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Housed in the Hyslop at Memorial Village building, UND Athletics\u2019 new home will help the University recruit and retain top teams<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UND President Andy Armacost speaks on Nov. 15 at the grand opening of UND Athletics\u2019 new offices in the Hyslop at Memorial Village building. Photo by Tom Dennis\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong>\u00a0In the\u00a0UND LEADS Strategic Plan<\/a><\/strong>, the Affinity<\/a><\/strong> core value calls on UND to \u201cstrengthen athletic excellence at UND by supporting our student athletes and enhancing our athletic facilities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

With that in mind, this story calls attention to an event that\u2019s part of the University\u2019s commitment to student athletes\u2019 success: the recent grand opening of the UND Athletics Department\u2019s new offices.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Back in 2019, when Andy Armacost first toured UND Athletics\u2019 old offices in the 1927-vintage Memorial Stadium building, he remembers thinking, \u201cHmm. This is a Division I program without a Division I place to live.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was then. This is now:<\/p>\n

UND Athletics\u2019 spectacular new headquarters is a sign of the department\u2019s commitment to \u201ccompete at the highest level,\u201d Armacost said at the offices\u2019 grand opening on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n

And just as important, the offices \u2014 and the support they\u2019ll provide for UND athletes \u2014 send a message to those athletes from the University. That message is, \u201cWe believe in you. We\u2019re behind you. We\u2019re going to cheer you on to victory,\u201d Armacost continued.<\/p>\n

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Attendees gather in the Letter Winners\u2019 Lounge, a part of UND Athletics\u2019 suite of offices in the new Hyslop at Memorial Village building, to await speakers at the offices\u2019 grand opening Nov. 15. Photo by Tom Dennis\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DeAnna Carlson Zink, CEO of the UND Alumni Association & Foundation, agreed. The new offices \u201cjoin a complex of facilities that show what can be accomplished when state and local leaders, donors, the University and developers come together to give student athletes the very best facilities,\u201d Carlson Zink said in her remarks at the opening.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd just look around at what\u2019s been accomplished!\u201d In fewer than 10 years, much of the University\u2019s east campus has been entirely rebuilt, with the Athletics offices joining the new Albrecht Softball Field, the Frederick \u201cFritz\u201d D. Pollard Jr. Athletic Center (completed in 2015), the soon-to-be-opened Nodak Insurance Co. Sports Performance Center and other facilities in promoting athletic excellence.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo call this \u2018transformational\u2019 is even underselling it,\u201d Carlson Zink said. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine, when I think back to the fundraisers for the original Memorial Stadium, what they would think of their grassy field today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bill Chaves, UND\u2019s director of Athletics, speaks at the grand opening of UND Athletics\u2019 new offices on Nov. 15. Photo by Tom Dennis\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carlson Zink\u2019s note about the fundraisers refers to UND\u2019s very first original fundraising campaign: the 1925-27 crusade to raise money for a UND Athletics facility. \u201cHelp the \u2018U\u2019 that is helping U,\u201d the fundraising slogan at the time went.<\/p>\n

Memorial Stadium was the result. The stadium served as the home for UND football games until 2001 (when the Alerus Center opened), and for the offices of UND Athletics for years after that.<\/p>\n

Then in 2021, the stadium was demolished, and the new, five-story Hyslop at Memorial Village building was built where the stadium\u2019s western grandstand had stood. (The stadium\u2019s actual field \u2014 complete with new turf, which was installed earlier this year \u2014 remains as a practice field.)<\/p>\n

The result of a public-private partnership, the Hyslop at Memorial Village offers market-rate apartments on the upper floors \u2014 85 percent of which are already rented, officials said \u2014 plus offices, meeting rooms and other facilities for UND Athletics on the ground floor.<\/p>\n

And as the Grand Forks Herald reported in July, \u201conce the Pollard addition is completed, players will have the ability to walk from the locker room to the meeting rooms without stepping outside, thanks to the walkway on the north side of the complex that features some of the old bricks of Memorial Stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be any more excited,\u201d said Bill Chaves, UND\u2019s director of Athletics, at the offices\u2019 opening.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I’ll say this: Although this facility is incredibly beautiful and incredibly functional, the most exciting part for me walking in every day is the fact that this matters to all 375 student-athletes that we have. No matter who they are, this is where they get their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

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UND President Armacost fist-bumps with Steve Burian, partner in the Hyslop at Memorial Village development, at the opening of UND Athletics\u2019 new offices on Nov. 15. Photo by Tom Dennis\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Importantly, the building maintains the commitment that put the \u201cMemorial\u201d in Memorial Stadium \u2014 that is, to the 33 UND alumni who died in World War I, said Steve Burian, president and CEO of Burian & Associates, and a partner in the Hyslop at Memorial Village project. A World War I monument near the facility will be dedicated on or about Memorial Day in 2025.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the building\u2019s name pays tribute to W. Kenneth Hyslop, namesake of the Hyslop Sports Center \u2014 slated for demolition in 2025 \u2014 across the street. A baseball player at UND from 1904 to 1906 who went on to become a UND benefactor and internationally known businessman, Hyslop in 1981 left $6 million to UND with the intent that it be devoted to athletics, physical recreation and intramural sports.<\/p>\n

Such efforts show the thoughtfulness and care with which UND and Grand Forks projects are put together, Burian said. Besides being part of the development team, \u201cI\u2019m also a citizen of Grand Forks,\u201d he said. And considering how so many elements in town came together to bring about the successful completion of Hyslop at Memorial Village, \u201cthis project was really a testament to how wonderful Grand Forks is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carlson Zink offered a final thanks to UND supporters, whose donations have made such a huge difference for the University ever since the Memorial Stadium campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy asking alumni to support that first stadium, those leaders launched a culture of philanthropy that endures at this University to this day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo thank you all for becoming a part of the legacy of giving back to the University of North Dakota. You are the essence of what it means when we say, \u2018We do. We lead. We are forever UND.\u201d<\/p>\n

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With UND Athletics\u2019 new offices on its ground floor, the Hyslop at Memorial Village building stands next to Columbia Road on the site of UND\u2019s original Memorial Stadium. Photo by Tom Dennis\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

>>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Do you have questions or comments\u00a0<\/strong>about the\u00a0UND LEADS Strategic Plan<\/a>?<\/strong>\u00a0Your thoughts are welcome. Please contact\u00a0Mike Wozniak<\/a><\/strong>, coordinator of Leadership & Programming, and\/or\u00a0Ryan Zerr<\/a><\/strong>, associate vice president for Strategy & Implementation, the co-chairs of the UND LEADS Implementation Committee. You also may offer your thoughts by visiting the\u00a0UND LEADS Strategic Plan home page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and clicking on the \u201cProvide your feedback\u201d link. Thank you for your support of the UND LEADS Strategic Plan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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