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NDSU Professor Receives Grant Money From NCAA For Research

The Five Research Teams That Received Grants Will Present Their Findings In January 2021 At The NCAA National Convention In Washington, D.C.

March 5, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — A NDSU Professor is getting a large sum of cash from the NCAA for her research. Professor of Human Development and Family Science Christi McGeorge received 20 thousand dollars for her work to reduce prejudice against L-G-B-T-Q people in sports. The project is called “Standing Up, Speaking Out: Reducing L-G-B-T-Q Prejudice in Sports.” It will provide training…

NDSU Study Abroad Programs in Italy & South Korea Cancelled Due To Coronavirus

The Study Abroad Program at NDSU is still monitoring all the countries where there are still students studying abroad.

March 3, 2020

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FARGO, N.D.- The study abroad program at NDSU is taking precautions following the Coronavirus outbreak in several countries. “We do not have any programs in China currently, but we have ended programs in Italy and South Korea,” says Director at the International Student and Study Abroad Services Alicia Kauffman. The university has around 50 students studying abroad right now and…

LIVE: Commemorating Another Championship With Bison Illustrated

Commemorative Issue Available For Free Across The Metro

March 3, 2020

Site Staff,

You don’t have to look far to find a way to commemorate the eight championship in nine years for the Bison. Bison Illustrated’s championship issue is available now for free at stores all across the metro. The magazine has interviews with players and coaches, and a recap of their undefeated title season. Editor Nolan Schmidt wants the magazine to…

NDSU Students Recreate History Of 1787 Constitutional Convention

The group debated how to create the legislature, voting rights and taxation.

February 26, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — NDSU students packed into the Memorial Union for Recreating the Constitutional Convention of 1787. “A key part of what a university should be doing is freeing the students to have those debates and discussions in a simulated setting to take on the roles of the founders gives them an opportunity to do just that,” NDSU Program Director…

NDSU student dies in snowmobile accident

Ben Anderson was 22 years old

February 24, 2020

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. — An NDSU student from Hoffman, Minnesota died early Saturday morning when he fell through the ice on Olson Lake in Elk Lake Township while snowmobiling. According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, 22-year-old Ben Anderson was transported to Alomere Hospital in Alexandria after falling through. Ben was later flown to Sanford, where he was pronounced dead. His…

NDSU Students Freeze For Change

February 24, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – Members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Kappa Delta sorority at NDSU are teaming up for their annual Freeze-A-Thon. All week, for 120 hours straight, members of the organizations will be standing at the corner of 12th Avenue North and University Drive. They are collecting donations for the non-profit Down Home. They help families in Cass…

Love Your Melon NDSU chapter hosts swab drive to combat blood cancer

The drive is in partnership with DKMS

February 24, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. — A local chapter of a Minneapolis-based company is hoping to make a difference, one cheek swab at a time. NDSU’s Love Your Melon Campus Crew partnered with DKMS, an organization working to fight blood cancer, to help people find their match for a bone marrow transplant. People on campus are volunteering to have their cheeks swabbed to…

Klobuchar Brings Her Presidential Campaign To NDSU

The Democrat Came in 5th in the Nevada Caucuses on Saturday

February 23, 2020

TJ Nelson,

FARGO, N.D. — Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar makes a campaign stop in Fargo just hours after the Nevada caucuses, where she came in 5th. The Minnesota Democrat speaking to more than 500 people on the NDSU Campus. She hardly mentioned the other Democrats in the presidential race, choosing instead to focus on President Donald Trump. She did take aim…

Sen. Amy Klobuchar to hold rally in Fargo

February 20, 2020

Site Staff,

FARGO, N.D. – Minnesota Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar will hold a campaign rally at North Dakota State University on Sunday February 23rd. It will happen at the Great Plains Ballroom in the Memorial Union. Doors open at 10:15 AM and the event begins at 11:00. Klobuchar will try and drum up support before North Dakota’s caucus on…

NDSU Students Want To Raise Awareness About The 2020 Census

The organizers held an event where they handed out flyers and spoke to students who had any questions.

February 18, 2020

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FARGO, N.D. – Counting Class Clay is an initiative started by five NDSU students to try and educate those in the community about why it’s so important to participate in the census. They say it’s important for students to know that they should be filling out the census where they live for the majority of the year. “Fargo, Cass County…