Minnesota State University Moorhead

university, Moorhead, Minnesota, United States

Also known as: Moorhead State University

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Minnesota State University Moorhead, coeducational institution of higher learning, situated in the Red River valley in Moorhead, western Minnesota, U.S. It is one of seven institutions in the Minnesota State University system. The Moorhead campus was established in 1885 as one of several normal (teacher-training) schools in Minnesota. All the normal schools in the state university system became teachers colleges in 1921, when they were granted the right to award four-year degrees. In 1957 they...