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State science and engineering fair winners advance to world competition

Categories: Campus News

Winners of the 61st Annual North Dakota State Science and Engineering Fair, hosted by the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks on April 7–8, now advance to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles, Calif., the world’s largest pre-college science competition, where students from over 60 countries, regions, and territories will […]

Dates for summer Robot/Alice camps for kids announced

Categories: Announcements

The Department of Computer Science is once again offering summer camps for kids 9-14. There are some changes in the age groups and added sessions for this summer. Please go to http://camps.cs.und.edu for dates and information. Online registration will be available through the Summer Programs and Events Office at: www.summer.und.edu once it is set up. […]

Midwest Healthcare Educator's Academy continues through May 25

Categories: Events

Check out the presenters speaking at the 2011 Midwest Healthcare Educators’ Academy May 23-25 at the Alerus Center. Follow the link to view the Midwest Healthcare Educators’ Academy site at  http://conferences.und.edu/healthcare-educators/. Click on the schedule tab to view the sessions. Registration Fees for the full conference are $225, $150 for students.  After May 16 add […]

Midwest Healthcare Educator’s Academy continues through May 25

Categories: Events

Check out the presenters speaking at the 2011 Midwest Healthcare Educators’ Academy May 23-25 at the Alerus Center. Follow the link to view the Midwest Healthcare Educators’ Academy site at  http://conferences.und.edu/healthcare-educators/. Click on the schedule tab to view the sessions. Registration Fees for the full conference are $225, $150 for students.  After May 16 add […]

Graduate School announces recipients of Distinguished Dissertation, Thesis & Creative Exhibition Awards

Categories: Announcements

The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2011 Recipients of the Distinguished Dissertation, Thesis and Creative Exhibition Awards. The recipients were selected from 70 Doctoral Dissertations and 84 Master’s Theses/Exhibitions completed between June 2010 and May 2011. Independent studies were not included in the competition. The 2011 awards will be presented at a ceremony […]

Primary Care Seminar set for May 5, 6

Categories: Events

The Office of Conference Services will coordinate a Primary Care Seminar May 5 and 6 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo.  The Primary Care Seminar is designed to update professional knowledge in primary care for nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Its purpose is to enhance the performance of providers through the modernization of attitudes, elimination […]

Hands-On Learning Fair is April 16

Categories: Events

Children, birth through age 7 and their families, are invited to attend the Hands-On Learning Fair, a free family event that is part of the Month of the Young Child and Child Abuse Prevention Month celebrations in April. The 20th Annual Hands-On Learning Fair will be held from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April […]

Award winners named at Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health

Categories: Announcements

Rural and public health providers, volunteers and organizations were recognized recently with awards. The North Dakota Public Health Association presented two awards: • Public Health Worker of the Year to Wanda Agnew, Bismarck Burleigh Public Health; • Outstanding Service to Joce Koch, Custer Health, Mandan. The North Dakota Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program’s Making a […]

Panel discussion will focus on ethics in mediation

Categories: Events

A panel discussion, “Ethics in Mediation & the Family Mediation Pilot Project,” will be held Wednesday, March 23, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m in the Baker Courtroom at the School of Law. Featured panelists include: Cathy Ferderer, Bonnie Storbakken, Carol Johnson, and Robert Schultz. The event is free and open to everyone and has been […]

Applications sought for summer mini-project grants

Categories: Announcements

Each year, Instructional Development and the Faculty Instructional Development Committee fund a number of summer mini-project grants designed to support faculty working on significant teaching/assessment projects that go beyond normal course preparation and can be completed in one to two weeks of full-time effort during the summer. Projects may relate to individual classes or to […]

Teaching with Technology applications sought

Categories: Announcements

The Center for Instructional & Learning Technologies (CILT), in collaboration with the Office of Instructional Development, is  taking applications for our annual Teaching with Technology seminars. The seminars are designed for faculty interested in using technology to enhance traditional classroom (June 6-16) or online (July 6-15) teaching. This includes instructors at all levels: those thinking […]

Denim Day is Friday, March 18

Categories: Bulletin Board

Denim Day is Friday, March 18. Pay $1 to your site coordinator and enjoy going casual for local charities. If your office allows you to wear denim all the time, consider still giving $1 on Denim Days. Donations go to very good causes. Checks, if any, must be made out to “Denim Day.” All proceeds […]

Research proposals due March 29 for April 8 review by Institutional Review Board

Categories: Events

The Institutional Review Board will meet at 3 p.m. Friday, April 8, in 305 Twamley Hall to consider all full board review research proposals submitted to the IRB office before Tuesday, March 29. Clinical medical projects must be reviewed by the clinical medical subcommittee before being brought to the full board. Proposals for these projects […]

Support available to develop First Year Experience courses

Categories: Announcements

Proposals are being sought to develop courses during the summer of 2011 that will be targeted at new students who enroll at UND during the 2011-2012 academic year. If interested, more information is available from the Office of Instructional Development at www.oid.und.edu under the heading “Call for First Year Experience Proposals.” You may also contact […]

Nominations sought for Memorial Union Leadership Awards

Categories: Announcements

Nominations for the Lillian Elsinga Outstanding Student Leader Award, the Outstanding Student Organization Advisor Award, and the Outstanding Student Organization Award are now being accepted. Nomination submission forms and leadership award policies are available at www.union.und.edu/involvement/leadership/leadershipAwards.cfm The Lillian Elsinga Outstanding Student Leader Award recognizes students who have exhibited exemplary leadership skills through their campus involvement, […]