News and Media

06 Jan NDUS to hold OER conference

Posted at 14:41h in News and Media by jrostad

Event will be March 6 in Fargo In conjunction with Open Education Week, the North Dakota University System will hold an Open Education Resources (OER) Conference, Friday, March 6 at the Holiday Inn in Fargo. The full-day program will include an overview of the OER landscape at...

06 Jan Joint tabletop exercise looks at measles response

Posted at 14:27h in News and Media by jrostad

A recent joint exercise among the North Dakota University System, its 11 public colleges and universities and the North Dakota Department of Health, took a look at how public agencies would respond in the event of measles cases at the campuses. The highly-infectious disease has seen...

03 Dec Armacost named University of North Dakota president

Posted at 20:14h in News and Media by Billie Jo Lorius

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – The State Board of Higher Education has selected Dr. Andrew Armacost as the 13th president of the University of North Dakota. He will begin his position as soon as possible after contract negotiations are complete. The Board interviewed three finalists at their...

22 Nov Search committee names three finalists for UND president

Posted at 16:36h in News and Media by Billie Jo Lorius

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Three finalists have been chosen to interview with the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education for president of the University of North Dakota. The Presidential Search Committee, at their meeting Friday, Nov. 22, has named the following finalists: Dr. Andrew P....

22 Nov OER Conference on Friday, March 6 in Fargo.

Posted at 16:09h in News and Media by jrostad

North Dakota University System is sponsoring an Open Educational Resources Conference next spring at the Fargo Holiday Inn. Preliminary Program topics will include: National Landscape of OER in Higher Education Landscape of OER in North Dakota – a panel presentation on campus OER adoption experiences Open...

15 Nov DSU interim president selected

Posted at 17:48h in News and Media by Billie Jo Lorius

BISMARCK, N.D. – During a special State Board of Higher Education meeting held via teleconference today, Stephen D. Easton, J.D., was named interim president of Dickinson State University. Easton has a strong personal connection to Dickinson State University. Easton, who graduated summa cum laude from DSU...

25 Oct Strategic planning updates underway

Posted at 18:30h in News and Media by jrostad

“There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.” Those words were once spoken by President Theodore Roosevelt, a man who himself was as adaptive as he was iconic. Change remains as...

25 Oct State Board talks presidential contracts

Posted at 18:28h in News and Media by jrostad

A large topic of consideration at this week’s State Board of Higher Education meeting revolved around newly-proposed details to incoming presidential contracts. Board member Dan Traynor brought forward the proposed revision to the presidential contract requirement, which would create the possibility of extending the contract from...

22 Oct Applications for DSU interim president sought

Posted at 18:44h in News and Media by Billie Jo Lorius

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education is seeking applications for an interim president of Dickinson State University. A competitive search process will be followed, as required by North Dakota Century Code chapter 37-19.1, and finalists will be recommended to the...

07 Oct Board discusses strategy, policy

Posted at 19:37h in News and Media by jrostad

At its September meeting, the State Board of Higher Education drilled into policies, goals and emerging trends that will affect ongoing strategy and operations of the North Dakota University System. During a presentation to the Board, Mark Schill of Praxis Strategy Group discussed “Trends and Talent...