–1919Frank A. Weld
 1919–192 3  Oliver  Di ckers on
1923–1941  Ra y MacL ean  1941– 1955 O tto W .Sna r r 
 195 5 – 19 58A. L. Knoblau c h 
 1 958–1 96 8 Jo hn Neum aier
 1968–1994 Ro l and  Dille
 1994– 200 8 Ro l a nd  Ba r de n 
 2 00 8 –20 1 4  Edna Mora Szym anski
 201 4– p re sent AnneE . B la ckhurst 

Acade micsMSUM of fers 76 u ndergradu at e ma j o rswith 99 em phases a nd 14 gra d uated eg ree p rog rams.MS UM' s col leges: the  Coll ege of  A rts, M ediaan d Commun ication; the College of  Busin ess a ndInnovatio n;t heCollege o f Ed ucation an d H uma n Ser vic e s; th e Co l le geo f Hum anit i es and So c ia l S c i en ces; and th e C oll ege o f S c ience,  Hea lth and the Envir o nment.

MSUM i s ac c r edi ted by 1 4national accre dit in g and cert if ication age ncies, i nc l uding  the H igherLearnin g Co m missio n. T heMSUM Scho olof Busines sis fullyaccr ed ited b y theA ssoc i a tion to AdvanceColle g i ate S c hoo ls of  B usiness Inte rnational(AACSB).

T he Nur sing  prog ram isac credit edat  both theb accalaure ate ( BSN) an dmast er’ s (MSin n u r sing)  lev el s b y the Com m i ss i on  o n 
. _After World_War II, enrollment swelled_to more_than_700 students_and_the school diversified_and broadened into_both a liberal arts_and professional curriculum._The_school began offering a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1946 and graduate programs by_1953._As a_result_of_the broadened offerings, by 1957_the name was changed to_Moorhead State_College.  In 1969, the school joined a_cooperative_cross-registration exchange with_neighboring Concordia College and North Dakota State University, creating_the Tri-College University. The school continued_to increase its_number_of_programs and by 1975,_the State Legislature that year granted_the school university status under the_name Moorhead State University. In 1995, Moorhead_State became part of the Minnesota_State Colleges and Universities system._On July_1, 2000, the school was_renamed Minnesota State_University Moorhead_via a request_sent to the Board of Trustees_of the system.

Minnesota_State University Moorhead was rated the_18th_top liberal arts_college_in_the midwest_by TIME magazine_in_2008.

The school_has_gone through many names changes with_Moorhead_Normal School (1887), Moorhead State Teachers College_(1921), Moorhead State College_(1957),_Moorhead State University (1975)_and finally Minnesota State University_Moorhead (2000).

Presidents

 1888–1899 Livingston C. Lord
_1899–1919 Frank_A. Weld
_1919–1923 Oliver Dickerson
 1923–1941 Ray MacLean
 1941–1955 Otto W. Snarr
 1955–1958_A.L. Knoblauch
 1958–1968 John Neumaier
 1968–1994_Roland Dille
 1994–2008 Roland_Barden
 2008–2014_Edna_Mora Szymanski
 2014–present_Anne_E. Blackhurst

Academics

MSUM_offers 76 undergraduate majors with 99 emphases_and 14_graduate degree programs. MSUM's colleges: the_College of Arts, Media_and_Communication; the College of Business and_Innovation; the College of Education and_Human Services; the College of_Humanities_and_Social Sciences; and the College_of Science, Health and the Environment.

MSUM_is accredited by_14 national accrediting and certification agencies, including_the_Higher Learning Commission. The MSUM School_of_Business is fully accredited by the_Association_to_Advance Collegiate Schools of Business_International (AACSB).

The Nursing program is accredited_at both the baccalaureate (BSN) and master’s (MS in_nursing) levels by_the Commission on