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UND named top school in Education, while launching two new programs for K-12 educators

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College of Education & Human Development

OnlineMastersDegrees.org, a research-backed site that ranks accredited online master’s degrees across the county, has named the University of North Dakota as one of 2022’s best schools for earning a master’s degree in teaching online. “Our goal was to find the master’s programs that are making online learning a priority,” said Kyle Darland, co-founder of OnlineMastersDegrees.org. […]

School of Medicine & Health Sciences announces faculty and student awards

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The School of Medicine & Health Sciences presented a number of awards to its graduating medical students and the School’s faculty and other community volunteers during its Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 7, including the Dean’s Special Recognition Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Faculty. Of the roughly 1,700 physicians in North Dakota, more than 1,300 have […]

May 10 Staff Recognition ceremony recognized employees for years of service

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A number of staff members were recognized for their years of service at the annual Staff Recognition Ceremony on May 10. Vice President for Academic Affairs & Provost 5 Years Tracy Backstrom, Shane Johnson, Trevis Ekberg, Dalfred John, James Moe, Nicholas Dyrstad-Cincotta, Yong Hou, Angela Olson, Rachel Behm, Harmony Bercier, Ardith Marsette, Angela Novak, Jennifer […]

Staff recognized in 2021 for years of service

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The following staff achieved milestone years of service in 2021. There was no staff recognition ceremony due to the pandemic. Division of Academic Affairs & Provost 5 Years Kirsten Gudgeon, Aaron Fettig, Vonnie Stadstad, Shelby Nemeth, Marissa Saad, Paul Smith, Wendy Klug, Gregory Syrup, Robert Pawloski, Avery Davies, Frank Swiontek, Heather Wages, Becca Jacobson, Carl […]

Staff recognized in 2020 for years of service

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The following staff members achieved milestone years of service in 2020. There was no ceremony due to the pandemic. Academic Affairs & Provost Division 5 Years Yuqiang Wang, Matthew Hillestad, Lindsay Archer, Taylor Miesel, Nicholas Rubbert, Jenelle Stadstad, Christopher Warner, Nicole Dvorak, Kate Oachs, David Kleppe, Anna Leddige, Heather Lotysz, Elle Hoselton, Cynthia Leppke, Kirsten […]

Alyssa La Deaux named Student Employee Supervisor of the Year

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Student Employment is pleased to recognize Alyssa La Deaux as the UND 2022 Student Employee Supervisor of the Year. This award was established to recognize the impact student employee supervisors have on the development of our students and community. Nominations are judged based on how a nominee mentors students, and acts as an example of […]

UND receives Innovation Award for work on Open Educational Resources

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UND has been honored for its innovative use of Open Educational Resources, classroom materials that improve access and affordability for students. UND received the 2022 Colleagues’ Choice Innovation Award from the Western Academic Leadership Forum at the Forum’s annual meeting in Portland, Ore., earlier this month. The Forum is a membership organization for provosts, academic […]

Jonathan Puhl named one of leaders for University Innovation Fellows meeting

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Jonathan Puhl, digital media instructional designer at TTaDA, was chosen by the University Innovation Fellows program to serve as one of 19 event leaders for the program’s Silicon Valley Meetup, which took place March 18-22, 2022. These 19 Fellows were hand-selected out of an international community of more than 2,600 Fellows for the impact they […]

Alexandra Sickler named UND School of Law Archie Unterseher Endowed Professor

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The University of North Dakota School of Law is proud to announce the Archie Unterseher Endowed Professorship title to Alexandra Sickler, a tenured professor of law. Established through an endowment created by the Oxbow Foundation of Minneapolis, this is now the largest endowed professorship at the UND School of Law. This position honors a professor […]

UND Wind Ensemble performed at festival in Chicago

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The University of North Dakota Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. James Popejoy, recently presented a featured performance at the 2022 Percy Grainger Wind Band Festival. Selected through a juried process, the Wind Ensemble performed in Symphony Hall, home of the famed Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The Wind Ensemble’s repertoire included Fanfare for the Centennial […]

Sara Bjerke named to North Dakota Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame

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The North Dakota Athletic Trainers Association has named Sara Bjerke, assistant professor of athletic training in the Department of Sports Medicine at UND’s School of Medicine & Health Sciences, as their Hall of Fame inductee for 2022. “I am humbled and honored to be inducted into the North Dakota Athletic Trainers Association Hall of Fame,” […]

‘Made by History’ receives award; UND’s Diana D’Amico Pawlewicz is an associate editor

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The Organization of American Historians has announced that Made by History, which is affiliated with the Washington Post, has received the Organization’s 2022 Friend of History Award, which is given annually in recognition of an institution or organization, or an individual working primarily outside college or university settings, for outstanding support of historical research, the […]

Michaela L. Neal Named UND and ND Student Employee of the Year

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The Office of Human Resources & Payroll Services is pleased to recognize Michaela L. Neal, a STEM Ambassador for the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), as the 2022 Student Employee of the Year. This recognition highlights the outstanding students employed part-time at UND. Michaela was selected as this year’s honoree, out of a total […]

Matthew Wallace named executive director of North Dakota Museum of Art

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Matthew Wallace has been named the new executive director of the North Dakota Museum Art, following the retirement of founding Director Laurel Reuter. Wallace grew up on the family farm south of Devils Lake, N.D., on the Spirit Lake Reservation. He received a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of North Dakota. While at […]

Feng “Frank” Xiao appointed as an editor of Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Civil Engineering Associate Professor Feng “Frank” Xiao, has been appointed as an editor of Journal of Hazardous Materials. With an impact factor of >10, Journal of Hazardous Materials (JHM) is a flagship journal in the areas of environmental/chemical engineering and science. The journal received approximately 14,000 submissions in 2021. The current acceptance rate of this […]