Practicing Peace in the Wake of 9/11
Sunday, Sept. 11 | 4-5 p.m. | NDSU Festival Concert Hall
Woodlands and High Plains Powwow Saturday, April 2
NDSU is the host institution for the 27th Annual Woodlands and High Plains Traditional Powwow scheduled for Saturday, April 2, from 12:30 to 10 p.m. in the Memorial Union Great Plains Ballroom. The event is a collaboration of NDSU, Concordia College, M-State and Minnesota State University Moorhead. The theme for this year’s powwow is “Educate. Empower. Continue the Legacy.”
VCSU, NDSU and MSUM team up to help alleviate teacher shortage
Prairie Public News North Dakota continues to experience teacher shortages. Many school districts have had to go outside North Dakota to recruit teachers. And the state’s Education Standards and Practices Board says for this year, it has licensed more teachers from outside the state than it has in-state college graduates. Valley City State University officials say they’re working to meet […]
Tri-College New Leadership Development Institute Receives Bush Foundation Leadership Network Grant
Tri-College National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Development Institute has been awarded a 2-year, $40,000 Bush Foundation Leadership Network grant. NEW Leadership is a non-partisan intensive 5-day residential program designed to provide leadership training, inspiration, and support for women. The Tri-College NEW Leadership Development Institute is sponsored by Tri-College University, a nonprofit consortium of Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM), Concordia […]
Noted primatologist to give public lecture on biological origins of morality
Feeling and showing empathy are not exclusive to humans. Animals, such as monkeys, apes and elephants, demonstrate compassion too, according to noted Dutch/American biologist Frans de Waal. For example, during a fight, these animals will go to another’s aid. After an attack, they will put an arm around the victim. De Waal will show how empathy comes naturally to a […]