MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Archives

MSUM Dealing With Ransomware Attack On Servers Since February 1st

MSUM has been dealing with a ransomware attack affecting some of the university's servers for more than two weeks

February 16, 2024

Site Staff,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – MSUM has been dealing with a ransomware attack affecting some of the university’s servers for more than two weeks. The University says the IT team discovered that “a few servers” locked and encrypted by ransomware on February 1st. MSUM is still working to actively restore all affected servers. They University says its analysis indicates that the…

Winona State University President Appointed Next Minnesota State Chancellor

May 9, 2023

TJ Nelson,

ST. PAUL (KVRR) — Minnesota State Colleges and Universities has a new leader and his name is Scott Olson. The Board of Trustees has appointed Olson as the next chancellor effective August 1st. He will take over for Devinder Malhotra who is retiring in July after serving as chancellor since 2017. Olson has served as president of Winona State University…

5 Finalists For President of MSUM On Campus Next Week

February 16, 2023

TJ Nelson,

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — There are five finalists to become the next president of Minnesota State University Moorhead. They are Mohamed Abousalem, Tim Downs, Scott Furlong, Arrick Jackson, and Jodi Kupper. Only Jackson has ties to the university having served as provost and senior vice president of academic affairs since 2019. The candidates will be interviewed next week. A selection…

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Report Another Enrollment Decline

Full-Time Students Down 17% Since 2010

January 28, 2018

TJ Nelson,

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Enrollment is down at most Minnesota state colleges and universities and that means fewer dollars for those schools. Records released by the MnSCU Board of Trustee’s show last school year as the sixth straight that MnSCU institutions saw a drop in enrollment. Full-time students at those schools is at 132,000. That’s a 17% decline…

Finalists Rejected, MNSCU Left without Permanent Chancellor

Devinder Malhotra will serve as interim chancellor until a permanent one is found

February 9, 2017

TJ Nelson,

MINNESOTA — All three finalists for chancellor of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities have been rejected. The board has opted to have St. Cloud State provost Devinder Malhotra serve as interim chancellor until a permanent one is found. The system chair says he didn’t believe the board found the right candidate among the finalists to be the system’s next…