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Jan Orvik

The University community welcomed Brian Pappas as dean of the School of Law on July 1. Pappas comes to UND from Boise State University and Michigan State University, and has been getting acquainted with campus. He sat down with UND Today for a quick visit, and the full Q&A is available there.

Connor Murphy, UND Today writer, has been named editor of UND’s University Letter, effective Aug. 2, 2022. He takes over from Jan Orvik, who served as editor since 1993, and who retired Aug. 1 after more than 32 years at UND. Murphy, who began working at UND in 2017, graduated from UND with a Communication […]

Diane Holweger, retired food service worker, Grand Forks, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks. She was 74. Diane Renee Ramstad was born on July 28, 1947 in Hatton, ND, the fourth child to Sanford and Jean (Gulbrandson) Ramstad. She was raised in the Hatton and Grand Forks areas and […]

Parking permit sales began July 15 for the 2022-23 school year. Current permits expire July 31, and new permits are effective Monday, Aug 1. You can purchase your new parking permit through the UND parking portal. For additional information about parking on campus, contact Parking Services at 701.777.3551, or parking@UND.edu.  

Please join us at the North Dakota Museum of Art from 3 – 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, to celebrate Laurel Reuter’s fifty years at the helm of the North Dakota Museum of Art, and acknowledge her tremendous contributions to the community, state, and global world of art. Reuter’s retirement will coincide with the […]

A farewell reception will be held for Stephanie Walker, UND’s dean of libraries and information resources, on Thursday, Aug. 11, from 3 to 4 p.m. in conference room 406 at the Chester Fritz Library. All are welcome. Dean Walker has accepted the position of dean of university libraries at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Please […]

Nederlander National Markets and The Chester Fritz Auditorium are pleased to announce their new “Broadway in Grand Forks” partnership. Tickets for Hairspray and Legally Blonde – The Musical will go on sale on July 22 at 10 a.m. These two shows will be presented this year with a long-term goal of building more robust Broadway […]

More than 600 students are eligible to receive degrees at the University of North Dakota’s summer commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Expected to graduate are 281 undergraduates, 279 master’s students and 44 Ph.D. candidates. UND President Andy Armacost will preside over the ceremony, and James Mochoruk, […]

Mark Askelson, professor of aerospace sciences at UND and a longtime leader and coordinator of multiple research projects on campus, has been named the University’s first associate vice president for national security research. As such, he will lead one of UND’s strongest and most focused initiatives of recent years: the National Security Initiative, an effort […]

UND faculty are invited to participate in the summer professional, graduate, and undergraduate degrees commencement ceremony on Friday, August 5, 3:00 p.m. at the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Faculty members are required to wear academic regalia. Faculty can rent regalia at the following website: www.herffjones.com/capgown/order Customer #33000403000 Order # 4755363 Order deadline is July 7, 2022  If […]

Parking permit sales began July 15 for the 2022-23 school year. Current permits expire July 31, and new permits are effective Monday, Aug 1. You can purchase your new parking permit through the UND parking portal. For additional information about parking on campus, contact Parking Services at 701.777.3551, or parking@UND.edu.  

Jan Orvik, internal communications editor in UND Marketing & Communications, is retiring Aug. 1 after more than 32 years of service to the University. Please join us for a retirement reception, 10 a.m. to noon, on Tuesday, July 26, in the first floor of Skalicky Atrium. Ample parking is available across from Skalicky in the […]

Please join us at the North Dakota Museum of Art from 3 – 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6, to celebrate Laurel Reuter’s fifty years at the helm of the North Dakota Museum of Art, and acknowledge her tremendous contributions to the community, state, and global world of art. Reuter’s retirement will coincide with the […]

University of North Dakota Provost Eric Link has selected Sally Dockter as interim dean for the Chester Fritz Library. Currently, Dockter serves as assistant dean of the library and head of public services. Link indicated that his office is preparing a national search for the next permanent dean, and that Dockter’s role will begin Aug. […]

A construction project to replace East Centennial Drive with a pedestrian mall has progressed to the stage where the pedestrian route has been altered for safety. To access Harrington, Gillette, and O’Kelly Halls, as well as the Education Building, please use the Engineering Link and the new STEM quad parking lot. A map is above, […]