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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: Legislature approves freezing college tuitions
By Danielle Killey and Don Davis A bill funding Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the University of Minnesota systems freezes tuitions. Senators passed the bill 44-22 and the House 76-56 ...
Posted on 5/17/13 at 8:45 PM
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CROOKSTON Alumna Katie Schnieder '12 Joins Office of Community Engagement through AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer Appointment
Katie Schneider, a 2012 graduate of the University of Minnesota, Crookston from Delano, Minnesota, and former community adviser, has begun a one-year AmeriCorps VISTA appointment in the Office of Comm...
Posted on 4/9/13 at 7:55 AM
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA NEWS State Board approves name change for UND graduate school
At its last regular monthly meeting on Jan. 17, the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education approved changing the name of the Graduate School at the University of North Dakota to the UND School o...
Posted on 2/1/13 at 4:26 PM
NEW PLATEAUS The Doctor Who Went to Heaven...and Came Back
Arguing the legitimacy of a religious experience takes on an interesting twist when such an experience makes a believer out of a skeptic--especially one who operated on the brain.Dr. Eben Alexander, a...
Posted on 10/23/12 at 8:56 AM
THE NEW FORTY Trouble #1 & Trouble #2
Some of the buildings on the EMI campus have card access. There is an official looking panel on the wall when you enter in the lobby of these controlled-access buildings where a light turns green when...
Posted on 6/6/12 at 1:42 PM
ND Senate pushes ahead to dismantle State Board of Higher Education 
After a third attempt, Senate lawmakers successfully passed a resolution proposing a constitutional change to remove the State Board of Higher Education and replace it with a full-time three-member committee.
By TJ Jerke , April 22, 2013
UND grad student: Gifted students, like poor students, need help
Gifted students deserve the same nurturing as lower-achieving students.
So says Yee Han Chu, a doctoral student and teaching graduate assistant at UND, in her dissertation that was one of more than 200 submissions on display Wednesday during the annual UND Graduate Scholarly Forum on campus.
By Ryan Bakken , March 06, 2013
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Artist Javier Carmona to visit UND Tuesday
Artist Javier Carmona will give a public presentation about his work at52 p.m. Tuesday in UND’s Hughes Fine Arts Center, the university said.
By Herald Staff Report , February 25, 2013
UND's Jeffrey Sun elected for board
Jeffrey Sun, UND associate professor, has recently been elected to serve a three-year term on the Education Law Association's board of directors.
By Herald Staff Report , January 31, 2013
UND hosts first Martin Luther King Day Jr. celebration
UND will host its first Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Jan. 21 at the Empire Arts Center in downtown Grand Forks. A unity walk starting at 11 a.m. at Central High School will kick off the “Team Work Makes the Dream Work” event
By Herald Staff Report , January 10, 2013
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OUR OPINION: N.D. chancellor’s reforms hold exciting potential
Chancellor Hamid Shirvani’s ideas could bring dramatic improvements to the North Dakota University System.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , August 18, 2012
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New chancellor examining system leadership
The new chancellor of the North Dakota University System has replaced the system’s chief academic officer and said other top-level personnel changes may be coming.
By Amy Dalrymple , August 01, 2012
Women changing stereotypes of math and science fields
Korey Southerland couldn’t believe it when she heard why some of her female classmates at UND were dropping out of fields of study already short on women. “A few of my friends said, ‘Well, girls just aren’t good at math,’” she recalled.
By Pamela Knudson , April 02, 2012
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HIGHER EDUCATION NOTEBOOK
UND announces Founders Day awardeesUND will celebrate its 129th birthday with employee and faculty recognitions and awards Thursday during the Annual Founders Day event in Memorial Union.
By Herald Staff Reports , February 19, 2012
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Global Visions Film Series kicks off
The ninth year of the Global Visions Film Series will begin tonight at UND with the movie “Days of Glory,” a look at the contributions made by North African troops who fought for France during World War II.
By Herald Staff Report , February 07, 2012
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No idle moments for ‘Idol’ winner Scotty McCreery
Scotty McCreery had just come home from school with an assignment: write essays for college applications. Wait a minute. Isn’t he the reigning American Idol? Isn’t he about to go on tour with Brad Paisley? The high school senior plans to be on campus in the fall. Last month, he was putting the finishing touches on applications for four or five schools. He’s committed to his career but determined to go to college part-time, too.
By Jon Bream , January 17, 2012
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Humanitarian doctor to speak Wednesday night at UND Great Conversation
Dr. James Orbinski, a globally recognized humanitarian who in 1999 accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for Doctors Without Borders, will be the guest Wednesday at a Great Conversation at UND to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the UND Honors Program.
By Herald Staff Report , October 24, 2011
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Kelley: UND nickname law 'puts us out on a cliff'
University of North Dakota President Robert Kelley said Monday that events of recent days had persuaded him "to come right out and say" it's time to "move beyond" the UND nickname and logo issue and to repeal a new state law that has the university in "an impossible position."
By Chuck Haga , June 20, 2011
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Gina Collins, Grand Forks, letter: Hoffert didn’t deserve treatment she received
By Gina Collins , June 07, 2011
HIGHER EDUCATION NOTES: Big gift coming for NCTC ... UND prof pushes for tribal rights ... UMC Teambackers give for scholarships .. more
Northrop Grumman will award a gift to the Northland Community and Technical College Foundation.
May 30, 2011
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