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23 Feb UND Trombone Choir featured on Food Network’s March 8 ‘Girl Meets Farm’ TV show

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Nick Hagen (green shirt), husband of Food Network TV star Molly Yeh, is videotaped while practicing with the UND Trombone Choir in the Hughes Fine Arts Center last December. The episode featuring the University music group will be aired March 8 at 10 a.m. (Central)....

23 Feb From soldier to student: How faculty, staff can help UND’s veterans

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Sensitivity and respect can bring out the best in this exceptional population, which is UND’s most diverse, a TTaDA workshop notes Jessica Reule, assistant director of Veteran & Military Services at UND, helped lead the recent Teaching Transformation and Development Academy session, “Including Military and Veteran...

23 Feb Celebrating UND’s 137th birthday

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Founders Day will honor award winners, 25-year employees and retirees UND will mark its 137th birthday at the annual Founders Day banquet, which honors award winners, 25-year and retiring faculty and staff. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today. Since 1904, the UND campus has come together to celebrate...

23 Feb UND’s recent Giving Hearts Day fundraising campaign brings in $140,000 for student scholarships

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Michelle Nguyen (left) holds her Giving Hearts Day scholarship check together with her roommate Anna Hornbostel. Nguyen hopes to be able to use some of the money to help Hornbostel attend a costly drum camp. Photo by Dima Williams/UND Today. The day before Valentine’s Day, Michelle...

23 Feb UND alum provides hope to those whom disasters hit especially hard

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Robert Ferguson, FEMA Portfolio Disability Integration Specialist, speaks with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Peter T. Gaynor, and FEMA Region 6 Regional Administrator Tony Robinson through FEMA Sign Language Interpreter, Scott Wallace during Mr. Gaynor’s visit to the Texas Recovery Office in Austin. The...

23 Feb UND Writers Conference to focus on ‘The Working Classes’

Posted at 20:55h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

51st annual UND Writers Conference set for March 25-27 The University of North Dakota will hold its 51st annual Writers Conference Wednesday through Friday, March 25-27, at the North Dakota Museum of Art on campus. Founded in 1970 and held every year since, the UND Writers Conference...

23 Feb UND designated state’s first Cardiac Ready Campus by North Dakota Department of Health

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Terry Wynne, UND’s director of safety, stands next to an AED station on the first floor of the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. UND archive photo. The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) has designated the University of North Dakota the first Cardiac-Ready Campus...

20 Feb Two members of ‘The Exonerated Five,’ formerly ‘The Central Park Five,’ will speak at UND on Wednesday, March 4

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Event will be moderated by UND Assistant Professor of Education, Health & Behavior Tamba-Kuii Bailey Two members of “The Exonerated Five” will speak at the University of North Dakota on Wednesday, March 4, at 5 p.m., in the Gorecki Alumni Center. The conversation with Raymond Santana and...

19 Feb Former astronaut will discuss effects of long duration spaceflight at Feb. 24 colloquium on UND campus

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The Space Studies Spring 2020 Colloquium Series at the University of North Dakota will feature former Space Shuttle Columbia Payload Specialist Lawrence DeLucas, who is currently working as a principal scientist at The Aerospace Corporation. DeLucas will present “Human Factors and Physiological Effects of Long Duration Spaceflight”...

18 Feb UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences announces medical student scholarships for 2019–20 academic year

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GRAND FORKS, N.D.—The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences has announced that more than $731,000 in scholarships has been awarded to more than 180 UND medical students for the 2019–2020 academic year. Funds for the scholarships come from private sources, endowments, and other awards,...

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