Feb. 26 message from President Armacost
Dear Students, Parents, and Members of the UND community, A few weeks back, the university announced that spring commencement ceremonies would be held virtually. A decision like this ultimately rests upon one member of the campus, and that is the […]
Campus News
School of Law hosts tribal flag ceremony, national Indian law competition Feb. 26, 27
The University of North Dakota School of Law will hold a tribal flag ceremony Friday, Feb. 26, and a national Indian law competition Feb. 26 and 27. The five American Indian tribes of North Dakota have presented their national flags […]
- 02/23 Panelists speak Feb 24 on continuing educational opportunities into the future
- 02/22 March 11 Eye of the Hawk lecture with Tressie McMillan Cottom will focus on the future of education
Events
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- To April 1: Spring 2021 Book Read: How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
- To Feb. 27: Antigone
- Feb. 25: 2021 Founders Day Virtual Celebration
- Feb. 25: Best Practices in Online Teaching: Giving Effective & Efficient Feedback
- Feb. 25: Recruiting Solutions
- Feb. 25: Blackboard Ally – Make your Content Accessible
- Feb. 26: National Native American Law Students Association – Tribal Flag Ceremony
- Feb. 26: Introduction to Creating Blackboard Tests
- Feb. 26: Developing Social Interaction with VoiceThread
- Feb. 26 – 27: National Native American Law Students Association Moot Court Competition
- March 1: UND & Riipen Staff Webinar
- March 1: Groups in Blackboard
- March 1: Zoom Getting Started
- March 2: Crucial Employee Skills for Long Term Success
- March 2: Creating Your Course Syllabus Using Courseleaf Syllabi (SYL)
- March 2: Blackboard Getting Started
- March 2: Career Conversations
- March 2: Creating and Grading Assignments in Blackboard
- March 3: Biomedical Sciences Seminar – Dr. Greg Wang
- March 3: Mindfulness Practices Now Workshop
- March 3: Introduction to Creating Video Content with YuJa
- March 3: Creating Surveys in Qualtrics (Beginner)
- March 4: Graduate Research Achievement Day & Virtual Awards Ceremony
- March 4: English Department Open Mic Night
- March 4: Energy Hawks Summer Internship Information session
- March 4: Legal Tech CLE
- March 5: Crock Pot Cooking
- March 6: Virtual Feast of Nations
- March 7: Report on Unsatisfactory Progress (Deficiencies) Due From Faculty to Starfish
- March 8: UND International Student Monthly Forum
- March 8: Best Practices in Online Teaching: Deep Learning Online
- March 9: Faculty & Staff Town Hall
- March 9: Student & Family Town Hall
- March 9: Publishing Strategies
- March 9: Spring Break Safety
- March 9: Intersections: Intersectional Feminism
- March 9: FAA Illegal Charter Presentation (What Pilots Need to Know)
- March 9: Microsoft OneDrive
- March 9: Microsoft Excel Basics Training
- March 9: Microsoft Excel: Introduction
- March 10: Forum for Contemporary Geographic Issues
- March 10: The Broadway Cast Reunion Series: “The Lion King”
- March 10: Time Management
- March 10: Leadership and Risk Management
- March 11: Eye of the Hawk: An Evening with Tressie McMillan Cottom on the Future of Education
- March 11: Are You Pandemic-ing Well?
- March 11: Microsoft Teams
- March 15: Doctoral Examination for Venus Larson
- March 15-19: Spring Break
- March 16: Doctoral Examination for Hao Fu
- March 16: Heart of the Hawks | Virtual Coaches Corner
- March 16: Navigating Conflict
- March 16: Google Chrome: Tips & Tricks
- March 17: Ireland with Michael – A Virtual Concert
- March 17: Microsoft Excel Intermediate Training
- March 18: 14-Week Online: Last Day to Withdraw to Zero Credits for a 50% Refund
- March 18: Having Difficult Conversations
- March 18: Adobe Photoshop: Introduction
- March 22: Networking: Making Connections and Pursuing Employment
- March 23: Chester Fritz Library Workshop: Finding Data
- March 23: Adobe Acrobat Pro DC: Introduction
- March 23: Interacting with Students – Blackboard (Blogs, Wikis & Discussion Boards)
- March 23: Microsoft PowerPoint: Tips & Tricks
- March 24: Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series – Scott Evans, Ph.D.
- March 24: UND Writers Conference Reading: Sonia Shah
- March 24: The Broadway Cast Reunion Series: “Dear Evan Hansen”
- March 24: Pancratz Professional Series – LinkedIn
- March 25: Last Day to Withdraw to Zero Credits (50% Refund Date)
- March 25: UND Writers Conference Reading: Marie Mutsuki Mockett
- March 25: UND Writers Conference Reading: Joy Harjo
- March 25: Holi Festival Celebration
- March 25: How to Have Difficult Conversations in Mentoring Relationships
- March 26: UND Writers Conference Reading: Ross Gay
- March 26: UND Writers Conference: A Conversation with Nnedi Okorafor
- March 29: A Conversation with Staff: Well-being and a Mindfulness Approach
- March 30: Chester Fritz Library Workshop: Data Cleanup using OpenRefine
- March 30 – 31: Age Friendly in the Great Plains Virtual Symposium
- March 30 – 31: Epigenetics & Epigenomics Symposium & 2021 Virtual Symposium
- March 31: Best Practices in Online Teaching: Humanizing the Online Learning Environment
- March 31: How to Stand Out: Tips for Successful Job Applicants
- April 1: Creating Surveys in Qualtrics
- April 2-5: Holiday Break
- April 6: Chester Fritz Library Workshop: Lateral Reading and Civic Digital Literacy
- April 8: Intersections: Queer & Trans Identities
- April 9: Last Day to Change To or From S/U Grading
- April 9: Last Day to Drop a Full-Term Course or Withdraw
- April 11 – 17: Online JCP Suit Up
- April 13: Virtual Off-Campus Part-Time & Summer Jobs Fair
- April 14: Developing a Diversity Statement for the Academic Job Market
- April 15 – 24: Songs for a New World
- April 15: Managing Stress: Activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System
- April 15: UND Dining Time-Out Week Theme Meal
- April 15: Professional Series – Internships
- April 22: UND Dining Earth Day Sustainability Theme Meal
- May 3: Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration
- May 4: UND Dining Star Wars Theme Meal
- May 6: Last Day of Class
- May 8: Law School Commencement
- May 8: School of Medicine & Health Sciences Commencement
- May 10-14: Finals Week
- May 15: Professional & Graduate Degrees Commencement
- May 15: Undergraduate Degrees Commencement
Announcements
University Senate Meets Thursday, March 4
The University Senate will meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4, via Zoom. Public access link: https://und.zoom.us/j/93963754204?pwd=eGJYU2ljSHNMYWNkL0ZQQlpUbk54QT09 Passcode: 866360 […]
- 02/24 University System will conduct survey of all students, faculty and staff
- 02/24 UND Wind Ensemble and University Band will play in March 9 concert
- 02/23 Watch Feast of Nations performances for free on March 6
- 02/23 COVID-19 testing schedule listed through Feb. 26
Research
Sandeep Singhal identifies novel biomarker for cancer
Sandeep Singhal, assistant professor in the School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Pathology, basic research scholar of the DaCCoTA, and director of the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) bioinformatics division, recently published a paper in Communications Biology – Nature, […]
Honors
Local schools win awards in UND Math Track Meet
About 140 students in grades 7-12 took part in the annual Math Track Meet last week at the University. Traditionally held on Presidents’ Day, the UND Math Track Meet is a problem-solving competition that the UND Department of Mathematics in […]
- 02/09 $450,000 NSF grant pairs school teachers and UND researchers to design engineering tasks
- 02/09 Winners of Three Minute Thesis (3MT) named
Bulletin Board
Credit Union offers March loan special
March loans are available as low as 4.99% with no application fee at University Federal Credit Union […]
In Remembrance
Mary Baker, Teaching & Learning doctoral program director, Warren, Minn., died in her home while on hospice, on February 20, 2021, after a short battle with brain cancer. She was 59. Mary was born on Dec. 12, 1961, in Peoria, […]