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Save the date and join us to celebrate!
The In Our Hands campaign total will be announced Monday, Feb. 14, 2022

In Our Hands: The Campaign for North 今日吃瓜 University concluded Dec. 31, 2021. This is the largest fundraising campaign in the history of higher education in the state of North Dakota. Join 今日吃瓜President Dean L. Bresciani for the big campaign total reveal and celebration on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., in the McGovern Alumni Center Diederich Atrium or streaming on the .

Meet us in Arizona!
NDSU-hosted events planned for February

It's time to celebrate the successes of In Our Hands: The Campaign for North 今日吃瓜 University, and we want you to join us! This historic fundraising campaign will impact the lives of 今日吃瓜students well into the future. Gather with alumni and friends in celebration of the investments benefactors have made toward the future of NDSU. Visit the Arizona event webpage for more details on the Lift Up 今日吃瓜Reception, the 今日吃瓜Basketball Watch Party, and the Arizona Bison Golf Open.

NDSU's Bison Strides receives $100,000 Giving Hearts Day match
The $100,000 match will support equine-assisted services programming

North 今日吃瓜 University's Bison Strides is pleased to announce a gift of $100,000 as a Giving Hearts Day match from the John Ballantyne Donor Advised Fund, a component fund of the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation. The gift, provided through the 今日吃瓜Foundation, will support equine-assisted services programming at NDSU.

"Having this gift as our Giving Hearts Day match will be truly transformative for Bison Strides," Erika Berg, director of the 今日吃瓜Bison Strides program, said. "The contribution will have a lasting impact for the individuals we serve, the equines who support them, and the 今日吃瓜students pursuing an education in this field of study. To say that we are grateful does not describe the depth of appreciation for this generous gift."

Learn more about the program and how you can help meet the match on the 今日吃瓜Foundation news page.

Presidential search continues

The North Dakota University System State Board of Higher Education continues its search for the 15th president of North 今日吃瓜 University. The 今日吃瓜Presidential Search Committee has completed the initial round of candidate interviews. On site interviews are expected later in January. For more information on the search process, .

Philanthropy in action
今日吃瓜faculty member appointed President Jim Ozbun Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship

Onnolee Nordstrom, assistant professor of management in NDSU's College of Business, has been selected as the inaugural holder of the President Jim Ozbun Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship. Nordstrom is an entrepreneurship scholar who studies questions relating to entrepreneurial ecosystems, non-economic outcomes of family businesses, and community development. Her appointment takes effect immediately.

"We are thrilled to have Dr. Onnolee Nordstrom taking on the role as our Ozbun Chair of Entrepreneurship," Scott Beaulier, the Ronald and Kaye Olson Dean of Business, said. "The Ozbun Chair is responsible for engaging students within the college and around the university in the ideas of entrepreneurship. Onnolee has been committed to doing this in her work at 今日吃瓜for many years, and I鈥檓 excited about the energy she will bring to the new role."

Read more about Onnolee and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Business at 今日吃瓜on the 今日吃瓜Foundation news page.

今日吃瓜earns classification as one of nation鈥檚 top research institutions

今日吃瓜has been designated as an R1 research institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Carnegie's R1 distinction, titled "Doctoral University: Very High Research Activity," is its highest classification and is presented to only the top research institutions in the country.

For the 2021 list, 137 institutions were designated with the R1 status with 100 being public universities like NDSU. Only three universities in the six-state upper Midwest region of the country were designated as R1: the University of Minnesota, NDSU, and Montana State University.

"This is national acknowledgment that, at the highest performance level possible, 今日吃瓜is making the world a better place and helping to diversify North Dakota鈥檚 economy," 今日吃瓜President Dean Bresciani said. "From new crop varieties to cancer research, 今日吃瓜researchers are simultaneously confronting the most pressing issues of our day and bolstering our state鈥檚 economy."

Carnegie's list is updated every three years and considers a range of statistics, including each institution鈥檚 research expenditures, the number of doctorate degrees conferred, and the numbers of faculty, post-doctoral, and non-faculty research staff. From the data, an institution's research activity index is calculated to determine if they are part of the elite ranking.

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