DISTANCE
EDUCATION: The Division of Continuing Education
built upon its status as the region’s premier
deliverer of distance education, offering a wide variety
of credit and noncredit educational experiences. In
fiscal year 2004, it recorded 20,416 enrollments through
its 22 distance degree programs, work force development
offerings, conferences, certificate programs, correspondence
study, and extension. More information about the Division’s
offerings is available at www.conted.und.edu/.
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UND
First Lady Adele Kupchella (seated second
from right) served this year as chair of the
Council of Presidents’ and Chancellors’
Spouses of the National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. The
job gave her the opportunity to bring the
Council’s planning committee to campus
in May to prepare for the group’s national
meeting. As Council chair, Mrs. Kupchella
served on the NASULGC board of directors,
attending that important organization’s
quarterly meetings in Washington, D.C.
FRONT ROW, from left: Barbara Tedesco-Thomas,
University of Missouri-Rolla; Becky Gates,
Texas A&M University; Adele Kupchella;
Jean Middleton, NASULGC. BACK ROW, from left:
Janet Schmidly, Oklahoma State University;
Susie Gogue, University of Houston; Mary Jo
Rawlins, Washington State University; Brendon
Bailey, Western Michigan University; Ruth
Ann Wefald, Kansas State University; Lisa
Dubois, University of Wyoming; TeriStreeter,
NASULGC.
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DEFIBRILLATORS:
More than 300 automatic external defibrillators have
been placed in 170 North Dakota rural towns as part
of a federal grant program administered by UND’s
Center for Rural Health. The devices can be critical
in the first response to a cardiac arrest. Most of the
towns receiving them, such as Ayr, population 19, Grenora,
216, and Zap, 287, do not have a hospital, clinic or
medical provider. Each applicant must form a “rural
community partnership” consisting of at least
three partners who wish to work together to protect
and save lives.
ENVIRONMENTAL
TRAINING: UND’s Environmental Training
Institute in the Division of Finance and Operations
continued to provide regional leadership in offering
training in the area of the safe handling of lead, asbestos,
and other hazardous materials. In 2003-2004 the Institute
trained 1,299 individuals from 160 cities in nine states.
The closest similar Environmental Protection Agency-approved
programs are at the University of Minnesota and the
University of Colorado.
AMERICAN
INDIAN JOURNALISM: The School of Communication
has received $350,000 in funding from the Knight Foundation
for three initiatives designed to recruit American Indian
youth to careers in journalism. Involved will be recruiting
trips to high schools and tribal colleges, the launching
of an electronic newspaper, Red Nation News, and a “Native
Community Studio” that will bring working American
Indian journalists to campus. The Web address for Red
Nation News is www.und.edu/dept/nativemedia/rednation.html.
ENGAGEMENT:
The University has organized a new Center for Community
Engagement designed to better connect expertise and
programs at UND with real-life needs in communities
throughout North Dakota. The Center, directed by Lana
Rakow, professor of communication, promotes scholarly
and creative work by faculty and staff done in collaboration
with communities, nonprofit organizations and other
public entities. It also coordinates UND’s experiential
learning programs. More information is available at:
www.und.edu/dept/cce
BEST
PHOTOGRAPHER: Chuck Kimmerle, whose photographs
illustrate this annual report, was named College Photographer
of the Year for 2004 by the Council for the Advancement
and Support of Education (CASE). The most recent previous
winners came from Harvard, the University of Wisconsin,
and Vanderbilt. Kimmerle was also the only entrant to
win a Gold Medal this year for an individual photograph.
That image appeared on the cover of the UND’s
North Central Accreditation self-study report. CASE
has a membership of more than 3,000 colleges and universities
in North America. Take a look at some of Chuck's photos
at: www2.und.edu/our/photo/
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