GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Just days after UND President Andrew Armacost said he wasn’t mandating face masks this semester, there has been a change of course. As classes begin on Monday, a face mask requirement is now in place for all indoor spaces at UND including classrooms, academic buildings, hallways, administrative buildings and Chester Fritz Library and other spots. It…
GRAND FORKS (KFGO) – As students prepare to return to the University of North Dakota next week, UND President Andrew Armacost – in a message to the campus community – said getting vaccinated is the best defense against COVID-19. According to the UND website, anyone wishing to wear a mask is encouraged to do so. The university is granting faculty…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The University of North Dakota will be the first participant in the U.S. Space Force’s University Partnership Program. Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, General John Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, and UND President Andrew Armacost gathered for the signing of a memorandum of understanding. Hoeven says UND’s selection will position North Dakota to train…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Lamoureux twins are finally getting their North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Awards this week. Gov. Doug Burgum will present the award to Monique and Jocelyne Lamoureux on Wednesday in Grand Forks. That is the where the twins grew up, played for the University of North Dakota women’s hockey team and live now. They went…
BISMARCK, N.D. — A UND student has been named to the state Board of Higher Education. Gracie Lian, a senior studying business administration, will be the board’s student representative for a one-year term. She joins the group on July 1. Lian has served as president of the North Dakota Student Association and as UND’s student body president. She is also…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — North Dakota women are speaking out against a recent amendment that could cut funding for programs at North Dakota State University. The Legislature is pushing to prohibit the university from funneling federal grant money to Planned Parenthood for sex education. Women from NDSU, University of North Dakota and women advocacy groups came together to speak on…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR) – The University of North Dakota says during four days in March, Grand Forks International Airport was the busiest airport in the nation. The airport’s combination of passenger flights and UND flight training traffic topped all airports in takeoffs and landings in the U.S. on March 1-3 and again on March 8. UND says the Grand…
FARGO, N.D. — In what’s now the longest hockey game in the history of the NCAA Tournament, Minnesota-Duluth beat North Dakota 3-2 in five overtimes Saturday night in Fargo to advance to its fourth straight Frozen Four. The winning goal came at 142 minutes, 13 seconds. At the 2:13 mark of the fifth overtime, Luke Mylymok beat North Dakota’s Adam…
ST. LOUIS (KVRR) – The Missouri Valley Football Conference has postponed Saturday’s North Dakota-Youngstown State football game due to a positive COVID-19 test and contact tracing in UND’s Tier 1 personnel, which consists of student-athletes, coaches, managers and staff. The game will be rescheduled for Saturday, April 17, and will be played in Youngstown, Ohio. A start time will be…
FARGO-MOORHEAD-GRAND FORKS, N.D. — For a second year, MSUM will hold its spring commencement ceremonies virtually. President Anne Blackhurst says large in-person gatherings are still not allowed under guidance from the Minnesota Department of Health and the governor’s Executive Orders. MSUM will host four college-level virtual ceremonies May 13 and 14. Smaller ceremonies using a meeting format will allow graduates…
