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The University Senate will meet at 4:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in Gamble Hall, Room 7. Agenda items for this meeting are due in the Office of the Registrar by noon, Thursday, Jan. 20. They may be submitted electronically to lorihofland@mail.und.edu. It is recommended that some detail be included in the agenda items submitted. — Suzanne […]

Nominations are sought for individuals to be considered for recognition as a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor. Included below are the criteria and procedures for the nomination and selection of those to be recognized. Nomination packets are due in the respective dean’s office by Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Nominators must be a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor, […]

It was a year of growth, transition and huge successes among students, faculty and staff at the University of North Dakota in 2010. Signs that the University’s enrollment was headed into uncharted territory could be seen as early as January when the first day spring enrollment numbers were tallied, showing more students on campus than […]

Enrollment Services will be hosting Spring New Student Orientation Monday, Jan. 10, 2011.  The event is designed to help students make a successful transition to University life by making them feel at home at UND and providing them with the essential information every new student needs. We appreciate the involvement of all those who partner with […]

At noon Tuesday, Dec. 21, we will launch the first wave of migrations to the new web site content management system (CMS), and you will see a new online face for UND.edu. Over the following several weeks, the remaining departments and organizations will be brought on board until the entire UND Community is serving their […]

UND will become the official repository of The Byron L. Dorgan Papers, a significant portion of all records documenting the longtime North Dakota Senator’s national public service, as a result of a signing today between Sen. Dorgan and President Robert Kelley in Washington, D.C. Sen. Dorgan and President Kelley signed an agreement that announces the […]

Lynn Luckow, Craigslist Foundation president and CEO, UND graduate and Hettinger native, will deliver the commencement addresses at the undergraduate and graduate Winter Commencement ceremonies Dec. 17 at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Commencement for graduate and professional degrees begins at 10 a.m. and the undergraduate commencement will be held at 2 p.m. There are 757 […]

I invite members of the faculty to participate in UND’s Winter Commencement ceremonies on Friday, December 17th. Two ceremonies will be held and faculty members are encouraged to march in academic regalia in one or both events. The ceremony for all professional and graduate degrees will begin at 10:00 a.m. and all undergraduate degrees will […]

Dear Members of the Campus Community: The University of North Dakota does a remarkable job of addressing the state of North Dakota and its citizens. Often, that service is quietly rendered. It would be of great value to the University to have a summary of the many ways we fulfill our mission and serve North […]

Harold Hamm, cited by Forbes as the richest oilman in the United States and listed by Forbes.com as 136th on the list of world’s billionaires, will visit the University of North Dakota Friday, Dec. 3. Hamm, founder and chief executive of Oklahoma-based Continental Resources, owns more oil and gas than any other American — including […]

To the University of North Dakota Community: I am pleased to announce that I have acted favorably on the recommendation of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Vice President for Student Affairs to create a UND Diversity Advisory Council. The Council results from a recommendation by the Diversity Advisory Subcommittee of the Council […]

The dedication of the Walsh bust, which was set for Wednesday, Nov. 24, has been postponed due to the weather forecast.  However, the sculpture will be uncovered on Wednesday.  It will be rescheduled later.

A research team headed by University of North Dakota geomorphologist Dr. Jaakko Putkonen heads to the Ong Valley in a desolate, little-known region near the South Pole later this month on a National Science Foundation-funded expedition. The group includes Theodore Bibby, Tallahassee, Fla., a doctoral student in geology; Collin Giusti, Chanhassen, Minn., a junior majoring […]

The bust of George Walsh will be dedicated Wednesday, Nov. 24, at 10:30 a.m. at  the sculpture location outside of Twamley Hall near the clock. Walsh wrote the legislation to locate the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks.  The bill was introduced at the Dakota Territorial Assembly in 1883.  Walsh County is named in […]

President Robert O. Kelley has named Lori Reesor as the next UND Vice President for Student Affairs. Reesor, who currently serves as Associate Vice Provost for Student Success at the University of Kansas, will start Feb. 28. She will succeed Robert Boyd, who will leave the Vice President for Student Affairs position to focus full […]