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Varsity Esports Facility Grand Opening & Tour is Friday, March 31

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The campus community is invited to the Grand Opening & Tour of the new UND Varsity Esports Facility on Friday, March 31. Following a brief program and ribbon-cutting at 11:30 a.m., tours of the new facility in Swanson Hall’s Lower Tunnels will be available from 12 to 4 p.m. The preceding ribbon-cutting will be held […]

March 21 video message from President Armacost

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For his latest video message to campus, President Andrew Armacost highlights some upcoming events following Spring Break. The 54th Annual UND Writers Conference is happening this week, Thursday through Saturday, March 23-25, at the Memorial Union and online, the president notes. Check out the conference’s website for more details, including a list of distinguished authors […]

54th Annual UND Writers Conference is March 23-25 at Memorial Union

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The 54th Annual UND Writers Conference will be held Thursday through Saturday, March 23-25, at the UND Memorial Union and online. All events are free and open to the public. Since 1970, the UND Writers Conference has been a three-day event featuring authors, poets and artisans from across the country. Its mission is to provide […]

March 7 video message from President Armacost

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In today’s video message to campus, President Armacost hosts a chat with Randi Tanglen, UND’s new vice provost for faculty affairs. Tanglen, who has been on the job for two months, is originally from Sidney, Mont., a town less than 10 miles from North Dakota’s border. Before coming to UND, Tanglen served as executive director […]

March 8 event will exhibit UND’s response to COVID-19 pandemic

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  The University of North Dakota is hosting “The Power of Our Community: How UND responded to and was affected by the pandemic” at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, at the Empire Arts Center. To commemorate the nearly three years since the start of the COVID pandemic, at the request of President Andy Armacost, […]

Feb. 21 video message from President Armacost

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A lot is happening in our world, says President Armacost in today’s video address, and it’s important to understand the role UND is playing, too. As tragedies, ongoing crises and rising tensions – both close to home and abroad – dominate headlines, universities such as UND are key in bringing people together, taking care of […]

Feb. 7 video message from President Armacost

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This week, President Andy Armacost is joined in his latest video address by Art Malloy, UND’s new vice president for Student Affairs. Malloy joined the University’s leadership team in early January, taking over from Beth Hellwig, who had served as vice president in an interim capacity since October 2021. Malloy, who moved to North Dakota […]

Jan. 24 Town Hall videos available

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On Tuesday, Jan. 24, UND held Town Hall meetings via Zoom for faculty and staff as well as students and families. Both sessions are available via YouTube, and links are below for questions asked and answered in each video. Time stamps for each question are included for readers’ reference. Faculty & Staff Town Hall questions […]

Jan. 24 video message from President Armacost

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President Andrew Armacost is joined in this week’s video address by Peter Johnson, director of government relations and public affairs at the UND Alumni Association & Foundation, to talk about UND and the ongoing session for the 68th North Dakota Legislative Assembly. Armacost asked Johnson about what he has observed of the state’s lawmaking branch […]

“UND LEADS” launches with event on Friday, Jan. 20

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  UND President Andy Armacost would like to invite the UND community to join him for the launch of “UND LEADS: A Strategic Vision for the University of North Dakota.” The event will be held in person and will also be live-streamed. It will take place on Friday, Jan. 20, from 1 p.m. to 2 […]

Jan. 10 video message from President Armacost

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It’s 2023! President Armacost wishes everyone a safe return to campus after the holiday break in his first video address of the calendar year. He also welcomes all new students, faculty and staff as the spring semester gets underway this week. New to UND or not, we should always be ready to say “hello,” introduce […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration is Monday, Jan. 16

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Join UND’s Office of Diversity & Inclusion, Student Diversity & Inclusion and the Pride Center in celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Memorial Union Ballroom. David Wall Rice, professor of psychology at Morehouse College and principle investigator of the Identity, Art and Democracy Lab, […]

Happy Holidays from the University of North Dakota

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Greetings, It has been an amazing year on the UND campus, and we are grateful for all the extraordinary things that have happened. We are pleased to share with you that UND is at a five-year high for enrollment, and there are more Presidential Scholars on campus than ever before. The campus continues its transformation […]

UPDATE: Winter Commencement ceremonies are Friday; Professional & Graduate Ceremony rescheduled due to weather

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  UPDATE: Due to hazardous weather conditions, UND’s Professional & Graduate Degrees Ceremony will now take place at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16, in concert with the undergraduate ceremony already scheduled at that time. If students eligible to graduate are unable to attend due to inclement weather, all ceremonies will be live-streamed at UND.edu […]