University of North Dakota Faculty/Staff Newsletter

Statement from UND President Robert Kelley on Nickname and Logo

February 9, 2012 • Category: Lead Story

Dear Campus Community:
In keeping with state law and at the direction of North Dakota State Board of Higher Education President Grant Shaft, the University of [...]

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Events»

Grant Writing USA workshop will be Feb. 9-10

Grand Forks Police Department and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grants workshop Thursday through Friday, Feb. 9-10, in the Grand Forks Public Safety [...]

Communication spring colloquium series continues Feb. 9

The  Communication Program Spring colloquium series continues Thursday, Feb. 9. All lectures are set from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Swanson Hall, room 16-18.
Feb. 9
Slavka Antonova [...]

Arts and Sciences dean candidates will present at public forums

The candidates for the Arts and Sciences Dean position at UND are scheduled for campus interviews over the next two weeks.
As part of the interview process, [...]

Doctoral examination set for Vladimir Zivkovic

The final examination for Vladimir Zivkovic, a candidate for the Ph.D. degree with a major in Geology, is set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, in 109 [...]

 

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Announcements»

Black History Month events are online

The Era Bell Thompson Multicultural Student Services Center will be hosting upcoming events for Black History Month.  Please check the events at http://und.edu/student-life/multicultural-student-services/_files/docs/springevents.pdf
There are more [...]

Deadline listed for research/creative activity, publication, and new faculty scholar awards

The fourth deadline for submission of applications to the Senate Scholarly Activities Committee (SSAC) is Friday, Feb. 17. Research/Creative Activity and Publication grant applications as [...]

Earth Week chair sought

Do you have an interest or do you know a student (undergraduate or graduate) who would like to coordinate Earth Week this year? There is [...]

Capstone course enhances learning, cultural education

Learning new languages and cultures can rank right up there with arithmetic as a mind-bending challenge.
Likewise for teaching these subjects to new learners—despite the glitzy [...]

 

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Research»

Please use current IRB forms

The Institutional Review Board often updates forms on its web site to maintain compliance with federal and state regulations and to ensure ease of use [...]

NSF program announcement with limited submissions listed for NUE

Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education in Engineering (NUE): Program Solicitation #12-534; www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12534/nsf12534.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click
The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement for Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education in Engineering [...]

Kim Keeley has earned Certified Research Administrator designation

Kim Keeley, Grants and Contracts Administration, has successfully completed the Certification Examination for Research Administrators.
She may now use the Certified Research Administrator (CRA) designation as part [...]

Faculty may be asked to fill out FDP faculty workload survey

The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP; thefdp.org), a cooperative initiative hosted by the National Academies, is conducting a national survey of federally-funded principal investigators (PIs) to [...]

 

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In the News»

Space Studies alum inducted in the Space Camp Hall of Fame

Lt. Col. William Burke Hare III, a U.S. Air Force space and missile operator and 1995 UND alumus, was recently inducted into the Space Camp Hall [...]

Alum and Washburn native recalls engineering’s petroleum past

A UND alumnus and Washburn, N.D., native, who spent more than 50 years in the petroleum industry urges us not to forget UND’s petroleum past.
“I was [...]

Music hosts new Piano Master Class via Skype

UND Pianist Nariaki Sugiura will use Skype technology this Saturday to connect students with the first Piano Master Class of the season.
Sugiura, a Tokyo, Japan, native [...]

UND competition dance team finishes in top 10

The UND competition dance team turned some heads with a Top 10 finish at the Universal Dance Association national championships Jan. 13-15 in Orlando, Fla., [...]

 

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Bulletin Board»

Upcoming U2 sessions listed

New: The Survey Says…2011 National Survey of Student Engagement
Feb. 15, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Swanson Hall, room 17
During the spring of 2011, students at [...]

Employees donate more than $17,000 to Denim Days

UND employees donated a total of $17,715 in Denim Day donations in 2011.
Your regular Denim Day dollars provided financial support to nine local charities and 11 [...]

Night Life @ UND events listed for Feb. 9-11

Night Life @ UND provides free late-night entertainment for UND students every Friday and Saturday night (not including holidays). The following events will be held [...]

Lock into Weight Watchers before the cost increases

If you ever wanted to try Weight Watchers, lock in to the At-Work locations before Feb. 26.
The current price is $39.95 per month and this [...]

 

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In Remembrance»

Remembering Playford Thorson

Playford Thorson II, professor emeritus of history, died Jan. 26 in Grand Forks.
He was born Sept. 27, 1925, to Playford and Mary Ellen (Garrett) Thorson [...]

Remembering James Penwarden

James Penwarden, retired Director of University Relations, died Jan. 21 after a four-month struggle with lung cancer. He was 69.
He was a private man who [...]

Remembering Alice Louise Owen

Alice Louise Owen, retired assistant professor of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics, died Dec. 21 at Valley Eldercare in Grand Forks.  She was 81.
Alice Koning was born [...]

Remembering Zella Green

Zella Pauline Trezona Green, former worker at the transportation and safety offices, died Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Northwood Deaconess Health Center in Grand Forks.  She [...]

 

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