Applications open for student leadership conference

What can be better than having time to expand your leadership skills and
 knowledge about service, as well as to win prizes and eat free food? Join us for the 2011 NDSU President Student Leadership Conference – where you
 can Transform Yourself into a better leader!
 
LeaderQuest, the NDSU Memorial Union, and Student Government are proud to
present the President Student Leadership […]

Olgun Sahin presents paper at finance conference

Olgun Fuat Sahin, Finance, School of Business, presented the paper “Non-traded REITs” at the Academy of Finance Conference in Chicago March 25. Abstract In this paper, I examine the differences between non-traded and traded REITs by using available financial data. I also attempt to quantify the effects of non-listing on REIT valuation. I find that many dimensions of non-traded and trades […]

Jared Ladbury presents paper at psychology meeting

Jared Ladbury, Psychology, presented a paper “Assessing the relationship between trust perceptions and collectivism with the social relations model” at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in San Antonio, Texas. Verlin Hinsz (Psychology, NDSU) was co-author. Magdalene Chalikia, Gary Nickell, and Rochelle Bergstrom, all Psychology, also attended the meeting.

Political Science students to attend Manitoba conference

Paul Sando, Anthropology, and  Andrew Conteh, Political Science, will be taking several students to the Political Studies Student’s Conference at the University of Manitoba Feb. 3-4. The conference is an annual event put on by the students at the University of Manitoba, similar to our Student Academic Conference. Our student attendees are sponsored by our Canadian Studies Committee and by […]

Dave Weinrich delivers paper at Brazil planetarium conference

Dave Weinrich, Planetarium Coordinator, recently gave an invited paper at the Association of Brazilian Planetariums conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The paper, “Science Popularization in a Third World Scenario,” detailed his involvement in building the first public planetarium in West Africa and astronomical outreach that he pursued in Sri Lanka. On January 1, 2011 Dave will assume his two-year […]