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Freshman Getting Started will begin June 6

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Freshman Getting Started 2011 will run June 6 through July 15. There are no programs scheduled for weekends or Monday, July 4 (Independence Day).  All students must have a reservation to attend and all session reservations are scheduled on a first-come/first-served basis. All reservations should be made online at http://gettingstarted.und.edu/freshman/. The web site will be active, starting March […]

Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship applications available

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The Dru Sjodin Memorial Scholarship celebrates Dru’s life by turning grief into triumph, and continuing the legacy of involvement and vibrant spirit of former UND student, Dru Sjodin. Students entering their sophomore, junior or senior year and from any academic discipline are encouraged to apply. The recipient will receive funding which is intended to cover […]

Staff Senate announces February "U-Shine Award" recipient

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Staff Senate is proud to announce the February “U-Shine Award” recipient is Lowell Zolondek, Facilities. Lowell was nominated by Keith Skoglund and was presented with a check for $50 and a certificate by Staff Senate President Loren Liepold. This award is presented monthly to a UND staff member who went out of their way to […]

Staff Senate announces February “U-Shine Award” recipient

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Staff Senate is proud to announce the February “U-Shine Award” recipient is Lowell Zolondek, Facilities. Lowell was nominated by Keith Skoglund and was presented with a check for $50 and a certificate by Staff Senate President Loren Liepold. This award is presented monthly to a UND staff member who went out of their way to […]

Center for Rural Health staff elected to Rural Health Congress

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Brad Gibbens and Kathleen Spencer of the Center for Rural Health (CRH) have been elected to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Rural Health Congress. Gibbens has been elected to the Statewide Health Resources constituency group and Spencer to the Research and Education constituency group. They will each serve a two-year term and will participate […]

Holiday schedule for 2011-2012 listed

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Following is the holiday schedule for 2011/2012: New Year’s Day — Jan. 2, 2012* Martin Luther King Day — Jan. 16, 2012 President’s Day — Feb. 21, 2011 and Feb. 20, 2012 Good Friday — April 22, 2011 and April 6, 2012 Memorial Day — May 30, 2011 and May 28, 2012 Independence Day — July […]

Printing Center will bill January, February together

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Due to a technological malfunction with the computer systems, Printing Center billing was not performed as scheduled for the January billing cycle.   To remedy the problem, the January billing cycle will be billed along with February.  Please note that you are not receiving duplicate charges. — Lowell Brandner, Director, University Printing Center.

Chester Fritz Library holiday hours listed

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The Chester Fritz Library will observe the following hours of operation for Presidents’ Day weekend: Saturday, Feb. 19 – 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 20 – Library closed Monday, Feb. 21 – 1 p.m. to midnight (Presidents’ Day) — Karen Cloud, Chester Fritz Library, 777-2618, karencloud@mail.und.edu.

Schedule an SGID in your classroom

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Arrangements for SGIDs (small group instructional diagnosis, a process for soliciting student feedback at midterm) can be made now. SGIDs are done by trained faculty who work as facilitators for the process in colleagues’ classrooms. A facilitator will collect information from your students, write it up into a report for you, and provide you with […]

Native Research Team student abstracts accepted for APA conference

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Students who participate in the Center for Rural Health’s Native Research Team have some celebrating to do. Students submitted abstracts for 10 research posters for the American Psychological Association’s 119th Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.  All were accepted. The students, a majority of whom are Native American undergraduates, created posters as part of their work […]

Veldhouse joins Center for Rural Health

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Darrel Veldhouse has joined the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Veldhouse is a web project coordinator for the Rural Assistance Center (RAC) project at the CRH. In this position, he is responsible for maintaining quality user experience and usability of the RAC web sites, analyzing web site traffic, […]

Emerald and Ice Gala tickets available at new locations

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Staff Senate representatives will be at the following locations Wednesday, Feb. 2. Dining Centers (Terrance, Squire and Wilkerson) from 1:30 to 1:45 p.m. Facilities from noon – 1 p.m. Twamley from noon – 1 p.m. Housing Office from 8:45 to 9 a.m. Look for the Emerald and Ice sign. All benefited UND and related foundation employees and a […]

Faculty submissions sought for the online "Journal of Civic Voices"

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The Community Connect Project, developed by the Center for Community Engagement at UND, is happy to announce a call for submissions for the online “Journal of Civic Voices.” The online version is designed for peer-reviewed academic articles and serves as an addition to a print version of the journal that is published once a year, […]

Faculty submissions sought for the online “Journal of Civic Voices”

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The Community Connect Project, developed by the Center for Community Engagement at UND, is happy to announce a call for submissions for the online “Journal of Civic Voices.” The online version is designed for peer-reviewed academic articles and serves as an addition to a print version of the journal that is published once a year, […]

ND EPSCoR plans cyberinfrastructure conference for NDUS campuses

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Under the direction of Mark Hoffmann and David Givers, ND EPSCoR project directors, plans are being made for our first state-wide EPSCoR-sponsored CI (cyberinfrastructure) conference for the NDUS campuses, Tribal Colleges and K12 community on March 3. All conference activities will be delivered virtually via multipoint videoconference to all participating sites. The UND site for […]