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21 May Faculty member honored by civil engineering society

Posted at 20:50h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

Beena Ajmera, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded the 2020 Collingwood Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Awarded annually to a member under the age of 35, the prize is presented to the author of a paper describing their engineering work or...

20 May NDSU grant to provide research experiences for middle, high school teachers

Posted at 19:56h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $540,000 grant to NDSU for a project titled "Research Experiences for Teachers: Civil Engineering Instruction for Secondary Education Teachers.” The funds are approved through the NSF Division of Engineering Education and Centers Directorate for Engineering. Beena Ajmera, assistant professor...

19 May New environmental engineering major offered at NDSU

Posted at 18:09h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

A new NDSU engineering program slated to begin this fall will concentrate on environmental protection, improvement and sustainability as well as protection of human health. The environmental engineering program will produce professionals with broad scientific and technical knowledge, strong problem-solving skills and leadership ability. Students will...

19 May NDSU historian shares folk music, comments during pandemic

Posted at 18:07h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

Tom Isern, University Distinguished Professor of history, is going online to stay in touch with his readers during the pandemic. Isern, who writes and voices a weekly column called “Plains Folk” on Prairie Public radio, is broadening his reach to the public through a half-hour Facebook...

14 May NDSU awarded $20 million grant for cancer research, industry collaborations

Posted at 19:03h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

NDSU has received a five-year, $20-million grant from the National Science Foundation through the North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, known as ND EPSCoR. The funding has two goals: research to better understand cancer and its interactions with bone, and an industry partnership...

13 May Three NDSU teams receive NCAA academic recognition

Posted at 21:40h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

Three NDSU athletic teams have received an NCAA Public Recognition Award for top scores in the classroom, the NCAA announced on May 12. The women's golf, women's basketball and baseball teams all earned the honor. It's the 10th overall honor and fourth straight award for the women's golf...

12 May NDSU Student Nurses of the Year recognized

Posted at 18:31h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

Katie Unbehaun and Tyra Karel have been recognized as the NDSU School of Nursing’s Student Nurses of the Year. Karel, a native of Eagan, Minnesota, was named Student Nurse Of the Year at the NDSU School of Nursing in Fargo. She has served as NDSU Student Nurses...

12 May NDSU students develop marina plan for Lake Mitchell

Posted at 18:28h in Campus Happenings, Uncategorized by hhotzler

NDSU architecture and landscape architecture students are taking part in a hands-on learning experience that may become a major attraction for the city of Mitchell, South Dakota. Students from the architecture 789 seminar course taught by Matthew Kirkwood, landscape architecture program director, have developed a proposed...

12 May NDSU faculty fellow makes impact on new faculty experiences

Posted at 18:23h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

The NDSU Office of Research and Creative Activity welcomed Christi McGeorge, professor of human development and family science, as a faculty fellow in May 2018. Since then, she has worked directly with the RCA research development team to create programs specific to early faculty researchers. Her...

08 May NDSU dean of students named

Posted at 18:39h in Campus Happenings by hhotzler

Laura Oster-Aaland, vice provost for student affairs and enrollment management, has announced Casey Peterson has accepted the position of NDSU dean of students. Peterson has served in an interim role since last spring following an internal search. Peterson will continue to oversee Student Success Programs, Student...

Author: hhotzler