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Dear Campus Community: I want to bring you up to date on recent events related to the nickname and logo. As you may know, the North Dakota Legislature met in Special Session in November and, among other issues, took action to rescind the law mandating that the University of North Dakota use the Fighting Sioux […]

President Robert Kelley invites members of the faculty to participate in winter commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 16. Two ceremonies will be held and faculty members are encouraged to march in academic regalia in one or both events. Faculty members can rent regalia from the Bookstore. The deadline for rentals is Nov. 28. Inquiries about […]

The University of North Dakota appreciates the work of the North Dakota Legislature this week in passing SB 2370.  With the signature of Gov. Jack Dalrymple, this action allows UND to complete the directive of the State Board of Higher Education and to meet the terms of the 2007 settlement agreement with the National Collegiate […]

President Robert Kelley will give his State of the University address at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl. The address will focus on The Exceptional UND, and will be in conjunction with the University Council meeting. The agenda is below. State of the University Address, “The Exceptional UND,” by President […]

President Robert O. Kelley has appointed a search committee to help find UND’s new Vice President for University and Public Affairs. Joshua Wynne, vice president for Health Affairs and dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences, will chair the search committee. The search committee is charged with identifying a short list of highly qualified […]

Sen. Kent Conrad and Rosemarie Nassif, a special advisor with the U.S. Department of Education, will be among those speaking on Friday, Oct. 21, at the dedication of the University of North Dakota’s remodeled and expanded Education Building. In conjunction with UND homecoming events, the dedication ceremony will take place on campus at 2 p.m. […]

Mark Guy, professor of teaching and learning, along with Timothy Young, associate professor of physics and astrophysics, will present the first lecture of the University of North Dakota Faculty Lecture 2011-2012 series. The upcoming lecture is titled “Beyond Earth: Integrating STEM* and Native Science to Enhance Learning” and will be presented on Thursday, Oct. 13, […]

Mark Guy, professor of teaching and learning, along with Timothy Young, associate professor of physics and astrophysics, will present the first lecture of the University of North Dakota Faculty Lecture 2011-2012 series. The upcoming lecture is titled “Beyond Earth: Integrating STEM* and Native Science to Enhance Learning” and will be presented on Thursday, Oct. 13, […]

The UND YouTube Channel reached a milestone recently, topping 100,000 views in nine months. The increase in YouTube traffic comes as a result of a rededication to creating original content for UND.edu. UND has had a presence on YouTube since January 2007. During that time, UND’s channel accumulated just under 50,000 views before being reimagined in […]

The University of North Dakota has once again been named one of the best national universities by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine, in its “America’s Best Colleges, 2012 Edition,” puts UND well within the nation’s top 200 public and nonpublic colleges and universities. The ranking looks at what U.S. News & World Report […]

It is my pleasure to encourage all UND employees to participate in the events that have been scheduled for State Employee Recognition Week, Sept. 12-16. A committee of Council of State Employees (COSE) and Staff Senate representatives has been hard at work arranging a series of events that will allow us to pause briefly to […]

Jim Mochoruk (History) was elected 2011-2012 Vice Chair/Chair Elect of the University Senate at that body’s Sept. 1 meeting. Curt Stofferahn (Sociology) is the 2011-2012 University Senate Chair. Linda Ray (Pathology) and Amebu Seddoh (Communication Sciences and Disorders) were elected for two-year terms as faculty representatives on the Committee on Committees. Kim Kenville was elected […]

A North Dakota Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter will land on the heart of the University of North Dakota campus at 8 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, as part of Military Appreciation Day activities at the school. The landing zone will be on the UND Quad grass in front of the Carnegie building (to the north). […]

North Dakota’s two research universities are both reporting positive numbers on the first full day of enrollment. North Dakota State University officials report enrollment is holding steady compared with last year at this time. University of North Dakota officials say first day numbers are up 4.8 percent compared to last year. UND posted a record […]

A Data management tool developed at UND will be offered to state offices of rural health (SORHs) in all 50 states through a new non-exclusive license agreement with the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH). TruServe will allow those organizations to track services to clients, chart progress, and map activities. NOSORH (headquartered […]