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Pencil Cake Celebrates the First Day of School

Dr. Chelsea Mead’s mother started the Pencil Cake tradition in 1990 when she started Kindergarten. Every first day of school, her mother would bake a cake in the shape of a pencil and decorate it with her name and then later her sibling's names and what grades they were in.

DREAMing with data: how one RSO became MSU’s tech success

DREAMing with data, how one RSO became Minnesota State University’s tech success.

Wasiu Erinoso and Bereket Mamo successfully defend Masters theses

The Department of Physics and Astronomy extends hearty congratulations to Masters students Wasiu Erinoso and Bereket Mamo, both of who successfully defended their Master's theses this summer and will formally graduate this Fall.

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