{"id":110798,"date":"2026-08-04T15:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/?p=110798"},"modified":"2026-08-04T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:26:45","slug":"faculty-and-staff-town-hall-is-aug-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/2026\/08\/faculty-and-staff-town-hall-is-aug-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty and Staff Town Hall is Aug. 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-91158\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/221005-fall-081-web.jpg\" alt=\"Students walk under archway with words University of North Dakota\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/221005-fall-081-web.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/221005-fall-081-web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/221005-fall-081-web-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/221005-fall-081-web-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.und.edu\/event\/und-faculty-and-staff-town-hall-6575\"><strong>virtual Town Hall<\/strong><\/a> for UND staff and faculty will be hosted by President Armacost and University administrators on Wednesday, Aug. 26, to start the 2026-27 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Town Halls are an opportunity for question-and-answer discussions and feedback on topics of interest to the campus community.<\/p>\n<p>The session\u00a0will be held from noon to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/events.zoom.us\/ev\/AvhoAJHiDoGVuQZMevOfmNol1PZ02FrvKlJ0fNwlUv_fhTBKYUvI~AujKLH3E5y7UFNdpjHFz9W3YNO9d2zJWoCSAXfnhCf5qYsvKllGTcqmS7A\"><b>via Zoom<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtual Town Hall for faculty and staff will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":91158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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