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Ron and Joyce Tello discuss taking advantage of North Dakota’s Challenge Grant program to help build the state’s healthcare workforce All it took was a nudge. “Up to this point, Joyce and I have been concentrating our giving on the Bismarck area,” said Dr. Ron Tello from his home in Bismarck, N.D., of he and […]

UND alum Loren Wold talks air pollution, cardiac research, and giving back Referencing the recent wildfires that although originating in California and/or Saskatchewan have impacted much of North America, Loren Wold reflected on his childhood. “Growing up in North Dakota, I used to always think how we had, well, perfect air,” mused the 2003 UND […]

As you might have noticed, we have new signage in our East Atrium, which will now be known as the Joe & Norma Peltier East Atrium. We held a wonderful dedication ceremony earlier today for the Peltier family, who has given generously to our Department of Family & Community Medicine and its efforts to support […]

In recognition of the support Joe and Norma Peltier have given to the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, the School and UND’s Alumni Association & Foundation are hosting a dedication of space for the Peltier Family in the SMHS East Atrium on Friday, Aug. 15. Faculty and staff are welcome to attend the […]

The 2024 version of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) annual report, Vital Signs, is available now in both paper and online formats. Highlights from our School’s 2024 fiscal year include: Surpassing 12,000 total SMHS graduates since our founding in 1905. A total of almost $13 million in philanthropic gifts to the […]

Judy Bruce on the new scholarship endowment she established to honor her late husband and former Medical Laboratory Science chair Wayne Bruce. “Just a side note – this is a love story.” So began the former UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) faculty Judy Bruce as she launched into the story behind the […]

I had a most fulfilling experience recently as I read some of the thank you notes that students at the UND SMHS sent to donors who provided scholarship and other financial support to the students for their studies here. As you may know, the cost of higher education has skyrocketed in general and has placed […]

UND’s Indians Into Medicine program gets a boost from a ‘semi-retired’ supporter “Our INMED program is, historically, the outstanding program in the country for training Native American physicians,” says Dr. Charlie Christianson. “So, I said ‘why not?’” Christianson is referring to the Dr. Charles Christianson INMED Scholarship for Primary Care, a recent scholarship endowment he […]

School of Medicine & Health Sciences expands its “Adopt” campaign to cover more health professions Most of us are familiar with the term “adopt” in the legal context as it revolves around the notion of parenthood. At the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences, though, the term’s additional meanings – embrace and assume, establish […]