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Connor Murphy

More than 600 students are eligible to receive degrees at the University of North Dakota’s summer commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. According to updated numbers from the UND Registrar, expected to graduate are 300 undergraduates, 237 master’s students and 80 doctoral students. UND President Andy Armacost […]

The Indians Into Medicine (INMED) program at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) is kicking off a $1 million comprehensive campaign, the largest campaign of its kind for Indigenous medical education. “For nearly 50 years this program has led the nation in training Indigenous physicians,” said INMED Director Dr. Don Warne, referencing the persistent […]

Please join us at the North Dakota Museum of Art from 3 – 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, to celebrate Laurel Reuter’s fifty years at the helm of the North Dakota Museum of Art, and acknowledge her tremendous contributions to the community, state, and global world of art. Reuter’s retirement will coincide with the […]

A farewell reception will be held for Stephanie Walker, UND’s dean of libraries and information resources, on Thursday, Aug. 11, from 3 to 4 p.m. in conference room 406 at the Chester Fritz Library. All are welcome. Dean Walker has accepted the position of dean of university libraries at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Please […]

For this week’s video message, President Andy Armacost offers greetings and well-wishes from the construction site of residence halls Brannon, McVey and West. Brannon Hall is newly renovated and opening this summer, Armacost remarks, and work is underway to reconstruct McVey and West. He says the construction work, carried out by hundreds of tradespeople, is […]

Tom Scrivener has been named chief procurement officer for UND. He began his new position on July 11. Reporting to the Associate Vice President for Finance, Scrivener will manage UND’s procurement activities, including purchasing, accounts payable, and its travel and expense programs, as well as be a trusted advisor to UND’s leadership team and campus […]

University of North Dakota Provost Eric Link has selected Sally Dockter as interim dean for the Chester Fritz Library. Currently, Dockter serves as assistant dean of the library and head of public services. Link indicated that his office is preparing a national search for the next permanent dean, and that Dockter’s role will begin Aug. […]

This week, President Andy Armacost welcomes a special guest: Karla Mongeon-Stewart, associate vice president for finance. Armacost and Mongeon-Stewart talk about what’s happening with UND’s budget, and how UND is looking at the next academic year and North Dakota’s legislative session, which begins in January. Mongeon-Stewart provides examples of what makes up UND’s nearly $600 […]

UND faculty are invited to participate in the summer professional, graduate, and undergraduate degrees commencement ceremony on Friday, August 5, 3:00 p.m. at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Faculty members are required to wear academic regalia. Faculty can rent regalia at the following website: www.herffjones.com/capgown/order Customer #33000403000 Order # 4755363 Order deadline is July 7, 2022  If […]

Sick and annual leave donations are sought for Linda Jenson, Kurt Ganyo, and Stacey Berglund, all academic building service technicians, and Jeff Von Rueden, systems/HVAC supervisor within the Facilities department. Please return completed donation of leave forms to Misty Brustad, misty.brustad@und.edu.

In a video made available to the campus community today, President Armacost shares news of two new agreements signed at UND, as well as two high-profile research awards. UND’s agreement with Grand Forks Air Force Base and the North Spark Defense Lab will provide opportunities for UND students, faculty and staff to be involved in […]

Interested in using Open Educational Resources in your course?  Looking to apply for grant funding to support your time while you adapt your course?  The State of North Dakota (thanks to Student Government advocacy) and the Office of the Provost have joined together to offer a total of $65,000 in support for Open Educational Resources. […]

What do you get when you combine the top sunflower-producing state in the U.S. with the top state for honeybees and an innovative Australian startup company collaborating with the University of North Dakota, one of the nation’s leading universities for drone research and development? “It’s the perfect trifecta!” exclaimed Amy Whitney, director of UND’s Center […]

What was to be Brett Nespor’s master’s thesis, expounding on an air study done nearly five years before he arrived on campus, morphed into an invaluable endeavor that could alter the conventions of chemical research. Utilizing and optimizing a method developed by University of North Dakota Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Alena Kubatova, Nespor […]

Energy & Environmental Research Center CEO Tom Erickson on Monday became the 34th person to receive the UND President’s Medal when University President Mark Kennedy made the surprise presentation before employees at the Center. “I was very surprised and very humbled by the opportunity,” Erickson said after the ceremony. “It’s a tremendous honor, one that I […]