Jim PoolmanGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – Jim Poolman has resigned from the University of North Dakota Alumni Association and Foundation board of directors and Forever UND campaign committee. The Tuesday night resignation comes one day after the Fargo businessman and former state Insurance Commissioner distanced himself from disgraced former state Sen. Ray Holmberg after a picture of the two began circulating on…
Peter Nygard/CNNGRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/CNN) — Two UND-affiliated foundations are cutting remaining ties to Peter Nygard. The 82-year-old former fashion mogul was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault in a Toronto court on Sunday, following a six-week trial. Nygard was accused by five women of attacking them in a series of incidents from the 1980s to the mid-2000s….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — Repatriation efforts of Native American bones and artifacts are ongoing at UND. It was one year ago that school officials announced the discovery of ancestral remains on campus. Under federal law the items must be returned to their appropriate tribal homes. During a UND town hall meeting, representatives from the Native American compliance committee said…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — It has been a record-setting fiscal year for the UND Alumni Association & Foundation. Alumni and friends of the university gave $67.7 million to the foundation during the fiscal year that ended June 30. That is nearly twice the amount committed the previous year. The old record was $49.9 million set in 2011. Nine-thousand and sixteen…
