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UND’s Office of Diversity & inclusion is preparing for Pride Week, a weeklong program of events geared towards education and community building held from June 12 to 15.

Hawk Walk, Veterans Honor Wall will venerate those connected to UND who made ultimate sacrifice for our nation.

North Dakota Poet Laureate Denise Lajimodiere was the keynote speaker for UND’s commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 13. The following is her speech in full. Footage of this speech is available on YouTube, where full commencement broadcasts are posted. Lajimodiere’s speech starts at 37:47 during the Undergraduate Degrees Ceremony. *** Boozhoo! Aaniin! Good morning (afternoon)! […]

The University of North Dakota will honor entrepreneur and UND benefactor Werner Nistler and recognize the University’s two newest Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors at the UND commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 13. North Dakota Poet Laureate Denise Lajimodiere will give the main address for both the graduate degree ceremony at 9 a.m. and the undergraduate degrees ceremony […]

For this week’s video message, President Andrew Armacost invites Kaylee Trottier, director of the University Counseling Center, to talk about the UCC’s campus services and Trottier’s history with UND. A 2013 graduate of UND’s Indians into Psychology Doctoral Education program, Trottier returned to UND last January to serve as associate director for the UCC. She […]

  Newly named North Dakota Poet Laureate Denise Lajimodiere will give the main address at UND commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 13. Lajimodiere will speak for both the graduate degrees ceremony at 9 a.m. and the undergraduate degrees ceremony at 2 p.m. at the Alerus Center, just south of the UND campus. The events will be available […]

Two separate videos make for today’s biweekly campus address from President Armacost. The first video features the president outside of North Dakota’s Capitol as he covers several events happening on campus as spring emerges and Commencement nears. Armacost also anticipates the conclusion of the 80-day legislative session, saying that a Town Hall meeting scheduled for […]

The University of North Dakota’s Department of Psychology is celebrating 100 years of academic excellence and two other monumental milestones for its PsyCentennial Celebration on Saturday, April 15. The event will also honor the 50th anniversary of the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program and the 30th for the department’s Indians into Psychology Doctoral Education program, better […]

Out of an abundance of caution, ahead of what could perhaps be the worst storm of the winter, the University has closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week, says President Andrew Armacost in his latest video address. Be safe and take all the precautions you need if you’re traveling in the region for the upcoming […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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, […]

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 […]