MEDICAL SCHOOL
Going Back to Med School
Each year about this time I get a littletaste of what it's like to be in medical school. I look forward to talking with second-year medical students at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences...
Posted on 2/15/13 at 2:46 PM
UND’s spring commencement ceremonies begin Saturday, May 5, with School of Law
Spring commencement ceremonies at the University of North Dakota begin Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m. when the School of Law presents juris doctor degrees to 78 eligible candidates. The event will be hel...
Posted on 5/4/12 at 9:11 AM
Nurturing rural health
What does the University of Minnesota Medical School have in common with rural health care? Readers of the Star Tribune of Minneapolis may have noticed a front-page story this past weekend about a ...
Posted on 5/6/11 at 2:26 PM
Lawmakers worried funding for university projects inadequate 
Grand Forks lawmakers are concerned the current budget for the North Dakota University System won’t provide enough funding to address renovations to the state’s only law school and medical school on the University of North Dakota campus.
By TJ Jerke , April 18, 2013
Tax supporting med school may go to statewide vote 
By TJ Jerke , February 14, 2013
Brenda Warren, West Fargo, letter: ‘Keep Measure 3,’ N.D. voters demand 
I am one of thousands of North Dakotans who supports Measure 3. I voted for it, continue to support its mission and take pride in the positive results it is achieving.
House Bill 1353 guts Measure 3. Passing this or any bill that overturns Measure 3 is unacceptable.
By Brenda Warren , February 20, 2011
Dr. Eric Johnson, Grand Forks, letter: Legislature’s choices show skewed priorities 
Utter disappointment is the sentiment that best describes my thoughts on the 2011 Legislature to date.
By Dr. Eric Johnson , February 18, 2011
Correction: 'Myths, facts about repeal of Measure 3' letter
Sen. Judy Lee, R-West Fargo, testified in support of House Bill 1353 on Monday, Jan. 31, in Bismarck. The senator was misidentified during transcription of the Opinion page column, "Myths, facts about repeal of Measure 3," Page D3, in Sunday's Herald.By Herald Staff Report , February 06, 2011
Theresa Knox, Grand Forks, column: Myths and facts about repeal of Measure 3
A total of 162,774 North Dakotans used their votes as their voice and supported the funding House Bill 1353 would repeal. After Monday’s hearing, I don’t believe all of the North Dakota legislators are listening to the voters.By Theresa Knox , February 06, 2011
Carolyn Bodell, Minot, letter: Listen, lawmakers, and save Measure 3
We must continue to fund tobacco prevention, not only to save lives, but also because the people of our state believe in the effort and its outcomes. Legislators, listen up and save Measure 3By Carolyn Bodell , February 03, 2011
Heidi Heitkamp, Mandan, N.D., column: Don’t repeal lifesaving, health-affirming Measure 3 
Yes, training primary care doctors is important and should be discussed and supported. But training more people to cure disease should not be done at the expense of disease prevention.
By Heidi Heitkamp , January 30, 2011
Daphne Clark, Williston, N.D., letter: Keep Measure 3 provisions intact 
I can hardly express my disappointment, frustration and anger with HB 1353.
By Daphne Clark , January 28, 2011
Jay Taylor letter: No need for rich N.D. to tap tobacco dollars
Please, do not offer support for this bill (HB 1353) or any other bill dreamed up by the legislators to kill Measure 3, which 54 percent the voters wanted.By Jay Taylor , January 25, 2011
Vicki Voldal Rosenau, Valley City, N.D., letter: Bill benefits Big Tobacco at N.D.’s expense
The bill flouts the stated will of their constituents by nullifying Measure 3, wherein the people mandated that a specific, small portion of the state’s tobacco settlement be used to fully fund a proven-effective statewide program to fight our leading cause of preventable death, disease and healthcare costs: tobacco addiction.By Vicki Voldal Rosenau , January 25, 2011
Richard Failing, Hallock, Minn., column: How to train more rural family doctors 
Sixteen additional slots could be set aside for nontraditional North Dakota resident applicants.
I define such a nontraditional student as a person who, for example, may be working as a registered nurse, a lab technician or an EMT/paramedic while raising a family in a small town and now would like to become a physician before returning to that town.
By Richard Failing , November 26, 2010
Joshua Wynne, Gwen Halaas, Dave Molmen and Jon Backes, Grand Forks, column: N.D. can avert looming health worker shortage
The UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences has developed a comprehensive health care work force plan to avert the impending crisis, through a combination of retaining more of our own graduates as well as expanding the size of both the medical and health sciences classes.By Joshua Wynne, Gwen Halaas, Dave Molmen and Jon Backes , October 26, 2010
Dr. Erik Holten, Fargo, column: Med school expansion won’t solve problem 
The greatest need is for primary care physicians in smaller towns and cities, and the current request will not come close to fulfilling this.
By Erik Holten , October 20, 2010
OUR OPINION: Med school, UND must court Legislature 
As former North Dakota House Majority Leader Earl Strinden once said, it is vital to involve the Legislature in the development of these plans in order to boost the odds that the final plan will be approved.
February 22, 2010
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