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I want to bring you up to date on recent events related to the nickname and logo. But first let me a take a moment to welcome everyone to the start of a new academic year. I can feel the energy, enthusiasm, and excitement in the air as many return to campus from being gone […]

UND and L-3 Simulation & Training (L-3 Link), together with state and federal dignitaries including members of North Dakota’s congressional delegation, dedicated the UND/L-3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Training Center at Grand Forks Air Force Base on Aug. 10. The new facility is yet another example of how the University of North Dakota, through creative innovation […]

UND and L-3 Simulation & Training (L-3 Link), together with state and federal dignitaries including members of North Dakota’s congressional delegation, dedicated the UND/L-3 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Training Center at Grand Forks Air Force Base on Aug. 10. The new facility is yet another example of how the University of North Dakota, through creative innovation […]

For the fourth year, President Robert and First Lady Marcia Kelley are leading the annual bus tour for new UND faculty and staff, taking a route along the northern tier of North Dakota. The tour began Aug. 15 and will continue through Aug. 17. “I’m starting my senior year,” quipped President Kelley. The tradition was […]

The Minnesota Vikings will award a $10,000 “Vikings + UND Scholarship” to one deserving student interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree at UND. The scholarship is available for an incoming freshman in 2012.  The recipient will be selected from applicants based on their high school GPA and standardized test scores, as well as a 1,000-word […]

More than 430 UND students are eligible to take part in the 2011 Summer Commencement ceremony set for 3 p.m., Friday Aug. 5, in the Chester Fritz Auditorium, on campus. This will be the fourth summer commencement that UND President Robert O. Kelley’s has presided over. UND faculty member and Associate Professor of English Rebecca […]

Sixty-five first-year medical students, members of the Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Class of 2015, begin their journey next week to become physicians at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The students, 35 men and 30 women, range in age from 21 to 35 years, with the average age of 24. They come to medical […]

The Nurse Anesthesia graduate program at the UND College of Nursing has received a full (maximum) 10-year accreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA). “Very few programs have achieved the maximum accreditation of ten years,” stated the COA Directors in the award letter. “Therefore, the directors of the COA are particularly […]

“It was UND’s idea to start this program here,” said Albert Bickford, director of the UND-SIL. “The SIL program here is accredited–not all SIL programs are–and all of the courses carry UND course numbers and are approved by curriculum committees.” Bickford, who came to UND as a student in 1978 and was a teaching assistant […]

In just over a decade, UND’s music therapy Program grew from zero students to 38 majors and has established itself as a go-to program in the region. The program also worked with the North Dakota Legislature this year to facilitate the passage of the country’s first music therapy licensure law. “It’s a phenomenal accomplishment,” said […]

A nearly 1,500-pound pedestal and bronze bust of George Walsh, the man credited with writing the legislation to put UND in Grand Forks, will be publicly dedicated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3. The dedication will take place at the location of the statue, just outside the northeast door of Twamley Hall, on the campus […]

A nearly 1,500-pound pedestal and bronze bust of George Walsh, the man credited with writing the legislation to put UND in Grand Forks, will be publicly dedicated at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3. The dedication will take place at the location of the statue, just outside the northeast door of Twamley Hall, on the campus […]

UND is again teaming up with the Minnesota Twins, Saturday, Sept. 17, for the school’s third annual “UND on Target with the Twins” day at Target Field in Minneapolis. Fans of UND, alumni and friends are invited to cheer on the Twins as they take on the Cleveland Indians at 12:10 p.m. A pre-game gathering for […]

The College of Nursing at UND has received five grants from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) totaling $2,925,122 to provide program and student support. Nursing Workforce Diversity $1,571,137: This three-year grant (approximately $520,000 per year) will provide program support for the College’s Recruitment/Retention of American Indians into Nursing (RAIN) Program. Funding will allow the […]

The EERC announced today that a major corporate partner, Midwest Energy Emissions Corporation (ME2C), a research-oriented mercury emission capture company based in Grand Forks is launching a new mercury control system. The sorbent enhancement additive (SEATM) injection technology originally developed by the EERC is being installed at a major power utility on the West Coast […]