{"id":48554,"date":"2026-08-27T14:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=48554"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:24:49","slug":"video-with-construction-on-campus-stay-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2026\/08\/video-with-construction-on-campus-stay-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: With construction on campus, stay safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President Armacost and Marcus Simpson, director for Safety, discuss campus safety and construction areas as fall semester gets underway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3 Questions with President Armacost 8-27: Campus Safety\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1220934886?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Now that everyone is back on campus\u00a0for the fall semester,\u00a0President Andrew Armacost\u00a0hosts Marcus Simpson\u00a0for a chat about\u00a0safety in his <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1220934886\"><strong>latest video message<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Simpson serves as director for the Office of Safety at UND.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;There&#8217;s so much activity everywhere, cars driving,&#8221; Armacost says.\u00a0&#8220;We have to be mindful of our personal safety and the safety of the places in which we live and work.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Top of mind for Simpson is the construction site at 42nd Street and DeMers Avenue.\u00a0He asks the campus community to stay away from that area and to not trespass under any circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The North Dakota Department of Transportation has informed UND that citations will be\u00a0given to those who enter unlawfully, as\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0a dangerous, complex worksite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For home football games, buses will take people from the Wilkerson Complex to the Alerus Center starting three hours before the game and later from the fourth quarter until everyone has left the arena, Simpson says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;How do you get to the football game?&#8221; Armacost asks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">&#8220;Take the shuttle from Wilkerson,&#8221; Simpson answers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The other site of concern is where the new STEM Complex is being built, close to Columbia Road. One side of the road is cut off, Simpson remarks, so pedestrians should pay attention to barricades when trying to cross.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To keep up on the latest with safety and closures affecting campus, Simpson refers to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/campus-renewal\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Facilities Management blog<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/office-of-safety\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Office of Safety blog<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Notifications sent to the campus community are also posted in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/uletter\/\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">University Letter<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following the recording session, Simpson presented President Armacost with the UND Office of Safety &#8220;June Safety Award&#8221; for the president\u2019s continued efforts to promote health and safety across campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48555\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/armacost-simpson-award-uletter.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Armacost and Marcus Simpson shake hands as Simpson holds award\" width=\"800\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/armacost-simpson-award-uletter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/armacost-simpson-award-uletter-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/armacost-simpson-award-uletter-768x473.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Armacost and Marcus Simpson, director for Safety, discuss campus safety and construction areas as fall semester gets underway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":48556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1121,1128],"class_list":["post-48554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-und","tag-armacost","tag-service"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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