UMC to hold horse owner education
The University of Minnesota-Crookston will host a horse owner education program next month.
The program will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at the University Teaching and Outreach Center.
The event is recommended for ages 13 and older, but is open to all. It is designed to assist current horse owners as well as those interested in owning a horse.
Registration is required by Nov. 9; there is a $25 fee. For more information or to register, call (800) 876-8636 or log on to www.regonline.com/FallRegionalHorse .
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UMC to honor higher ed champions
The University of Minnesota-Crookston will present its highest honor, the Torch and Shield Award, to four individuals during an annual donor recognition event this month.
The event will be held Oct. 26 at the UMC campus.
This year's honorees are: Robert Nelson, registrar and institutional research director at UMC; Carol Windels, professor of plant pathology at the Northwest Research and Outreach Center; Li Shuming, president of Zhejiang Economic and Trade Polytechnic in Zhejiang, China; and Kathleen O'Brien, vice president of University Services at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
The evening also will honor donors and highlight the achievements of several students.
The Torch and Shield Award honors champions of UMC and recognizes contributions of significance to higher education, the Crookston campus and the region.
UMC Horticulture to host conference
The University of Minnesota-Crookston Horticulture Club will host the Mid-America Collegiate Horticultural Society's 39th annual conference next week.
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The event will be held Oct. 20-23 and will bring more than 40 horticultural students from across the Midwest to the UMC campus.
It's the first time UMC's Horticulture Club has hosted the conference, which will feature the theme "Little Campus on the Prairie" this year.
NCTC health simulator coming to EGF
Northland Community and Technical College is teaming up with HealthForce to host a mobile health simulator this week at East Grand Forks High School.
The simulator will be at the high school Friday. It was at the high school in Thief River Falls last week and will be in Crookston later this year.
The event was made possible by a grant through HealthForce, a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities health care Center of Excellence.
Science college expands presence in Fargo
The North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton is expanding its presence in Fargo.
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The school has 276 students attending courses in Fargo this fall, an increase over the year of nearly 30 percent.
The college's goal is to reach students who aren't being served by another campus in Fargo or Moorhead. Most students take classes at the Skills & Technology Training Center that the College of Science owns in Fargo.
The school this fall also launched a new program aimed at working adults. The Business Pro Series combines one night class per month with online courses.
Endowment aids NDSU music scholarships
North Dakota State University will soon begin offering $28,000 per year in scholarships for students pursuing degrees in the music department.
The scholarships are thanks to an endowment left by a North Dakota State University administrative assistant Bernadine Richtman, who worked for the university from 1962 to 1990.
Richtman died in February at age 91. Executive director of the NDSU Development Foundation Jim Miller said the $780,000 endowment she left is the second-largest in the music department's history.
University officials said that even after her retirement, Richtman continued going to concerts and recitals.
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-- Associated Press
The largest was for $2.15 million from Robert and Sheila Challey in 2006.
Richtman's endowment is named in honor of Jean Marie Mudge, Richtman's deceased daughter.
