BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – Chancellor Mark Hagerott will lead the North Dakota University System for another 18 months before transitioning to a professor position, the State Board of Higher Education determined Tuesday. The board met in a closed-door executive session Tuesday to discuss Hagerott’s evaluation and extending his contract. Board members then resumed the open meeting and voted…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KNOX/KFGO) – Despite a ban on the use of TikTok on North Dakota University System devices and networks at least six colleges are using the social media platform to promote their campuses. The NDUS board made the decision to block the Chinese social media app in March for reasons of national security. NDUS Vice Chancellor Jerry Rostad…
WAHPETON, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) – The president of the State College of Science is retiring, effective December 17. John Richman was named the school’s president in 2007. “After 42 years in higher education, and 35 years of that spent at NDSCS, it feels like the right time to retire. I am very thankful to have spent the majority of my career…
BISMARCK, N.D.–North Dakota University System students are being encouraged to stay on campus during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. The North Dakota Department of Health says younger people are more likely to be asymptomatic and staying on campus reduces the risk of them catching or transmitting the virus. Kirby Kruger, director of the NDDoH Division of Disease Control, said, “Every…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ An audit of the North Dakota University System found its information technology arm didn’t seek formal bidding for several contracts totaling about $3.2 million. State Auditor Joshua Gallion released the audit Tuesday that covered a two-year span ending in June 2018. Gallion tells the Bismarck Tribune the noncompliant contracts, mostly for software, essentially were renewed after…
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ A federal agency that investigates workplace disputes has dismissed a labor complaint against North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott, though he could still be sued. Former vice chancellor Lisa Feldner filed the complaint against Hagerott in 2017 after he fired her. Feldner accused him of gender discrimination and said she was fired without cause. Hagerott…
