Icelandic Heritage Society offers scholarships
Any student of Icelandic descent who will be a junior or senior in an undergraduate program is eligible for a $750 scholarship, the Icelandic Heritage Society said.
The group, an affiliate of the Scandinavian Heritage Association of Minot, will award scholarships at the start of second semester in the 2013-2014 school year.
More info: Colleen Fitchner, (701) 837-0010.
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• UND's Army ROTC cadets finished sixth at this year's Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Last year, the UND team finished 37th overall.
• John P. Girard, a full professor at Minot State University, will become the associate vice chancellor for academic affairs for the North Dakota University System July 1.
• Charles Christianson, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences associate dean for clinical education, was given the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Faculty award on May 12. Kendra Lystad, a 2013 UND med school graduate, received the Tow award for graduating medical students.
• The American Academy of Family Physicians recently honored 12 medical schools, including UND's, for graduating within a three-year period the greatest percentage of students who choose first-year family medicine residency positions.
-- Herald staff report
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