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May 6, 2013

  • THE BISON BEST ’12-’13

    THE BISON BEST ’12-’13

    1 RECORD-SETTING ENROLLMENT Last fall NDSU officials reported yet another record of full-day enrollment of 14,319 students in undergraduate, professional and graduate programs. In the fall of 2011, first full-day enrollment was at 14,240 students. The 2012-2013 school year marks the seventh consecutive year that enrollment has increased at NDSU.

  • NDSU Students Represent 48 States, 78 Countries

    NDSU Students Represent 48 States, 78 Countries

    North Dakotan and Minnesotan Students the Majority

    hile the bulk of NDSU’s student population originates in North Dakota and Minnesota, it is a bit more diverse than many may think. NDSU students come from all parts of the country and world—with 48 states and 78 countries represented in the spring of 2013.

  • Architecture Students Seek Community Voice

    Architecture Students Seek Community Voice

    Public Install Project a Huge Success

    ive architecture students have taken their skills to the streets. Armed with plywood, paint and chalk, Matt Fremstad, Katie Becker, Colby Judovsky, Brittany Taplin and Jeff Bauer have made it their mission to bring out the voice of the people. Inspired by the work of famed urban designer and community activist Candy Chang, who presented at this spring’s Beaux Arts Gala, these students in Don Faulkner’s fourth-year urban design architecture studio have installed a community outreach project in downtown Fargo.

  • Initial Steps Begin for New Campus Aquatic Center

    New Facility to Open by 2018

    Plans are underway for the building of a new campus aquatic center. Its official proposal passed on April 11, 2013 with a 61% student majority and will be the first swimming facility that the school has had in five years. As a part of this year’s Student Body President Luke Brodeur and Vice President Jace Beehler’s original campaign platform, the reins of the project will be handed over to newly-elected President Robbie Lauf and Vice President Erik Diederich.

May 2, 2013

  • Hip Hop for Hope Celebrates Diversity Through Music

    Hip Hop for Hope Celebrates Diversity Through Music

    Hip Hop for Hope, a showcase presented by the NDSU Hip Hop Team, featured area rappers, singers, break dancers and a hip-hop performance from the team. The NDSU Hip Hop Team hosted this event to promote and celebrate diversity through music and dance.

  • Job-hunting Resources Available On and Off Campus

    Even though spring seems to have missed the mark, graduation is right on time, and the job-hunting season is around the corner. The task of finding a job after graduation seems daunting, but many people both on and off campus are here to help. Jill Wilkey, director of the Career Center, said that the best thing to do is to come in and talk with one of the Career Center’s five career advisors.

  • Inductees to Tapestry of Diverse Talents Support Diversity at NDSU

    Inductees to Tapestry of Diverse Talents Support Diversity at NDSU

    Four individuals will be inducted tomorrow to the Memorial Union’s Tapestry of Diverse Talents for outstanding contributions that they have made to the University’s diversity. The Tapestry, which can be found on the upper level of the Union, is part of a program that “kindles the spirit to diversify diversity” on campus, according to the program’s website.

  • NDSU Student Email to Upgrade

    Microsoft Office 365 Email and Calendaring Coming This Summer

    The North Dakota University System has recently unveiled plans to upgrade the NDSU student email from Live to Office 365 over the summer of 2013. The Live email service will no longer be operational after September of 2013, according to Microsoft’s website.

April 29, 2013

  • Bison vs. Cancer: Fargo Community Walks in Ninth Annual Relay for Life

    Bison vs. Cancer: Fargo Community Walks in Ninth Annual Relay for Life

    Several of the 449 people who gathered for NDSU’s ninth annual Relay for Life on Saturday had experienced cancer first-hand, and like all cancer survivors, they have a story to tell. Cancer survivor Steve Kluck, from Rochester, Minn., drove 5 hours with his wife, Pam, to participate in NDSU’s Relay for Life.

  • ROTC Cadets Aid Army Family in Sandbagging Efforts

    ROTC Cadets Aid Army Family in Sandbagging Efforts

    On the first spring-like day of the year, 17 NDSU Army ROTC cadets headed out on a sandbagging mission to assist a family they had never met, but one to which they already had a strong connection. Retired Army Major and Bison alumnus Jason Kaseman and his wife Sharon, also retired Army, reached out to the cadets early last week for help to build a sandbag wall around their south Fargo home.

  • NDSU Freshman Starts Women’s Organization

    Most freshmen are trying to get their feet on the ground during that first year of college, but one NDSU freshman is trying to get her organization to take off. Emily Driscoll, a freshman majoring in French, started the Women’s Activist Organization, which has gained temporary organization status as of February.

  • FABO Brings ‘Fresh’ Spring Fashion to the Runway

    FABO Brings ‘Fresh’ Spring Fashion to the Runway

    Charisma and confidence strutted the runway at this year’s 12th annual FABO Fashion Show. The Fashion Apparel Business Organization based the theme of this year’s show on inspiration from fresh spring fashion trends, like a “breath of fresh air,” co-coordinators of the event announced at the beginning of the show.

April 25, 2013

  • One Big Day, One Big Thanks

    NDSU Gives Back to F-M Community Through Service

    NDSU gave back to the community in a big way this week with the fourth annual Big Event. “The Big Event was first established at Texas A & M University in 1982 by a former student body president who wanted to give students the opportunity to say, ‘thank you,’” Katie Worral, co-director of The Big Event, said.

  • Bison Quest Strengthens the Herd

    Bison Quest Strengthens the Herd

    Competitive Activities Teach Students About Teamwork

    The NDSU LeaderQuest program’s first Bison Quest event promoted leadership skills and teamwork throughout the Bison community. Fourteen teams, each composed of four students, participated in Bison Quest from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in Thundar’s Den.

  • Student Volunteers Needed for Area Sandbagging Efforts

    It is that time of year when the snow melts, the Red River rises and Fargo is calling on NDSU students to assist in sandbagging efforts around the city. The National Weather Service declared an official Flood Warning for Cass Country earlier this week until further notice.

  • Relay for Life to Be Held at BSA

      Lindsey Kaufmann, a senior in public relations and advertising, has participated in the Relay for Life since her freshman year at NDSU. The Relay for Life is from 6 p.m. on Saturday until 6 a.m. on Sunday in the Bison Sports Arena, because Kaufmann said, “Cancer never sleeps, so why should we?” This year’s relay theme is “Throwback.

  • Founders of ULTA and Catalyst Receive Alumni Achievement Awards

    Two former Bison were awarded the Alumni Achievement Award for their exceptional success in their academic fields after graduation. The two alumni were chosen by the NDSU Alumni Association’s Awards Committee and were presented the award on April 18.

April 22, 2013

  • High School Students ‘Discover NDSU’

    High School Students ‘Discover NDSU’

    High school juniors and seniors toured NDSU campus as part of this spring’s Discover Days. Friday was Junior Day, with high school juniors visiting the campus, and Saturday was Senior Day for admitted high school seniors and seniors still contemplating their college decision.

  • NDSU Professors Inspire Students With ‘The Last Lecture’

    NDSU Professors Inspire Students With ‘The Last Lecture’

    Three NDSU professors spoke to inspire students at The Last Lecture, an event organized by Mortar Board Senior Honor Society on Wednesday. The Mortar Board invited Gary Clambey and Julia Bowsher from Biological Science, as well as Joseph G. Dorfmeister from Mathematics, to give inspirational lectures.

  • Performer Welcomes Audience into Her World

    Performer Welcomes Audience into Her World

    For most performers, finishing an act to a silent room is a death toll. But things are a little different for Trix Bruce, because to her, the whole world is silent. Bruce is a deaf poet and actress who travels the country performing for children, students and adults.

  • Sigma Nu to Host French Toast Feed for Red River Zoo

    Sigma Nu to Host French Toast Feed for Red River Zoo

    Sigma Nu will hold its annual French Toast Feed from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the University Lutheran Center. Admission is $5 per person, and those interested in a little competition can enter the French toast eating contest for an additional $20. Participants will be challenged to eat as many pieces of French toast as possible within two minutes, and the top three champions will receive prizes.

  • Phone App Informs Community on Flood

    One App Could Make a Difference in Fargo

      Myriad Devices, a student-based business that makes applications for smart phones, came up with a new phone application idea to the Fargo-Moorhead community informed about flooding. “H2O Fargo is a one stop all access app to everything related to the Red River of Fargo flooding,” said Jake Joraanstad, owner of Myriad Devices.

  • Prestigious Honor Awarded to President of Development Center

    In recognition of his 31 years of service as the president and CEO of the NDSU Development Center, Jim C. Miller received the Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation Award Thursday. Miller is one of two people to be selected for the award, the other being Mike Goodwin, president and CEO of the Oregon State University Foundation.

April 18, 2013

  • Green and Golden Globe Awards Recognize Diversity at NDSU

    Green and Golden Globe Awards Recognize Diversity at NDSU

      The Green and Golden Globe Diversity awards ceremony acknowledged efforts of staff, faculty, students and community members to create a hospitable, secure and broad environment where al people can learn and work. The fourth annual Green and Golden Globe Diversity awards ceremony took place on Monday in the Ballroom of the Memorial Union.

  • NDSU Army ROTC puts on first FM Zombie Run

    Step aside, vampires. Zombies are getting their 15 minutes of fame in the pop culture spotlight. The zombie trend has been the feature of recent and wildly popular TV shows and video games across the United States. Now, zombies are invading the real world.

  • Graduate students present at research and arts forum

    Grad Students Present Research

      Graduate students presented projects of graduate research, teaching, outreach and creative projects at the NDSU Graduate Research and Arts Forum. “The research and arts forum gives our students an opportunity to showcase the high level of scholarly activity that takes place on our campus,” David Wittrock, dean of graduate and interdisciplinary studies, said in a press release.

  • Obama Says Boston Bombings an Act of Terrorism

      WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday the deadly Boston Marathon bombings were an act of terrorism but investigators do not know if they were carried out by an international or domestic organization, or perhaps by a “malevolent individual.

  • Quake Hits Iran, Pakistan; Death Toll in Question

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A major earthquake flattened homes and offices on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border Tuesday, rattling buildings as far away as New Delhi and Dubai. Iranian state media said at least 46 people died, but later Iranian reports offered a far milder picture.

April 15, 2013

  • Saddle and Sirloin Teaches Children about Agriculture

    Saddle and Sirloin Teaches Children about Agriculture

    Last week in the Shepherd Arena farm animals and NDSU Saddle and Sirloin members awaited the arrival of little ones. April 9 through April 12, Saddle and Sirloin held their annual Kiddie Days. A variety of farm animals were housed in the Sheppard Arena for the week.

  • Lauf and Diederich Elected Student Body President and VP

    Lauf and Diederich Elected Student Body President and VP

    Aquatic Center Also Approved

    The student body has elected Robbie Lauf and Erik Diederich as next year’s Student Body President and Vice President. Lauf and Diederich will step in this fall for current Student Body President Luke Brodeur and Vice President Jace Beehler, whose Aquatic Center project was also approved during the election.

  • Air Force ROTC hosts 4th Run to Remember

    Air Force ROTC hosts 4th Run to Remember

    All proceeds going to Fallen Bison Memorial

    For the past four years, the Air Force ROTC has put on the Run to Remember 5K Run/Walk, a fundraising event for a memorial that is being built south of the Bentson Bunker Field House. The Fallen Bison Memorial is currently under construction. The memorial is built in memory of NDSU students, faculty and staff who have lost their lives serving in the military.

  • Friendship Inc. Puts on Third Annual ‘Praise on the Prairie’ Event

    Fundraiser Brings in Bands to Support Local Residents

    Someone is sweeping and clearing trays in the West Acres food court. Somebody else is ringing a bell for the Salvation Army at Christmastime. Another greets shoppers with a smile and a latte sample from Caribou Coffee when they walk into Hornbacher’s.

  • Homeless By Choice

    Homeless By Choice

    Roy Juarez Jr. shares his story of being homeless at 14

    Youth empowerment is the objective of the Roy Juarez Jr.’s IMPACT TOUR, which made it’s way to Fargo last week. This is the second tour Juarez has completed. His first tour, called Homeless By Choice, was completed in 2012 after two and a half years of traveling and sharing his message with over 108,000 students, educators and parents across the country and abroad.

April 11, 2013

  • TEDxNDSU Brings ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ to NDSU Campus

    A group of students are on a mission to share inspirational ideas through their newly formed organization, TEDxNDSU, a branch of the world-famous nonprofit TED. The mission of TED, an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Design, is to remain dedicated to “Ideas Worth Spreading.

  • Online Survey Tool Aims to Reduce High-Risk Drinking

    A free online survey administered to incoming freshmen has contributed to a decrease in high-risk drinking outcomes among students. The eCHECKUP TO GO program consists of two separate surveys—one concerning alcohol use (known as eCHUG) and the other regarding marijuana use (known as eTOKE).

  • Theta Chi Serves Community During ‘Days of Giving’

    Theta Chi Serves Community During ‘Days of Giving’

    Theta Chi fraternity is giving back to the community this week during its Days of Giving event. Days of Giving is a week filled with various volunteer projects the fraternity carries out in Fargo-Moorhead. “Everyone is giving back,” Theta Chi Public Relations Chair Kyle Mason said.

  • Construction Management Unveils DCE Online Program

    While construction season looms closer, students across the nation can get a more in-depth experience with construction management through a new Distance and Continuing Education program. DCE and the Construction Management program now offers a graduate certificate in construction management online.

April 8, 2013

  • Students Vote on Aquatic Center Proposal

    Students Vote on Aquatic Center Proposal

    What You Need to Know to Make Your Decision

    The NDSU student body has an important decision to make on the future of a proposed Aquatic Center addition to campus. On April 9 and 10 elections are to be held to decide the fate of a multi-million dollar swimming facility. Jace Beehler, Student Body Vice President, has been spreading the word on the importance of the student vote as it will affect upcoming fees billed to each student’s account.

  • NDSU Associate Professor Receives Award

    NDSU Associate Professor Receives Award

    Senay Simsek, an assistant professor of plant science, has received the American Association of Cereal Chemist International’s Young Scientist award for her work with wheat and non-starch polysaccharides. The Young Scientist award is given to scientists under the age of 40 who have done outstanding research on cereal chemistry with an expectation to continue, according to the AACCI website.

  • Health Care Reform Seminar: Why, What and Who

    To increase public awareness of the implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Brown Bag lecture series hosted a seminar March 27 regarding America’s health care reform plan. Colloquially known as “Obamacare” or simply the “Affordable Care Act,” the PPACA was signed into law on March 23, 2010 by President Obama.

  • Apple Polisher Awards Honor Staff and Faculty

    Bison Ambassadors chose 29 staff and faculty to receive this year’s annual Apple Polisher Awards. Each Bison Ambassador nominates someone and is responsible for delivering one gift to him or her every day during Apple Polisher Week. Most gifts have an apple theme, such as an Applebee’s gift card and a coffee mug with a pouch of apple cider.

  • Parade of Nations

    OIP at NDSU Kicks off Global Awareness Month

    The Parade of Nations kicked off global awareness month on Tuesday. The event is part of a month-long celebration of diversity and international culture at NDSU. Samuel Ogunyemi, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, led the parade of 36 flag bearers while playing a Djembe, a traditional African drum.

April 4, 2013

  • One Ticket Campaigns for Student Government

    One Ticket Campaigns for Student Government

    Robbie Lauf and Eric Diederich are running unopposed for student body president and vice president, respectively, an unusual event compared to the campaign history at NDSU. Diederich said being the only candidates running for office is “awkward,” but it allows him and Lauf to spend more time focusing on the students and less time campaigning.

  • Meet The Candidates

    Robbie Lauf is a fourth-generation Bison, a junior majoring in economics and political science. This is his second year on campus, and he has been involved with student government ever since. He currently serves as the executive commissioner of governmental relations and intercollegiate affairs.

  • Bike Share Program uses Half a Million in Student Fees

    Bike Share Program uses Half a Million in Student Fees

    After a heated three-hour debate, Student Government decided $500,000 in excess student fees will be split between the Tier One organizations and a Bike Share program that will span the majority of campus and parts of the Fargo community. Tier One organizations are the largest organizations on campus and are each allotted a different percentage of the annual budget.

  • International Student Organization Promotes Cultural Differences

      All NDSU students, staff and faculty are invited to attend the International Student Organization’s annual International Night at 7 p.m. Friday in Festival Concert Hall. In honor of Global Awareness Month, the Office of International Programs and the International Student Organization hold International Night to bring students from different cultural backgrounds together and allow them to share their culture and customs with their peers.

  • Students Raise Awareness for Autism

      The student-run business organization B.E.S.T. will serve and fundraise for the North Dakota Autism Center in April. “We provide services and money to this growing organization to benefit the children and improve the facilities of the North Dakota Autism Center,” said freshman Jon Hechtner, member of B.

  • Alert Day For Diabetes

    The American Diabetes Association with the American Pharmacist Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists joined together to present NDSU with “Alert Day” to bring attention to Type 2 diabetes on March 26. Insulin, a hormone found in the body, allows blood sugar to pass in the cells and then be turned to energy.

March28, 2013

  • NDSU Nice: Students to the Rescue

    NDSU Nice: Students to the Rescue

    The cold on the icy campus sidewalks melts when compared to the warmth inside the hearts of three students at NDSU. Elizabeth Rowinski, a sophomore majoring in natural resources management, encountered three strangers who showed her compassion in a time of need, a trait she says is characteristic of students on the NDSU campus.

  • Students Present Ninth Annual Food and Wine Show

    Students Present Ninth Annual Food and Wine Show

    The Hospitality Student Association and the Fashion Apparel and Business Organization are presenting the Ninth Annual Food and Wine Show along with the Tartan Trunk Show. The show will highlight an array of wines and fine foods and allow attendees to bid on silent auction items to fund scholarships and activities for the associations.

  • Bison Battalion Holds 102nd Anniversary Ball

    Bison Battalion Holds 102nd Anniversary Ball

    The Army ROTC Bison Battalion cadre held its 102nd anniversary military ball, featuring a variety of speakers and an awards ceremony to honor outstanding cadets in the cadre. Eighteen awards were presented to cadets, such as the Daughters of the Founders and Patriots Award, Society of the War of 1812 Award and USA Army Superior Cadet Award.

  • NDSU Observes First Global Awareness Month

    The Office of International Programs has expanded its annual International Week of past years to the first ever GLobal Awareness Month in April., celebrating internationality at NDSU. Lisa Hauck, director of International Programs, said that the “timing was right” to shift gears and expand International Week to a whole month.

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November 29, 2012

  • Couples and Family Therapy Open House

    Potential grad students learn about the department of human development

    The Couples and Family Therapy master’s program will host its fifth annual open house from 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow in room 108 of the SGC building. The purpose of the Couples and Family Therapy open house is to inform students and the community about a possible graduate program and career in therapy.

November 19, 2012

  • Bison Nation Writes Letters to Unit 818

    Bison Nation Writes Letters to Unit 818

    NDSU Community Sends Support to Bison Troops in Afghanistan

    A letter writing campaign through Dec. 6 is generating cards and supplies to boost the morale of North Dakota soldiers stationed in Afghanistan over the holidays. Veterans Upward Bound, Trio and the Equity and Diversity center at NDSU initiated the campaign after learning that the 818 unit of the North Dakota Army National Guard is not currently receiving correspondence from friends or family.

  • New Commodity Trading Room at NDSU

    Financial Laboratory Educates on Agribusiness

    The newly constructed Commodity Trading Room and Financial Laboratory at Barry Hall focus on teaching students concepts of agribusiness. The realm of agribusiness and concepts of commodities involve trading, managing logistics, managing facilities and managing risk, as it pertains to agriculture, William Wilson said.

  • Changing Diversity on Campus

    Changing Diversity on Campus

    Native American Student Panel Discusses Life at NDSU

      A Native American student panel discussion addressed some major concerns of culture, influences on education and student life on campus as an event to honor Native American Heritage Month. The panel consisted of Thomas Bluestone, president of the Native American Association on campus; Audra Stonefish, graduate student at NDSU; Derek Stonefish, brother of Audra Stonefish and graduate student at NDSU; and Iman Moore, student at NDSU.

  • Presentation on Creation Draws Large Crowd

    Bison Catholic held an event on Wednesday that gathered so many students that the event was moved into the Memorial Union Plains Room to hold them all. Originally slated for the smaller Prairie Room, Friar Robert Spitzer’s “Creation’s Case for God” presentation drew an audience of mixed beliefs and interests.

  • An NDSU Extravaganza

    Staff Senate Hosts First Annual Vendor Show

    The NDSU Staff Senate will host its first Vendor Show just in time for Black Friday to provide students with an opportunity to showcase their creativity and craft. “We like to call the Vendor Show an extravaganza,” said Vicki Miller, assistant director of event services.

November 8, 2012

  • NDSU Team Places 1st at Local ICPC Competition

    NDSU Team Places 1st at Local ICPC Competition

    NDSU’s Computer Science Department hosted the International Collegiate Programming Competition Saturday, where teams solved problems in computer programs using algorithms and problem solving methods. The ICPC is a software development competition hosted by the Association for Computing Machinery.

  • NDSU Biomedical Research Facility Receives $4.9 Million Grant

    NDSU Biomedical Research Facility Receives $4.9 Million Grant

      The Center for Protease Research, a biomedical research facility on the NDSU campus, has received a $4.9 million grant, the third in a five-year grant cycle from the National Institutes of Health. Since 2001, the Center for Protease Research (CPR) has received approximately $24 million from the NIH for their work with protease research.

  • Helping with Hurricane Sandy Relief

    As North Dakota faced its first weeks of snow and cold weather, volunteers shipped out to the East Coast to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record and second in cost of damages only to Hurricane Katrina. Thirteen North Dakota Red Cross volunteers have been dispatched to the affected areas.

  • Raising Awareness for the Homeless and Hungry

    SSWO Hosts Events to Honor National Homeless and Hungry Awareness Week

    The Student Social Work Organization will hold various events to raise awareness of homelessness around the Fargo-Moorhead community from Nov. 13 to 16. SSWO was started in the spring of 2012, and is open to any students that are interested in volunteering.

  • EMSA Preparedness Expo Helps Students Prepare for Emergency Situations

    EMSA Preparedness Expo Helps Students Prepare for Emergency Situations

      When natural disasters like Storm Sandy happen in the world, people ask “Are You Ready?” to manage emergency situations. The Emergency Management Student Association will ask students this question, which is FEMA’s current national theme, and show students how to be prepared for emergency situations at its upcoming expo.

November 5, 2012

  • NDSU Joins Political Discourse

    NDSU Joins Political Discourse

    Campus Perspective on Local, Federal Elections

    The beginning of November brings the culmination of the election season. As political banter between friends becomes serious discussion, what are the issues that college students should be concerned with, and how will the elections affect them? Kjersten Nelson is an assistant professor of political science.

  • Heitkamp and Berg Vie for Senate

    Heitkamp and Berg Vie for Senate

    Candidates Discuss Important Issues for Students

    In the last days before the election, the race for North Dakota Senator has found Heidi Heitkamp and Rick Berg in tours around the state for some last-minute campaigning. “Meeting with students is a great way to listen and to hear the concerns of young people,” Heitkamp said in an email.

  • The Power of Youth

    The Power of Youth

    Rock the Vote Rallies Youth Electorate to Use its Voice

    Students learned how their votes give them a voice that may impact the nation at the Rock the Vote event Thursday night. Rock the Vote is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to empower young people to claim their voice in the election. Ethan Peterson, a freshman in mechanical engineering said he learned “how important it is for us younger students to get out and vote.

  • Technology Learning & Media Center helps students use multimedia

      NDSU’s Technology Learning & Media Center offers educational opportunities to students who need to be prepared after graduation to communicate in a multimedia world. Students pay a technology fee along with their tuition, which funds the TLMC services and makes tutoring, workshops, a media room and various resources available to every student free of extra charge.

  • Halloween Fun

    Halloween Fun

    NDSU students engaged in several fun activities to celebrate Halloween on Wednesday night. Campus residence halls opened their doors to community trick-or-treaters. The residence halls have been involved in community trick-or-treating for about 15 years as a way to give back to the community.

November 1, 2012

  • In Heaven, or at NDSU, There is No Beer

    In Heaven, or at NDSU, There is No Beer

    F-M and NDSU raise awareness of alcohol and substance abuse

    “The songs they sing at football games such as, “In Heaven There is No Beer” seems to send a mixed message to students on campus about responsibility of and under-age drinking,” said Janna Stoskoff, dean of Student Life. F-M community members and the NDSU President’s Council of Alcohol and Other Drugs met at the Alumni Center for a town hall meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.

  • Trust a Police Officer

    Trust a Police Officer

    Christopher Potter is Sworn into NDSU Police Department

    Officer Christopher Potter was sworn in to the NDSU police force Oct. 25th in a public event to remind students of the NDSU Police’s dedication to protecting students. Potter is from New Hope Minnesota, where he served in the armed forces for eight years.

  • NDSU to Hold Graduate School Fair

    The NDSU Graduate School is putting on a Grad School Fair to help students decide what program is best for them, how to apply, how to fund grad school and more. The Grad School Fair will feature booths and presentations on different aspects of the graduate school and its programs.

  • F-M Prepares for Winter Weather

    F-M Prepares for Winter Weather

    Department of Transportation Observes Winter Weather Awareness Week

    Leaving work on Saturday, NDSU senior Kaylee Mootz saw her car was covered in snow and thought, “It’s starting already.” Highway patrol probably thought the same thing, as they encountered 40 cars in the ditch that night. This week is severe winter weather awareness week, and the department of transportation held a meeting with speakers Greg Gust from the National Weather Service, Brandon Beise from NDDOT and Bryan Niewind from Highway Patrol.

October 29, 2012

  • Colleges Name 2012 Distinguished Alumni

    Colleges Name 2012 Distinguished Alumni

    A degree from NDSU may lead the way to a successful professional career, as was the case for these distinguished alumni. The colleges of NDSU have announced their Distinguished Alumni Awards for 2012. “The awards are a great way to recognize outstanding alumni,” said Janelle Quam, assistant to the dean of agriculture, food systems and natural resources.

  • The Modern Printing Press

    The Modern Printing Press

    Tucked away in the corner of the Memorial Union bookstore is a rare machine, a modern printing press called The Espresso Book Machine, which allows individuals to publish and print their own books. Its uses are numerous. Anything written in PDF file, which is less than 550 pages, can be downloaded to the machine and printed for 6 cents a page plus sales tax.

  • Alumni Center Sponsors Harvest Bowl

    In celebration of agriculture and Bison athletics, the NDSU Alumni Center hosted the 39th annual Harvest Bowl. The Harvest Bowl began in 1974. Potato geneticist Bob Johansen and former athletic director Ade Sponeberg pioneered the idea of the Harvest Bowl to recognize student athletes and the impact of agriculture.

  • Meats Lab Hosts Open House

    Meats Lab Hosts Open House

    Workshops at Shepperd Arena educate community

    The NDSU Meats Lab held its first open house with free workshops and meat samples for the public. The Department of Animal Sciences sponsored the open house at Shepperd Arena from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday. To begin the open house, Ashley Lepper Blilie taught a quick workshop, entitled “Degree of Doneness,” on how to cook a perfect cut of meat.

October 25, 2012

  • Launching Dreams Into Space

    Launching Dreams Into Space

    NDSU’s College of Engineering and Architecture hosts 7th annual robotics competition

    NDSU works to bring out the best in students, and not just college students. NDSU hosted its 7th annual Bison BEST Robotics competition on Saturday. Best Robotics is a platform for all those whiz kids in high school and middle schools to exhibit outstanding talent in the field of science.

  • Delta Tau Delta Fundraises with Knoephla Soup Feed

    Delta Tau Delta Fundraises with Knoephla

    Delta Tau Delta fraternity dished out knoephla soup for a fundraiser Monday evening. Because Delta Tau Delta does not yet have a house, the University Lutheran Center offered space for the event. The center was packed with people enjoying the knoephla soup meal.

  • New Class Focuses on Designing Games

    Introduction to game development offered through Tri-College

    A class dedicated specifically to game development is coming to Tri-College this spring semester. Offered as a pilot class in 2011, Introduction to Game Development reached its cap, filled only with students who had heard about the class through someone else.

  • Task Force Cracks Down on DUI Enforcement

    Task Force Cracks Down on DUI Enforcement

    TODD Campaign Reminds Citizen to Have a Designated Driver

    Be smart. Be responsible. Designate a driver. The Southeast Fargo Regional DUI Task Force will be increasing their action to ensure drivers are not driving under the influence and encouraging citizens to designate a driver. In coordination with North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT), the Fargo DUI Task Force will escalate efforts to monitor the city due to the high rates of alcohol related deaths on the road.

  • Fifth Annual Diversity Conference Comes to NDSU

    Cultural Diversity Resources is partnering with North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead and Concordia College to put on the fifth annual Cultural Diversity Conference, entitled “Together Building Strength.” The conference will be held Tuesday at the Memorial Union with events happening throughout the day.

  • The Finale

    Obama and Romney finish off the debate series

    The fourth and final debate of the four debate series concluded Monday night in Boca Raton Florida. The main issue of conversation was foreign policy, although both candidates struggled to stay strictly on that issue. First on the agenda was the topic of Libya.

October 22, 2012

  • NDSU Department of Music Becomes School of Music

    NDSU Department of Music Becomes School of Music

    The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education has renamed the NDSU Department of Music the School of Music. The board renamed the school on Sept. 26. This makes the program one of 49 in the nation that provide broad curriculums and doctorate degrees in conducting and performing, John Miller, director of the division of fine arts, said.

  • NDSU Hires New Disability Specialist

    NDSU Hires New Disability Specialist

    NDSU’s Disability Services has hired a new specialist who also oversees the assistive technology on campus utilized by students with disabilities. Anita Hanson, an NDSU alumnus, has joined the staff of Disability Services. She is a disability specialist, which is a generalist that does not specify in any one type of disability – he or she knows and understands a wide range of different disabilities.

  • NDSU Students Recognize Campus Sustainability Day

    Student environmental advisory council to host campus-wide cleanup event

    College students across the nation are taking action to promote environmental sustainability. The NDSU Student Environmental Advisory Council (SEAC) will host a campus-wide cleanup event in honor of Campus Sustainability Day on Wednesday. Campus Sustainability Day is recognized nationally each year at various colleges in the United States.

  • Round 2 for Presidential Candidates

    Obama and Romney trade barb

    The third debate of the election perked up the ears of college students from the very first question. Obama and Romney met at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. for their first town hall setting debate. With an open floor, candidates answered questions from 85 uncommitted voters.

  • Innovation Drives Entrepreneurship

    Innovation Week offers students chance to make their ideas a reality

    “What would you do with 10,000 dollars?” The office of the Provost and the NDSU Research and Technology Park present Innovation week ’13, offering NDSU students the chance to showcase their innovative minds by creating new goods and services. The purpose of Innovation Week ’13 is to: “Encourage students to be innovative thinkers, enhance student awareness for innovation as a precursor to entrepreneurship, empower students to pursue entrepreneurship as a career choice, expand student access to resources available for innovation and entrepreneurs, and engage the current entrepreneur and business communities with students.

  • Costco Opens in West Fargo

    Costco Opens in West Fargo

    Community members are anticipating the opening of the first Costco in the Dakotas, which will open tomorrow at 8 a.m. with promotions and food samples. The new Costco is located at the southwest corner of I-94 and Veterans Blvd at 750 23rd Ave. E. in West Fargo.

  • Academic Advising Award Nominations Soon Underway

    NDSU recognizes outstanding advisors

    The Provost’s Office has established two awards to highlight the importance of academic advising at NDSU. These awards will recognize outstanding advising of individual undergraduates by faculty and by professional advisors who are committed to assisting students to reach their full potential.

October 18, 2012

  • Microsoft Becomes NDSU’s Newest Campus Community Partner

    Microsoft Becomes NDSU’s Newest Campus Community Partner

    Microsoft’s desire to invest in a campus that will attract bright students led to the company becoming NDSU’s second Campus Community Partner after a history of cooperation with the company. NDSU President Dean Bresciani and Microsoft Fargo Site Leader Don Morton announced the partnership and raised the NDSU and the Microsoft flags at a conference at NDSU’s flag pavilion on Oct.

  • The Pursuit of Wellness

    The Pursuit of Wellness

    NDSU Wellness Center holds annual Student Wellness Fair

    The wellness fair, hosted by NDSU Wallman Wellness Center, focused on spiritual wellness, as well as the other six dimensions: emotional, environmental, intellectual, occupational, physical and social wellness. Students who attended the fair were given a Wellness Pursuit card, similar to cards in the Trivial Pursuit game.

  • Professors Win 1st Place Writing Award

    Professors Win 1st Place Writing Award

    The “IMA Educational Case Journal” awarded Herbert Snyder, James Clifton and William (Bud) F. Bowlin $2,000 for the first prize case. The “IMA Educational Case Journal” is an online journal that provides research for accountants and business finance professionals.

  • National Day on Writing Returns for 4th Year

      Students develop and hone their writing skills today during the fourth annual National Day on Writing. The U.S. Senate has declared this a day of national observance. The National Council of Teachers of English organized this event. NDSU has participated in the NDOW since 2009, and the events have grown since then, according to Karen Peirce, associate director of the Center for Writers.

  • Voter Education

    Know how to cast your general election ballot

    As a college student, you have a decision to make when determining where you will to go to vote in the 2012 General Election. Our hope is that this article will help you in making that decision and answer any questions you may have with regards to voting in North Dakota.

October 15, 2012

  • Police Ask for Help Identifying Persons of Interest

    Police Ask for Help Identifying Persons of Interest

    Bison statue vandalized

    University police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two persons of interest who may be involved with vandalism of the recently placed Bison statue. Several individuals may be involved, but there are two persons of interest the police would like help identifying through photos.

  • All-age, Gender Neutral Bra Decorating Party Raises Awareness

    All-age, Gender Neutral Bra Decorating Party Raises Awareness

    For seven years, “Honor, Humor, Hope” has been the motto spoken in the Hotel Donaldson as they make Bras on Broadway a success in the Fargo/Moorhead area. This year, for the first time, Bras on Broadway hosted Deck the Bras, an all-age, gender neutral bra decorating party to raise awareness and money for breast cancer.

  • Biden and Ryan Debate

    Vice Presidential Candidates Meet on Foreign and Domestic Issues

    Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan met to further differentiate the tickets they represent during the vice presidential debate Thursday night in Danville, Kentucky. Issues covered during the debate began with Libya and proceeded to defense spending, Iran, abortion and when to bring the troops home.

  • Helping Senior Citizens in the Cass Clay Community

    Students and businesses caring for the community

    Student and community volunteers across North Dakota helped the elderly in community service projects in United Way’s annual Day of Caring event Thursday. The purpose of the event is to serve senior citizens of the Cass and Clay counties that require assistance, Thomas Hill, community impact director of the United Way of Cass Clay County, said.

  • Family Weekend at NDSU

    Family Weekend at NDSU

    Family members of NDSU students visited campus last weekend to participate in campus life with their student in a relaxed environment. Parents, siblings, grandparents and other family members could attend classes with their student on Friday as well as other scheduled activities throughout the weekend.

Octobet 11, 2012

  • Cupcakes for a Cure

    Cupcakes for a Cure

    Student bakes for breast cancer

    Kayla Houchin, a senior majoring in health and physical education, is baking cupcakes this month to help raise money for those fighting breast cancer. Education students whom have had the privilege of taking classes with Kayla Houchin, a senior majoring in physical and health education, know that this girl can bake a mean cupcake.

  • NDSU Archives Historypin displays Fargo History

    NDSU Archives Historypin displays Fargo History

    NDSU Archives offers a whole new way of viewing Fargo and NDSU history through its channel on Historypin. Historypin is a website developed in 2011 by the company We Are What We Do in partnership with Google. It allows users to pin old photographs onto a global map.

  • Bison Walk to Create Awareness for Diabetes

    The NDSU community will participate in the annual walk “Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes” while wearing yellow and gold and supporting those who have diabetes. The American Diabetes Association initiated this walk in order to raise funds to find cures for diabetes, do medical research and to organize public awareness campaigns.

  • Program Prepares Students for Graduate School

    McNair Scholars Program accepting applicants

    Students have the chance to apply for a program that provides the opportunity to work on graduate-level research in preparation for their future as a graduate student. The McNair Scholars Program was established in 1989 to prepare “First generation, low-income and underrepresented students” for the challenges of graduate school, said Anna Sheppard, the NDSU TRIO McNair Scholars program interim director.

  • Presidential Debate Watches

    College of AHSS provides events to inform NDSU voters

    The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is offering students and faculty the opportunity to get the most out of this year’s presidential debates, as well as highlighting the strengths of the college of AHSS. The college of AHSS is hosting watch events for the presidential debates from 7:45 to 9:30 p.

October 8, 2012

  • Homecoming Success

    Homecoming Success

    Bresciani Addresses Students, Faculty and Community

    NDSU President Dean Bresciani gave a positive speech for the annual State of the University Address Thursday. Bresciani spoke of four future commitments of NDSU: to advance higher ranks for our school, better retain graduate time and get jobs right after college, increasingly draw new talent on a long term basis and to contribute to be an economic engine.

  • Blue Key Homecoming Show Presents NDSU Student Organization’s Talent

    Blue Key Homecoming Show Presents NDSU Student Organization’s Talent

    Show crowns homecoming king and queen

    Blue Key’s annual homecoming talent show entertained the crowd at Festival Concert Hall Friday. The theme for this year’s show was ‘Remember the Bison.’ The show featured everything from guys dressed as cheerleaders to a cow, Mr.. Rodgers, flash mobs, a Hip Hop performance of ‘dance through the decades’ and more.

  • Mental Health NDSU

    NDSU Counseling Center offers events for Mental Illness Awareness Week

    Mental Health NDSU is gearing up for its second year of classes, presentations and screenings. These events coincide with Mental Illness Awareness Week, an ideology of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The U.S. Congress declared the first full week in October to be dedicated to mental illness awareness in recognition of N.

  • NDSU Alumni Center Celebrates Donation

    Center dedicates building in honor of $1 million donation

    The NDSU Alumni Center celebrated a donation to the Development Foundation with an open house Saturday morning. Alumnus Harry D. McGovern donated $1 million, and the Alumni Center building was dedicated to him to recognize the generous donation. The event ran most of the morning and was open to students, alumni and friends.

  • Romney and Obama Go Head to Head

    1st Presidential debate illustrates contrast between 2 candidates

    Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama went head-to-head for the first time Wednesday in Denver, Colo. The night progressed quickly from greetings and Romney’s congratulations of Obama’s 20th wedding anniversary to big questions about the economy.

October 4, 2012

  • Homecoming Court

    Homecoming Court

    Meet the Candidates

    Alyssa Lipsiea A senior in management communication. Her parents are Moreen Martell and Jim Lipsiea, and she is from Annandale, Minn. What is your favorite memory at NDSU? “Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residents Halls Conference and road-tripping to Texas for the national championship” If you could spend the whole day with Thundar, what would you do? “Frisco round two!” What is your favorite Homecoming week activity? “The parade and seeing all the hard work on the floats!” What are your plans upon graduation? “Attend graduate school and pursue student affairs.

  • Student Government Encourages Bison Pride

    Student Government Encourages Bison Pride

    Homecoming T-shirts promote #BisonNation among students

    In reoccurring tradition, student government members sold t-shirts for homecoming week in the Memorial Union Monday. This year’s theme is #BisonNation. Every year a homecoming committee composed of students from various organizations around campus, including campus attractions and Greek life, come together and decide on the theme that will be promoted throughout homecoming week.

  • Information Technology Division Stresses Cyber Security

    In honor of October as cyber security awareness month, the NDSU Information Technology division offers security tips for the protection of personal information. “Technology is pretty much enmeshed in our lives today,” Chief IT Security Officer Teresa Semmens said.

October 1, 2012

  • Vintage clothing collection donated to NDSU

    Vintage clothing collection donated to NDSU

    NDSU hosted a dedication for the donation of the Dr. William and Pricilla Hadler Stark Vintage Clothing Collection to the Emily Reynolds Historic Costume Collection on Sept. 24. NDSU alum William Stark donated over 5,000 vintage clothing items that date back to the 1800s.

  • Homecoming 2012-2013

    Schedule of Events

    Theme: Social Media
 Slogan: #bisonnation Monday, Oct. 1
  All Day Medallion Hunt
  All Day Decorate The Community
 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Contact Table:  T-shirts, hankies, schedules
 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. “Bleed Green” Blood Drive in the Memorial Union Prairie Rose Room Tuesday, Oct.

  • ‘How to Make a Major Decision’

    Event to help students choose a college major

    The NDSU Career Center will hold the Major Decision event geared toward helping students chose a college major that is right for them. The event is planned and coordinated by the staff from the College of University Studies and is aimed at helping students learn about all the different majors offered at NDSU, as well as helping them decide on a major that is right for them.

  • NDSU Library Open House Welcomes Students

    NDSU Library Open House Welcomes Students

    The NDSU Library will host an open house aimed at welcoming students. The schedule of events will expose students to available resources at the library Wednesday and Thursday. The open house will be a fun way to make students more comfortable with going to the library and using its resources, Janine Kuntz, the reference associate at the library, said.

  • Homecoming Show to “Remember the Bison”

    The NDSU homecoming show and court coronation will commence in less than a week, and this year’s theme is “Remember the Bison.” Many acts and groups will be performing at the show. After auditions, some of the acts that will be performing are the NDSU pep band, Theta Chi and Kappa Delta, Alpha Gamma Delta, Bison Information Network, S&S and several more.

September 27, 2012

  • Dr. George Wright’s Odyssey

    Dr. George Wright’s Odyssey

    African American scholar recounts impacts felt by diversity

    NDSU welcomed Dr. George Wright, an African American scholar and president of Prairie View A&M University, when he came to speak to students and staff about his personal experiences and struggles with diversity on Friday. Dr. Wright began his speech by noting the importance of athletics to Prairie View A&M University, stressing that the reason he was at NDSU speaking was actually because of the football game, which took place the following evening.

  • NDSU Mourns Loss of Fellow Bison

    Friends, family, and NDSU students mourn the loss of a fellow Bison this week. Early Sunday morning, 18-year-old Colby Anderson was struck by Amtrak’s Empire Builder and killed on impact. According to police reports, Anderson and three other friends were crossing the train tracks near 12th Avenue in North Fargo.

  • Bras on Broadway Kicks Off 7th Year

    Bras on Broadway Kicks Off 7th Year

    The Hotel Donaldson is putting on its seventh annual Bras on Broadway fundraiser in late October, though fundraising for the event is currently ongoing. Bras on Broadway raises money for breast cancer patients across North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.

  • Pride Network Celebrates 5 Years at NDSU

    Pride Network Celebrates 5 Years at NDSU

    Advocate for LGBTQ community receives diversity award

    The NDSU Pride Network was recognized with the Diversity Impact Award at a celebration for the organization’s five-year anniversary Friday. The Pride Network, founded in 2008, serves as an advocate for a safe, supportive and inclusive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees of NDSU.

  • Golden Key International Summit Conference Awarded Key Chapter Award

    Golden Key International Summit Conference Awarded Key Chapter Award

    Three delegates from the Golden Key International Honor Society went to Atlanta, Ga. for the 2012 International Conference this summer. Sarah Anderson, president of Golden Key, Bonnie Cooperland, advisor, and Ranganathan Jasothan, vice president of finance, spent July 26-29 at the Summit Conference to discuss, share, collaborate and celebrate the Golden Key Society.

  • 39 Days and Counting: Are You Ready?

    What to expect for the coming Presidential election

    Election Day 2012 is right around the corner. It is important to stay up-to-date on what has been going on, considering the fact that many people within the NDSU community will vote on Nov. 6. Since the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, both presidential candidates are on the trail to Election Day.

September 24, 2012

  • Mayan Apocalypse

    Mayan Apocalypse

    Presentation kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month

    NDSU’s second annual Hispanic Heritage Month kicked off on Wednesday with a presentation on the Mayan prediction of the apocalypse, purported to occur later this year. Bradley Benton, an associate professor of history, gave his presentation at noon to an audience that could barely fit in to the Memorial Union’s Arikara room.

  • ‘Out of the Darkness’ sheds light on suicide

    ‘Out of the Darkness’ sheds light on suicide

    Fargo-Moorhead citizens walked to raise awareness Sunday as people across the nation participate in similar events during Suicide Prevention Month. This is the seventh year of the North Dakota Out of the Darkness walk, which took place at Lindenwood Park in Fargo.

  • Freedom By Design holds 5k Mobility for Mobility

    Freedom By Design holds 5k Mobility for Mobility

    The NDSU Freedom by Design Chapter held a 5k fundraiser Saturday and raised awareness of home accessibility issues. The 5k Mobility for Mobility began at 10 a.m. in the Wallman Wellness Center parking lot and continued through NDSU campus. Registration for the event was $15, and proceeds went towards Freedom by Design’s next project.

  • Community celebrates International Day of Peace

    Community celebrates International Day of Peace

    University Lutheran center dedicates Fargo’s first Peace Pole

    The community celebrated International Day of Peace with the dedication of a new Peace Pole, a monument with the phrase “May Peace Prevail on Earth” inscribed in several languages, on Friday evening at the University Lutheran Center. The Peace Pole has eight different languages inscribed on it: Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, German, Spanish, English, Braille and Lakota.

  • ‘Remember the Bison’

    Blue Key searches for applicants in upcoming homecoming show

    The Blue Key National Honor Society is now looking for applicants for the annual homecoming show. This year’s theme is “Remember the Bison.” Blue Key President Kyllie Artz, a senior majoring in microbiology, says the audition process is open to any student organization or group on campus.

September 20, 2012

  • Won’t you be my neighbor?

    Won’t you be my neighbor?

    NDSU students participate in Good Neighbor Campaign

    NDSU students met on the East Patio of the Memorial Union to distribute Good Neighbor campaign flyers throughout the Roosevelt neighborhood on Tuesday. The purpose of the Good Neighbor campaign is to introduce NDSU students to the residents of the Roosevelt community and to establish a relationship.

  • Bison-Sioux rivalry documentary airs on PBS

    Bison-Sioux rivalry documentary airs on PBS

    “When They Were Kings” features intensity of NDSU-UND sports

    After three years in the making, the original broadcast of “When They Were Kings: The NDSU-UND Rivalry” took place on Tuesday of this week, but the 90-minute program can also be watched this coming Saturday night at either 7 or 9 p.m. An Aug. 17, 2012 media release stated that Prairie Public’s Matt Olien, producer and writer of the documentary, gathered stats and file footage spanning two decades to compile information about the two-sport rivalry.

  • A conversation with Luke and Jace

    A conversation with Luke and Jace

    Since Luke and Jace were elected last spring, they have been busy developing the 10 points of their ambitious L.E.A.D. platform. Students may be unfamiliar with who they are and how their job relates to NDSU students. The student body president and vice-president sat down with the Spectrum to introduce themselves to freshman and returning students, to clarify their role at NDSU and to explain how students can get their voice heard in the Bison community.

  • NDSU celebrates Constitution Day

    NDSU celebrates Constitution Day

    Our nation’s founders signed the United States Constitution 225 years ago on Sept. 17, 1787. Constitution Day commemorates this moment of history each year on Sept. 17. Members of the Army ROTC, Air Force ROTC, Student Government and NDSU students and staff gathered to celebrate Constitution Day Monday morning in the lower level of the Memorial Union.

  • New website rewards students for using social media

    NDSU students have another way to utilize social media with the release of the Bison Social Rewards. FanMaker, an app suite created by row27, a sports marketing company, powers Bison Social Rewards. Some of row27’s other clients include Boston University, D.

  • Atomic Learning offers tutorials, workshops for students

    NDSU subscribed to a service known as Atomic Learning partway through last year, and since that time, student and faculty participation has increasingly grown. Atomic Learning is a partner company that provides tutorials and workshops for students to use.

  • Bison 101 shares history of NDSU

    Bison 101 shares history of NDSU

    Four speakers shared the history of NDSU at 7 p.m. on Tuesday night. Student body government plans one Bison 101 each month; last month Bison 101 prepared students for their first football game of the season, and this month was a history lesson. Student body president Luke Brodeur began the event with a “pop quiz” on facts such as the school’s first official mascot (the commonly believed “Aggies” was in fact preceded by the “Farmers”).

  • Bank of North Dakota offers new college assistance

    Real DEAL scholarship and College Planning Center now available

    The Bank of North Dakota has initialized a new scholarship program and a resource known as the College Planning Center. The Real DEAL scholarship, worth $500, will be randomly awarded to eight high school seniors across the state of North Dakota. To be eligible, these seniors must be attending a North Dakota University in the fall.

September 17, 2012

  • Bomb threat prompts evacuation

    Bomb threat prompts evacuation

    Thousands of people streamed off the NDSU campus in a mass exodus after the university declared a complete evacuation in response to a bomb threat Friday. NDSU received a call including the “threat of an explosive device,” FBI Spokesman Kyle Loven told the Associated Press.

  • ‘Take Back the Night’

    ‘Take Back the Night’

    NDSU community rallies to end sexual violence

    This past Thursday night marked NDSU’s second annual “Take Back the Night” event. An event where the NDSU community rallies for an end to sexual violence. The event had a great turnout where students, staff, and faculty listened to speakers, marched throughout the NDSU campus (even stopping traffic!), and ended the event with a candle light vigil.

  • Students to present global service experiences

    Students to present global service experiences

    Patrick Atkinson to speak at NDSU about God’s Child Project

    Six NDSU students have made a global impact volunteering with God’s Child Project. These students will share their international service-learning experiences at a presentation from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Arikara Room in the Memorial Union.

  • Spike Out Suicide raises suicide awareness

    Spike Out Suicide raises suicide awareness

    Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosts annual volleyball tournament

    Sigma Alpha Epsilon hosted their fifth annual Spike Out Suicide volleyball tournament on Friday. The volleyball event featured the tournament, a grill out, a raffle, prizes, a winning trophy and a speaker who talked about suicide prevention. “I was really impressed with the turn out and support for suicide prevention and mental health awareness,” said Michele Cleveland, a junior majoring in English education.

September 13, 2012

  • Biking into a new future

    Biking into a new future

    Bike sharing program soon to be launched on campus and downtown

    The Kilbourne Group held an informational luncheon to discuss a potential bike share program to be implemented in the Fargo-Moorhead community on Sept. 5. The event was hosted by Doug Burgum of Kilbourne Group, an alumni and strong supporter of NDSU.

  • TechGYRLS program at NDSU teaches girls S.T.E.M. disciplines

    TechGYRLS, an after-school program hosted at NDSU, will teach girls principles in math and science hoping to engage them in these disciplines from a young age. The College of Engineering and Architecture and the NDSU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers will host the 10-week program for third through seventh grade girls.

  • Engineering and Tech Expo offers career opportunities for students

    The Engineering and Tech Expo is set to be the largest career event the NDSU Career Center has ever organized. This fall will mark the 14th annual career event, where 170 employers will represent their companies from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Fargodome.

  • Bike walk event to raise money and awareness for Hospice

    Ride the Red will host its 12th bike and walk benefit to raise awareness of the services of Red River Valley Hospice Care and generate funds to help patients without health insurance. The purpose of the event is to bring “an awareness of Hospice,” Dawn Koranda, the art director at Flint Communications, said.

  • Freshman Leadership Organization helps new students get involved

    While there are many organizations on campus to choose from, one focuses directly on freshmen and their success. Sophomore Steff Johnston and junior Travis Mack direct the Freshman Leadership Organization, a student group whose focus is helping freshmen become acclimated to their first year on campus and learn how to direct and improve their leadership skills.

September 10, 2012

  • NDSU Bison defeat CSU Rams

    NDSU Bison defeat CSU Rams

    Amid the whirlwind of controversy surrounding the Bison football team this past week, they were able to block it out and take care of business in Fort Collins, Saturday, The Bison cruised to an easy 22-7 win against FBS opponent Colorado State at Hughes Stadium.

  • The ‘Lost Boys’ pimp their pitch

    The ‘Lost Boys’ pimp their pitch

    After many years of dynamic scrummaging, the growing NDSU Rugby Club recently realized its goal with the addition of rising bleacher seats on the playing field located on the west side of campus. The brand new stands, made possible by a $22,000 student government capital projects grant, will comfortably seat more than 150 spectators, who can now view the rucking, mauling and dropkicking from a higher vantage point on the playing field, termed a pitch.

  • USDA declares drought disaster in seven ND counties

    USDA declares drought disaster in seven ND counties

    16 North Dakota counties eligible for federal assistance

    The USDA declared agricultural disaster in seven North Dakota counties Wednesday after a statewide assessment of crop damage and production loss found severe drought damage. Gov. Jack Dalrymple requested the USDA assess North Dakota for agricultural damage due to drought on July 27 according to a press release from Gov.

  • Study Abroad Day adds new event

    Study Abroad Day adds new event

    The Office of International Programs will host its first Study Abroad Day event tomorrow. Instead of holding just the regular annual Study Abroad Fair, the International Programs office broadened the event to include a Global Fest as well. This new aspect of the event will give students a chance to talk with others who have studied abroad in a more casual setting.

  • Meeting the firms

    Accounting majors seek careers and internships

    Every year, the Accounting Club and the Career Center correlate to put on a career fair specifically tailored to accounting majors called “Meet the Firms.” This year, the fair is being held on Thursday in the Memorial Union. Meet the Firms has been held annually since before 1996.

september 6. 2012

  • Bison stampede through Robert Morris in season opener

    Bison stampede through Robert Morris in season opener

    NDSU posts first shutout since 2006

    The long awaited return of NDSU football finally came and fans could not have asked for a better opening game. The Bison dismantled Robert Morris, 52-0, on Saturday in front of 18,769 people in the Fargodome. It was a day of celebration as fans filled the newly-expanded tailgate parking lots on a perfect fall evening.

  • Bison 101 prepares students for game

    Student government’s first Bison 101 event prepared students for the football season by teaching them cheers at the Fargodome Friday night. Each month student government will host a Bison 101 event. The events are primarily geared towards involving freshmen from the very beginning and making sure no one falls through the cracks of their college experience, Luke Brodeur, student body president, said.

  • North Dakota ranked best state for young adults

    North Dakota ranked best state for young adults

    Study reveals economic and lifestyle advantages of North Dakota

    Young people may not envision North Dakota as the iconic Promised Land, flowing with milk and honey, but a recent study ranked the state as number one in America for best states for young adults. The study “10 States Where Youth Rules,” conducted by MoneyRates.

  • FORWARD awards women faculty at NDSU

    FORWARD awards women faculty at NDSU

    The FORWARD committee presented awards to NDSU women faculty and staff members at its kick-off event on Aug. 30 at the president’s house. FORWARD,which stands for “Focus on Resources for Women’s Advancement, Recruitment/Retention and Development,” is a committee focused on bettering the climate for women at NDSU.

  • IT forum presents information on improving campus technology services

    IT forum presents information on improving campus technology services

    The NDSU Information Technology Division convened an open forum for faculty, staff and students to learn more about the ongoing and upcoming changes affecting campus technology services, as well as its present state. Marc Wallman, the NDSU interim vice president for the IT division, hosted the forum from 2 to 3 p.

  • College Republicans encourage students’ political involvement

    The College Republicans at NDSU encourage all students to be politically involved. College Republicans is a group devoted to promoting conservative values on campus and encouraging students to elect Republican leaders into office. They go to the Victory Office to identify voters through phone calls and set up tables and flyers around campus.

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August 30, 2012

  • NDSU graduate student winds $5000 scholarship

    NDSU graduate student winds $5000 scholarship

    Research at local water treatment plant gets engineering student recognized for building betterworld

    Turning on the faucet, filling up a glass and drinking clean water; this is a reality for most because of infrastructure built by civil engineers. “That just kind of blows me away. You don’t think about the whole process behind what it takes to get you clean water,” said Leslee Storlie, an NDSU graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in environmental engineering.

  • Festival of Movement to showcase student talents

    The Newfangled Theater Company is accepting submissions for Festival of Movement, this fall’s small show. The Festival of Movement is designed to showcase student talents involving movement in any way. Students can create an act that emphasizes movement in a unique way and submit their act online to the NTC board.

  • 1st-day enrollment increases for 7th consecutive year

    The first day of class set a new enrollment record on NDSU Campus for the seventh consecutive year. The first-day enrollment total was reported as being 14,319 August 22. This count encompasses all students enrolled at the university, including international and graduate students.

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield offers student-based insurance plan

    Blue Cross Blue Shield offers student-based insurance plan

    Blue Cross Blue Shield offers a new student-based health insurance plan that prepares students to protect their health. Student Blue Health Insurance is built to fit the lifestyle and budget of college students, according to a BCBS news release. Even if the concepts of deductibles, coinsurance rates and co-pays seem confusing, health insurance can financially prepare students for any health issues they may face.

  • New theater class explores personal identity

    Theater 199 Change U: Identity and Dialogue

    A new team-taught theater class teaches students to use performance to explore personal identity and community issues. When theater professor Lori Horvik, assistant director of civil engineering, Matthew Skoy, assistant director for service learning and civic engagement and Hall Director Tim McCue sat down to discuss a way to combine theater with social justice, it resulted in the creation of a brand new class: Theater 199 Change U: Identity and Dialogue.

  • NDSU Women’s Club announces officers, kicks-off new academic year

    The NDSU Women’s Club will soon kick off the new academic year by showcasing all the club has to offer. When the NDSU Women’s Club originated in January of 1920, members consisted of the wives of faculty, as well as some female faculty members. The goal of the club was to help with social functions for the NDSU president and his wife.

August 27, 2012

  • ‘Streets Alive!’ returns to F-M downtown area

    ‘Streets Alive!’ returns to F-M downtown area

    Event encourages community to live healthy

    Three miles of downtown Fargo and Moorhead were alive with bikers, walkers, dancers, rollerbladers and all sorts of moving people from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Streets Alive! is an event organized by the Cass Clay Healthy People Initiative and Active in Moorhead and began in August 2010.

  • Motivational speaker gives tips to students

    Motivational speaker gives tips to students

    Bill Cordes speaks at NDSU Festival Concert Hall

    Bill Cordes presented “YOGOWYPI” or “you only get out what you put in,” a motivational speech aimed at freshmen, which included tools for being successful in college and life. Cordes, a national motivational speaker, spoke to NDSU freshmen Wednesday evening in the Festival Concert Hall.

  • Construction comes to completion on 10th Street North

    Construction comes to completion on 10th Street North

    Construction on 10th Street North is on track to be completed this week. The construction project included a complete reconstruction of the 10th Street North roadway and underground between 12th and 17th avenues north. Many students live along 10th Street and make the commute to school each day.

  • 150 ways to participate

    Student Involvement Expo shows what NDSU has to offer

    The Student Involvement Expo will showcase over a hundred booths, offering different ways that students can get involved at NDSU. The Student Involvement Expo provides student clubs and organizations the chance to showcase themselves and what they are about.

  • TCU doubles max grant award for colloborative programs

    Tri-College University has doubled the maximum grant amount for students, staff and faculty applying for its annual collaborative grant. Members of Concordia College, North Dakota State University and Minnesota State University Moorhead can apply for grants to help start a new program, which involves members from at least two of the three campuses.

August 23, 2012

  • Freshman receive personal welcome to NDSU campus

    Freshman receive personal welcome to NDSU campus

    NDSU president and student body president welcome freshmen

    Thunderous applause and cheering surrounded a crowd of freshmen NDSU students near the University gates Monday afternoon. The Gold Star Marching Band, Thundar, cheer team, dance team, yell leaders, NDSU President Dean Bresciani, Student Body President Luke Brodeur and Student Body Vice President Jace Beehler treated the incoming freshman class to a personal welcome.

  • IACC requires card access after hours

    IACC requires card access after hours

    The Industrial Agriculture and Communications Center (IACC) is no longer unlocked 24/7. The change began Aug. 7. After 10 p.m., all external doors to the building are locked automatically. Students are required to use their Bison Cards at designated entrances to enter the building.

  • Gate City Bank contributes to renovation of former Stevens Auditorium

    Gate City Bank contributes to renovation of former Stevens Auditorium

    The absence of “Stevens Auditorium” and its replacement – “Gate City Bank Auditorium” – may catch students’ attention. The auditorium, the largest and most used on campus, was recently renovated thanks to a $500,000 donation to the NDSU Development Foundation by Gate City Bank.

  • NDSU media propose a collaborative future

    NDSU media propose a collaborative future

    Student leaders meet to find common goals and shared resources

    Student leaders of NDSU media organizations will write a proposal asking to converge the talents and resources of three separate news entities under one banner. The leaders of Bison Information Network, KNDS Thunder Radio and The Spectrum met this summer to discuss how their organizations can work together.

November 15, 2012

  • Miss NDSU Raises $3,500 for Nokomis

    Miss NDSU Raises $3,500 for Nokomis

    Contestants Line Up to Win Danny Klecko’s Heart

    The race was on to win the Miss NDSU crown and Danny Klecko’s heart. The theme of the event, held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Festival Concert Hall, was Grease. In an opening video, Danny and his best friend Kenickie, played by Shane Hofer and Kyle Dillon, go searching for Danny’s new girlfriend after Sandy chooses UND instead of NDSU.

  • Plight at the Polls

    NDSU Student Denied Opportunity to Vote

    For many NDSU students, this year marked the first opportunity to vote in a presidential election, yet for some, the voting experience was very perturbing. Meghan Bennet, a senior in biological sciences, was eagerly anticipating the opportunity to exercise her right to vote on Nov.

  • Integrity, Courage and Conviction

    Integrity, Courage and Conviction

    NDSU Celebrates Veteran’s Day

      NDSU celebrated the value of freedom by observing Veteran’s Day with various events last week. Lt. Colonel Barry Bridger, a Vietnam veteran, spoke about his experiences in one of America’s most brutal wars. Bridger related his experiences as a prisoner of war in northern Vietnam to a packed audience on Nov.

  • A World of Foods

      The International Student Association will host its annual International Food Festival to encourage students and faculty from NDSU to learn about other cultures through the food they prepare. International students are asked to prepare a traditional dish from their culture to share and the festival.

  • NDSU hosts global business week

    NDSU hosts global business week

    Events focus on study abroad and a global mindset

    NDSU hosted Global Business Week, an event for undergraduate and graduate business students who will be dealing with global business, something becoming more and more prevalent in our globalized society. All of the events for Global Business Week were held at NDSU’s Barry Hall, the downtown campus building dedicated to business classes.

World News

May 2 , 2013

  • Obama: U.S. Still Not Sure Who Used Chemical Weapons

      WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he’d consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapons in the two-year-old civil war. At a White House news conference, the president also defended the FBI’s work in monitoring the activities in recent years of one of the men accused in the deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon two weeks ago.

April 15, 2013

  • Greenhouse Gasses Make High Temps Hotter in China

    Greenhouse Gasses Make High Temps Hotter in China

      WASHINGTON (AP) -- China, the world’s largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country’s rise in its daily temperature spikes.

April 11, 2013

  • North Korea Urges Foreigners to Vacate South Korea

    North Korea Urges Foreigners to Vacate South Korea

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Scores of North Koreans of all ages planted trees as part of a forestation campaign - armed with shovels, not guns. In the evening, women in traditional dress danced in the plazas to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il’s appointment to a key defense post.

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