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Kjersti Armstrong talks with student organizers of the UND CONNECT New Americans project<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Associate Professor Joonghwa Lee (far right) and Communication student interns Kiera Musil, Lauren Huso and Dylan Niemi pose with North Dakota First lady Kjersti Armstrong (second from left) in a studio in O’Kelly Hall. Armstrong visited UND to be interviewed for the UND CONNECT New Americans project. Photo by Walter Criswell\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The UND Communication Department\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> New Americans initiative<\/a><\/strong> got a visit from a high-profile guest on Wednesday: North Dakota First Lady Kjersti Armstrong.<\/p>\n

Originally from Oslo, Norway, Armstrong stopped by O\u2019Kelly Hall with her husband, Gov. Kelly Armstrong, to record a video for the New Americans project. The project is a UND CONNECT<\/a><\/strong> initiative which documents the stories of recently naturalized citizens in North Dakota.<\/p>\n

Armstrong\u2019s participation is a feather in the cap for Joonghwa Lee<\/a><\/strong>, associate professor of communication and lead on the New Americans UND CONNECT project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to reach out to a lot of people for this project, and at first, a lot of them were saying \u2018No.\u2019 And then I got information that the First Lady of the state was also a new American. She immediately responded and said that she was willing to participate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lee, who is a new American himself, said that he hoped the interviews for this project reflect the diversity of newly naturalized citizens. Armstrong\u2019s participation not only added prestige to the project\u2019s growing roster of participants but also reinforced one of its key concepts:<\/p>\n

\u201cA big takeaway from this project for our students and anyone who will watch the interviews is that new Americans play an important role in our community,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

Armstrong talks journey to naturalization, emotional impact<\/h2>\n

Kjersti Armstrong, who serves as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of Bluestem Brands in addition to serving on the boards of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, Bully Pulpit, Inc., the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, the Prairie Public Broadcasting network and the Innovation Technology Loan Fund, is a prime example of how new Americans contribute to the state.<\/p>\n

During her interview for the New Americans project, Armstrong shared her journey to naturalization and the impact it had on her.<\/p>\n

Armstrong was naturalized in 2020 after a long journey that began in 2002 at UND, when an exchange program for her law degree in Norway led her to meet her future husband and now-Governor of North Dakota, Kelly Armstrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had promised my mom not to meet an American, because she didn\u2019t want me to move. So, I didn\u2019t tell her right away because I didn\u2019t want her to worry,\u201d Armstrong said during her interview. \u201cWhen I called to tell her, before I said anything she said, \u2018So, you\u2019re calling to tell me about the boy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

After several years of long-distance dating, the couple married in Norway and settled in North Dakota. She later enrolled at UND School of Law to become licensed to practice in the state. Despite being a permanent resident for nearly two decades, she delayed applying for U.S. citizenship until a change in Norwegian law in 2020 allowed for dual citizenship.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth countries are home for me,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was really about finally being able to put that on paper \u2014 that this is where I belong.\u201d<\/p>\n

Armstrong described the citizenship application process as lengthy and somewhat complicated, even for someone with her legal background. She said that the culmination of the process, a naturalization ceremony in Fargo, was a profound experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t prepared for how emotional it would be,\u201d Armstrong said, recounting her feelings during the naturalization ceremony she attended in Fargo. \u201cJust being in the room with other new Americans taking the oath \u2014 that was really powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Lauren Hosu photographs Armstrong with her husband, North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong. Photo by Walter Criswell\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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New Americans project offers education, inspiration<\/h2>\n

\u201cI was nervous,\u201d said Lauren Huso, a senior communication student and associate director and photographer for this project, on meeting the First Lady of North Dakota. \u201cBut she made us feel at ease the moment she walked in. She was cracking jokes and just being so kind. It ended up being one of the best shoots we’ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huso, who will be graduating in May and hopes to pursue similar work as she enters the workforce, said that working with Lee on this project has not only been educational but also inspirational.<\/p>\n

\u201cHearing Kjersti and everybody else\u2019s stories has been really inspirational,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s really opened my horizons, and I don\u2019t know if I could have gotten this experience anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, Kiera Musil, a sophomore and the project\u2019s digital storytelling coordinator, said that in addition to developing her skills as an on-camera interviewer, her involvement with the New Americans project has taught her meaningful lessons about what it means to be an American herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s changed my perspective,\u201d said Musil. \u201cI think we all take a lot for granted, and hearing these stories \u2014 including the First Lady\u2019s today \u2014 reminds me of how lucky we are to call this place home.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Huso slates a take for Kjersti Armstrong’s New Americans interview in an O’Kelly Hall studio. Photo by Walter Criswell\/UND Today.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Americans: A part of North Dakota<\/h2>\n

Lee says that they plan to continue the project annually, expanding the scope to include interviews with New Americans at naturalization ceremonies in North Dakota, specifically in Fargo and at the University\u2019s Constitution Day ceremony in the Memorial Union.<\/p>\n

Before each ceremony, they hope to screen completed versions of the New Americans project videos they\u2019ve recorded over the academic year. Now, with the involvement of high-profile figures such as Kjersti Armstrong, Lee hopes that newly naturalized Americans will be eager to contribute to the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want this project to serve as a bridge between current residents and New Americans. Some new Americans are hesitant, which I totally understand, but I hope that they feel more confident that they\u2019re not strangers \u2014 they\u2019re also a part of North Dakota,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope that when they see videos such as the one with the First Lady of the state, they feel that way. We want to talk to as many people from as many different places as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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