Plans for building renovations
Sasha Leibold, News Writer
November 20, 2018
Filed under News, Sasha Leibold, Showcase, UND, UND Student Gov
On November 20, 2018 UND students will have the opportunity to vote yes or no on a fee to build a new Memorial Union. If students vote yes, an amount of $14 per credit would increase by two percent each year and be paid by enrolled students at the beginning of the spring semester of 2020 through the fa...
Higher Education Board Changes
Madison Feltman, News Editor
November 20, 2018
Filed under Dakota Student, Madison Feltman, ND, News, North Dakota, Showcase, Student Life, UND
Last November, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order that led to the creation of a task force comprised of himself and 14 members which he appointed. The task force was formed to evaluate the governance structure for North Dakota’s higher education system to determine if opportun...
A new partnership takes off
Madison Feltman, News Editor
November 6, 2018
Filed under Dakota Student, Grand forks, Madison Feltman, News, Showcase, UND, UND Aviation
As the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences celebrates 50 years of excellence, they also celebrate a new partnership with Sun Country Airlines. The partnership marks the beginning of a new program offered to commercial aviation students, known as the Sun Country Bridge Program. The program ent...
Go Vote!
Madison Feltman, News Editor
October 30, 2018
Filed under #dakotastudent, Madison Feltman, News, Showcase, Student Life, Vote
Driving throughout Grand Forks you will stumble upon political signs scattered throughout front lawns, with names such as Heidi Heitkamp and Kevin Cramer displayed. There is a short week until election day and the race continues. Heitkamp and Cramer are fighting for an open spot in the North Dakota S...
Crime on the increase
Sasha Leibold, News Writer
October 16, 2018
Filed under ND, News, North Dakota, Sasha Leibold, Student Life, UND
On Wednesday Oct. 10, a UND student Alyssa Maesse was a victim of a robbery at Ganesha Yoga. Alyssa was attending a yoga session when she realized that someone had gone through her purse and stole her wallet. “My heart just sank,” Maesse said. Alyssa was not the only one who was a victim. Two oth...
Juuls
Madison Feltman, News Editor
October 16, 2018
Filed under Madison Feltman, News, Showcase, Student Life, UND
Walking around the University of North Dakota, let alone any sort of college campus, you are likely to stumble upon the use of e-cigarettes otherwise known as a Juul or a vape. The market for e-cigarettes has skyrocketed within the last 5 years. As their main business model ‘better for you’ has ...
Parking Pandemonium
Madison Feltman, News Editor
August 29, 2018
Filed under Madison Feltman, News, Showcase
The beginning of the 2018-2019 academic year also marks the sale of parking permits for the impending semesters. Parking has always been considered a hot topic here at UND. In past years, space was always considered limited for students who live both on and off campus. Over the summer, drastic change...
President Kennedy’s trip to Florida
Andre Marquis Washington
, News Writer
March 4, 2018
Filed under Andre Marquis Washington
, Dakota Student, ND, News
The University of North Dakota’s president may become the University of Central Florida’s president. Last week, President Mark Kennedy and other candidates for the position were in Orlando on the campus of UCF, interviewing in front of a 15-person UCF search committee. At the UCF interview, Kennedy...
The evolution of the Women’s Center
Diane Newberry, News Editor
September 15, 2017
Filed under Diane Newberry, News, Showcase
Like many institutions on campus, the Women’s Center’s is going through some changes following the upheaval of the last academic year. Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Cara Halgren attributes the Women Center’s particular evolution to the retirement of two key staff members at the...
The end of DACA
Brody Morris, Staff Writer
September 15, 2017
Filed under Brody Morris, News
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was an Obama era program implemented in 2012 that made it possible for children of illegal immigrants to live in the United States without the fear of deportation. This act made it possible for illegal immigrants who came as children with their paren...
The search for Savanna Greywind
Diane Newberry, News Editor
September 12, 2017
Filed under Diane Newberry, News, Showcase
When Courtney Souvannasacd first heard that Fargo woman Savanna Greywind was missing she, like many Grand Forks residents, found herself thinking of Dru Sjodin. Sjodin, a 22-year-old University of North Dakota student, was abducted from the Columbia Mall parking lot and killed in 2003. “I was takin...
UND opens new passport center
Jacob Notermann, Staff Writer
September 4, 2017
Filed under jacob notermann, Showcase
The University of North Dakota is making international travel easier as a means of promoting studying abroad. As of Aug. 1, UND’s International Center became a passport application acceptance facility. This means students, faculty and staff no longer have to go off-campus to the post office to apply for...
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