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This week’s video address sees President Andrew Armacost and Shane Schellpfeffer, UND’s director of institutional effectiveness & accreditation, covering the upcoming April 22-23 site visit from the Higher Learning Commission. The visit from a team of peer reviewers on behalf of the HLC is one of the final stages of UND’s once-every-10-years reaffirmation of accreditation, […]

The University community and general public is invited to join the Indigenous Student Center for UND’s 52nd annual Time Out Wacipi Powwow on April 19 and 20 at the Hyslop Sports Center. Both days of the event are free and open to the public. A Wacipi (powwow) is a celebration of life featuring dancing and […]

For this week’s video address to campus, President Andrew Armacost describes some of the many faculty development opportunities at UND. He is joined by Randi Tanglen, vice provost for Faculty Affairs, and Andre Kehn, professor of psychology and chair of the UND Faculty Instructional Development Committee. Tanglen and Kehn both talk about their offices’ latest […]

UND’s ‘Learning’ core value helps students unlock the vast power of experiences, say deans of School of Graduate Studies and Nistler College of Business & Public Administration.

President Armacost is joined by Drs. Beth Valentine and Yvette Koepke, two members of the University Council for Women+ (UCW+) in this week’s video address. The campus community is invited to the Women’s History Month Breakfast, hosted by UCW+, starting at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 22, in the Henry Family Ballroom, 220, at UND’s […]

President Andrew Armacost welcomes the campus community back from Spring Break to start this week’s video message. In February, several events were hosted on campus in recognition of Black History Month, Armacost says, and UND Today published a feature story about Horace Johnson, a 1939 graduate and star athlete of UND who went on to […]

UND received a visit from North Dakota’s senior senator on Friday, who touted the benefits of a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program for students and the flying public alike. Speaking at Ryan Hall’s Air Traffic Control Radar Lab, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, UND Provost Eric Link, and Craig Carlson, assistant chair of UND’s air […]

By inspiring students from middle school through graduate school, UND strives to produce the health professionals North Dakota needs, say the deans of the University’s College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines and School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

Who is UND’s new Vice President for Research & Economic Development? What’s fascinating about parasites, and how does that lead to meeting an Australian crocodile head-on? The answer to the first question is Scott Snyder, who officially joined UND last month and is now appearing in this week’s video message with President Andrew Armacost. For […]

The University of North Dakota will mark its 141st anniversary at its annual Founders Day banquet Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Memorial Union Ballroom. There will be a social at 5:15 p.m., and the banquet will begin at 6 p.m. The program will feature a welcome from President Andy Armacost, who will emcee the event, and […]

For his latest video message to campus, President Andrew Armacost is joined by Sarah Prout, vice president of Marketing & Communications for the UND Alumni Association & Foundation. Thursday, Feb. 8, is Giving Hearts Day – an annual, 24-hour day of giving that benefits regional charities and nonprofit organizations. Established in 2008 by the Dakota Medical […]

The 2024 Founders Day banquet will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Memorial Union Ballroom, and tickets are now available. Founders Day marks the anniversary of the signing of the Dakota Territory legislation establishing the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. The official birthday of UND was first celebrated […]

For this week’s video message, President Armacost is on location at the UND Student Government offices in the Memorial Union – a gathering place that embodies UND’s sense of community, he says. And with him to talk about that are UND’s Student Body leaders, President Ella Nelson and Vice President Connor Ferguson. The duo recently […]

Five finalists have been invited to visit campus for the College of Education & Human Development deanship at the University of North Dakota. The finalist selected for the position will replace the College’s previous permanent dean, Cindy Juntunen, who became Associate Provost/Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at California State University, Monterey Bay, in September […]

President Andrew Armacost wishes Happy New Year to the UND community in his first video message of 2024, and he’s joined by Chelsea Mellenthin, director of Career Engagement for Student Academic Services & Career Engagement. Armacost and Mellenthin are seated in UND’s new Experiential Learning Center, located on the first floor of McCannel Hall. The Experiential […]