Summer commencement set for Aug. 2
Adjunct professor and veteran journalist Chuck Haga will address UND’s latest graduates
As many as 535 students are eligible to receive degrees at the University of North Dakota’s summer commencement ceremony starting at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 2, at the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center.
Chuck Haga, veteran journalist and adjunct professor in the Department of Communication, will be the ceremony’s guest speaker. UND President Andrew Armacost will preside.
Parking is free for graduates, guests, faculty and staff in the lot south of the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center. Doors to the seating area open one hour before the ceremony.
The ceremonies will be livestreamed at UND.edu and on UND’s Facebook page.
About Chuck Haga, adjunct professor of communication
Chuck Haga is a journalist and adjunct professor in the Department of Communication at the University of North Dakota.
Born and raised in Valley City, N.D., Haga entered UND as a freshman in 1967. After time away from his studies to work and start a family, he earned a bachelor’s degree in History in 1976 and a master’s degree in Modern European History in 1978.
He also studied Norwegian emigration history, language and newspapers at the University of Oslo from 1978 to 1979 on a Rotary Foundation fellowship.
While a student at UND, Haga served as editor of the student newspaper, the Dakota Student, from 1969 to 1971. This experience led to a career in journalism – starting as a reporter for the Grand Forks Herald, then working as a staff writer for the Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
After 20 years with the Star Tribune, Haga returned to the Herald in 2007 until his retirement in 2013. Since 2022, Haga has written a weekly column for the Herald.
In 2012, Haga began teaching news writing classes as an adjunct professor in the UND Department of Communication.
Haga has a son, Peter, and three grandchildren, Morgan, Emma and Mason, the latter of whom is a UND engineering graduate.
