The State Board of Higher Education and all of North Dakota University System’s 11 public colleges and universities have adopted free speech policies in response to recent state legislation. During the last legislative sessions, Senate Bill 2320 directed the SBHE and university system’s institutions to adopt...
BISMARCK, N.D. – A new program called ND Career Builders is aimed at increasing workforce in high need and emerging occupations in the state. The program originates from House Bill 1171, passed by the 2019 legislature, and provides a skilled workforce scholarship and student loan...
North Dakota University System’s Core Technology Services was recently named as the recipient of a national award by Blackboard Inc., a leading education technology company for teaching, learning and student engagement. Core Technology Services handles all of the digital infrastructure and related technical needs for the...
The North Dakota University System has named Lisa Johnson as vice chancellor for academic and student affairs. Johnson has formally taken on responsibilities as the system’s top academic officer as of June 26, 2019. She has been serving in the role in an interim capacity for...
Workforce, workforce and workforce. That was the overarching theme when the State Board of Higher Education met for its annual strategic retreat this week. Among workforce-related topics were a presentation from the Oil and Gas Industry, presidential evaluations, and tenure. The Board also reviewed the State...
“We have to become masters of change, or become victims of change.” Those were the opening words of outgoing Board Chairman Don Morton during the State Board of Higher Education’s annual retreat. The topics that followed helped follow-up on the tone and hopefulness of that message...
The North Dakota University System has launched a search for the next president of the University of North Dakota. The new UND president will succeed Mark Kennedy, who departed the university June 15, 2019, to assume the presidency at the University of Colorado. Dr. Joshua Wynne, who...
Core Technology Services (CTS) was recently notified by Blackboard that the North Dakota University System will receive the 2019 Blackboard Catalyst Award for Leading Change. The award recognizes the multi-year effort to migrate all 11 institutions of the NDUS to a single learning management system (LMS). According...
Chancellor Mark Hagerott brought the focus out to the strategic level during the most recent North Dakota University System Envision event, this one on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology. The event was part of the ongoing Envision 2030 effort, which aims to offer an anticipatory...
Seven out of the 11 North Dakota University System colleges and universities recently fielded candidates for a nationwide competition that aims to get students engaged in cybersecurity. The SANS Institute’s Cyber FastTrack program has three phases. The first phase – Assessment – saw more than 13,000...
