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17 Jul Johnson Named Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs

Posted at 19:06h in Uncategorized by Chris Erickson

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...

05 Jul Bismarck State College president to retire June 2020

Posted at 16:35h in Uncategorized by mpiehl

Bismarck State College (BSC) President Larry C. Skogen will retire June 30, 2020. Skogen was hired in 2007, and he spent two of his 12 years serving as Interim Chancellor for the North Dakota University System. Skogen is the sixth president in the college’s 80-year history. Under his...

27 Jun UND presidential search committee announced

Posted at 19:28h in Uncategorized by Chris Erickson

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...

05 Jun UND’s EERC Director Tom Erickson receives UND President’s Medal

Posted at 16:57h in Campus Happenings, Uncategorized by ddodds

Tom Erickson, CEO at the UND Energy & Environmental Research Center, shows the Presidential Medal he received Monday from University President Mark Kennedy. Photo by Patrick C. Miller/UND Today. Energy & Environmental Research Center CEO Tom Erickson on Monday became the 34th person to receive the...

05 Jun UND scholar’s novel method could upend basic tenets of air research

Posted at 16:49h in Campus Happenings, Uncategorized by ddodds

Alena Kubatova and Jenya Kozliak, both chemistry professors at UND, engaged in a novel, comprehensive air study that pulled faculty from the departments of chemistry, atmospheric sciences and chemical engineering. The research sprang up from the master’s thesis of Brett Nespor, who has since graduated....

05 Jun University of Hawaii students partner with UND Space Studies to test out-of-this-world farm concept

Posted at 16:47h in Campus Happenings, Uncategorized by ddodds

A collaboration between the University of Hawaii and the University of North Dakota tested the potential of Box Farm technology to grow fresh produce for future space missions to the moon and Mars. Photo by Shawna Schill/UND Today. Future Mars and moon colonists probably won’t miss...

17 May Governor signs bill expanding Bismarck State College health sciences

Posted at 21:00h in Uncategorized by mpiehl

Governor Doug Burgum has signed legislation approving $8.9 million to expand Bismarck State College’s Health Science programs. The college will relocate its programs to campus, thereby increasing the college’s ability to prepare students to meet the urgent demand for healthcare workers in the region. “It was...

17 May BSC students win, place in regional automation competition

Posted at 20:55h in Uncategorized by mpiehl

Seventeen students in the Instrumentation & Control program at Bismarck State College (BSC) took part in a regional automation skills competition, with teams taking first, third, fifth, sixth, and seventh place. All but one of the participating students are in their second year of the...

14 May Hollywood actor and UND honorary degree recipient, Josh Duhamel talks education, home state and career

Posted at 15:57h in Campus Happenings, Uncategorized by ddodds

This past Saturday, at UND’s general spring commencement, Hollywood actor and Minot, North Dakota native, Josh Duhamel joined the graduating class to receive an honorary degree. Photo by Shawna Shill/UND Today. Josh Duhamel took 13 years to obtain a bachelor’s degree in biology. So many notable series...

13 May NDSU names Preceptors and Pharmacy Teacher of the Year

Posted at 14:36h in Uncategorized by hhotzler

NDSU’s School of Pharmacy announced three awards to pharmacists who help educate students as they pursue their future careers. Amy Werremeyer, associate professor of pharmacy practice in the NDSU School of Pharmacy, was named Pharmacy Teacher of the Year. Dean Mattson, owner of Mattson’s Pharmacy in...