Campus Happenings

29 Sep UND to break ground on new Memorial Union on Friday, Oct. 4, during Homecoming

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Celebration of UND’s new ‘heart and hearth’ to recognize student experience, vision and leadership What: Memorial Union Groundbreaking Who: Dr. Joshua Wynne, UND interim president; Dr. Casey Ryan, vice chair – North Dakota State Board of Higher Education; Cara Halgren, UND vice president of student affairs &...

29 Sep It’s Homecoming Week at the University of North Dakota

Posted at 23:38h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

There’s something for everyone at UND as the Alumni Association & Foundation heads up a week chockful of special events It’s time to come home! The University of North Dakota’s biggest Alumni-focused time of the year kicks off Monday, Sept. 30, for Homecoming Week, and this one...

29 Sep UND awarded $6.5 million to extract rare earth elements from North Dakota lignite coal

Posted at 23:35h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

The University of North Dakota has been awarded $6.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy and other project sponsors to build a pilot plant that will extract rare earth elements – components used for everything from cell phones to defense technology – from North...

29 Sep UND Census Day enrollment sees increases in overall new students, led by gains at graduate level, law and transfers

Posted at 21:02h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

University designates 2019-2020 as ‘Year of Retention’ by ensuring students have the tools to progress toward timely completion Significant growth in the number of new graduate students at UND has helped boost the number of new students overall, reaffirming the University’s success at attracting the best...

29 Sep UND symposium will focus on implementing high-impact practices to promote deep student learning

Posted at 20:41h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

The University of North Dakota will hold a Fall Innovative Learning Symposium featuring Katie Linder, Director of the Ecampus Research Unit, Oregon State University. , is set for Tuesday, Oct. 15. Linder will present “Implementing High-Impact Practices Across Modalities” twice, once from 9:30 to 11...

29 Sep UND’s Surojit Gupta receives young professional award from American Ceramic Society

Posted at 20:39h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Surojit Gupta, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of North Dakota, has been selected to receive the 2019 Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award from the American Ceramic Society. Gupta is an active researcher in sustainable materials, high temperature ceramics and alloys, nanotechnology, additive, and...

29 Sep UND Theatre Arts’ production Grace will play Oct. 1-5 at Burtness Theatre

Posted at 20:38h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

The University of North Dakota’s Department of Theatre Arts will open their season with Grace by Craig Wright, 7:30 p.m. nightly Oct. 1-5 at Burtness Lab Theatre on campus. Grace, directed by Brett Olson, is a tragicomedy that explores human assumptions about how God, goodness, faith...

29 Sep UND petroleum engineering graduate student receives travel grant to attend geophysics symposium

Posted at 20:36h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Ogochukwu Ozotta, a petroleum engineering doctoral student at the University of North Dakota, was one of 50 students from around the world to be awarded a travel grant from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) to attend the SEG/Chevron Student Leadership Symposium earlier this month,...

29 Sep SBHE vote establishes Nistler College of Business & Public Administration at UND

Posted at 20:33h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Werner and Colleen Nistler donated the lead gift toward construction of a new UND College of Business & Public Administration building. After a State Board of Higher Education vote, occurring today, the College will be named in their honor. Image courtesy of UND Alumni Association...

29 Sep UND Career Fairs link students with hundreds of regional and national employers

Posted at 20:31h in Campus Happenings by ddodds

Three career and internship fairs this month saw nearly 1,500 seek opportunities with over 200 employers. Photo by Mike Hess/UND Today. After two hours on the road, Adeline Barto arrived in Grand Forks just in time to slip into a dark pantsuit. An hour before noon,...