The President's Weekly Newspaper Column

Dr. Brian Van Horn's column for local area newspapers.

Grateful for opportunities to celebrate

It’s beginning to feel a little more like normal. As the COVID-19 situation stabilizes and vaccines become more widely available, there are more activities for students, including…

What’s the big deal? Find out on April 7!

Super-exciting news for the community and the university will be revealed at an event planned for Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 5 p.m. It will be held in the Lewy Lee Fieldhouse at…

Optimism and progress are at the forefront, even as we navigate the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has been the overarching theme over everything during the last year. We’ve come a long way since this began a little over a year ago, and our faculty,…

Mayville State students benefit from professors with academic and hands-on credentials

Mayville State’s first-ever Agribusiness Activity Day was a big success! I tip my hat to the Division of Science and Mathematics, who hosted the event; and I appreciate the…

Honoring our veterans and U.S. Military personnel

On the evening of March 1, Comets head football coach Rocky Larson asked local veterans Harlan Johnson and Jason Perkins to join him on stage in the Classroom Building Auditorium,…

Grateful for the work of our legislators

The work of North Dakota’s 67th Legislative Assembly is well underway. Forty-seven senators and 94 members of the House of Representatives convened in regular session on Jan. 5. We…

It’s a great day to be a Comet!

The spring semester at Mayville State University is off to a great start! We are delighted that we are able to offer on-campus classes and services, even as the coronavirus…

Current COVID-19 situation, budgetary decisions, and honoring beloved family members

We are extremely grateful for a very low number of occurrences of COVID-19 among students and employees during the spring semester thus far. As of Feb. 16, we had one distance…

Ryan Hall has led Comet Athletics to new levels of success

We learned this week that our Mayville State Athletic Director Ryan Hall has taken a new position as Assistant Athletic Director of Development at Northwestern State University in…

Construction of a natural gas-burning heat plant is a sound business decision

Mayville State has requested $1.6 million in capital project funding from the North Dakota legislature. The funding will allow us to install natural gas burners and pave the way…