BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 21 -- Bismark State College issued the following news: Bismarck State College (BSC) announces the appointment of two accomplished healthcare industry professionals to key leadership positions, further enhancing the institution's commitment to student success and excellence in polytechnic education. Alex Glatt joins BSC as the Assistant Dean of Current and Emerging Technologies - Nursing Pathways and Nursing Program Director/Clinical Coordinator for Nursing programs  more

MINOT, North Dakota, Dec. 20 -- Minot State University issued the following news release: Minot State University and the Minot State Department of Nursing are pleased to announce a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Dakota College at Bottineau guaranteeing admission into MSU's RN to BSN nursing program. "ADN to BSN: Partners in Nursing Education" is a commitment to meeting nursing workforce needs in North Dakota and the region for both Minot State and Dakota College at Bottineau. The MOU t  more

MINOT, North Dakota, Dec. 21 -- Minot State University issued the following news release: Minot State University and the Northwest Arts Center (NAC) worked in collaboration with the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara (MHS) Interpretive Center to repatriate a war shirt of Chief Drags Wolf to his descendants in late November. An important piece of Hidatsa heritage, the war shirt has been in Minot State's possession as part of the Ralph Hubbard Special Collection. Hubbard, a former professor at MSU, donated   more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 23 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news: Attorney General Drew H. Wrigley announced that North Dakota will be part of a 21-state coalition challenging a new Biden Administration rule from the Department of Transportation mandating that all States with National Highway System mileage establish targets to reduce on-road CO2 emissions. The lawsuit argues that Congress has not given the U.S. Department of Transportation the authority to regula  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 22 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2023: Gov. Doug Burgum today announced a record high population estimate for North Dakota this year, with the U.S. Census Bureau showing the state's population reached a new all-time high of 783,926 residents as of July 1, 2023. The estimate released this week represents an increase of 4,665 residents from last year's estimate and is 4,847 residents more than the official 2020 census coun  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Dec. 23 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: NDSU graduate programs are receiving national recognition for having the best master's programs in the state and country. Money.com recently gave NDSU a four-and-a-half star rating out of five stars for its MBA program. NDSU's engineering master's programs also received a four-star rating. Both rankings included programs in prestigious universities across the U.S. View the full rankings online (https://mon  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Dec. 19 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: Eric Leise recently was named director of NDSU's International Student and Study Abroad Services as the result of a national search. Leise most recently served as director of International Admissions at South Dakota State University, where he supervises, mentors and professionally develops the international admissions team among other responsibilities. He also served in similar roles at Black Hills State U  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Dec. 19 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: Yejune Moon, an NDSU master's degree student with Dr. Zhao Jin, won third place at the U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative's 2023 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum in Cincinnati, Ohio, in December. Yejune's winning poster was titled, "Matrix Effect in Quantitative Analysis of DON and DON-3-glucoside in Wheat, Barley and Malt using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry." She was recognized for her ou  more

FARGO, North Dakota, Dec. 21 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: NDSU had seven student-athletes named to the 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Football Team. NDSU safeties Cole Wisniewski and Sam Jung, linebackers Logan Kopp and Luke Weerts, defensive tackles Eli Mostaert and Jaxon Duttenhefer, and offensive guard Jake Kubas made the CSC Academic All-District team. Nominees must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and maintain a  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 22 (TNSres) -- The North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party issued the following news release on Dec. 21, 2023: On December 15, state Rep. Nicolas Rios (R-Williston) was arrested for driving under the influence. Today, it was reported (https://www.inforum.com/opinion/columns/port-lawmaker-used-homophobic-racially-abusive-and-discriminatory-language-during-dui-arrest) that Rios called police officers racist and homophobic slurs. This comes after a series of scandalous beh  more

FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota, Dec. 21 -- Otter Tail Power, a subsidiary of Otter Tail, issued the following statement on Dec. 19, 2023: * * * The North Dakota Industrial Commission recently approved our company to be a sub-recipient of approximately $4.4 million in state-allocated Department of Energy (DOE) Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) grant funding. "As our customer needs evolve, we do as well by transitioning to new technologies and options to help deliver reliable and cost-effe  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 22 -- Bismark State College issued the following news: Bismarck State College (BSC) announces the appointment of three experienced educators to the newly established positions of Assistant Dean of Humanities, Arts & Sciences. Dr. Kim Weismann, Dr. Kevin Moberg, and Dr. Holly McBee join BSC as part of an academic department restructure aimed at promoting and enhancing student success. Dr. Kim Weismann leads the disciplines of language, literature, communication, fin  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 21 -- Bismark State College issued the following news: Bismarck State College (BSC) announces the promotion of Alicia Uhde to Dean of Automation, Energy and Advanced Technologies (AEAT). To address workforce needs, BSC expanded its Energy academic division earlier this year to include energy programs plus additional, high-demand career pathway programs in automation and other advanced technologies. The result is the new AEAT academic division led by Uhde. With a c  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, Dec. 20 -- The University of Mary issued the following news: The University of Mary's Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program in the Saint Gianna School of Health Sciences has once again earned a full, 10-year re-accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). CAPTE has been recognized as an independent agency since 1977 and has been the only agency to accredit physical therapy programs since 1983, and the only accreditation ag  more