This evening I will attend a celebration in honor of one of our doctoral candidates who received her Ph.D. at NDSU's Winter Commencement this past Friday. The celebration was originally scheduled for Friday, but a Bison win the week prior necessitated a shift of plans. It is difficult for other social engagements to compete these [...]
Tag: NDSU Department of Emergency Management
Have you got your ducks in a row?
Tomorrow is the annual Emergency Preparedness Expo at NDSU that is sponsored by the Department of Emergency Management and the NDSU Emergency Management Student Association. The Expo will be in the Plains Room which is upstairs in the Memorial Union on NDSU's campus and runs from 10 AM to 3 PM. It is a free [...]
Yoshi’s daddy gear…
One of my students, Yoshi, just became a dad for the first time a week ago. He visited me in my office today and it was clear that joy was exuding from every pore in his body. I don't ever recall seeing him that happy and content. Yoshi's son Emmett is an adorable cherub, as [...]
Fly high, fly far…
Today is the day. Today a flock of my little birds will leave the nest and go off to their lives beyond college. Today I will applaud their accomplishments and imagine what their bright futures will look like. Today I will watch them fly away with enough potential and confidence to conquer the world. Today [...]
Validation.
Validation presents itself in many ways. Today it arrived via a graduating student's visit. In the short hour that we visited I was delighted to learn that he realized that so many of the things we have students do in our program added up to more than the sum of their parts. He learned this [...]
The power of chili…
I want to encourage folks in the Fargo-Moorhead area to attend the FM Sheltering Churches Project First Annual Community Chili Cook-off this Saturday from 11-2 at the Family Wellness Center in Fargo (2960 Seter Parkway). The goal of this event is raise awareness about the homeless epidemic in the area and to raise funds for [...]
Just ducky…
Today was the 2012 Preparedness Expo at NDSU. The Expo is an annual event hosted by NDSU's Emergency Management Student Association in conjunction with NDSU's Department of Emergency Management. The focus of the event is information and education on hazard awareness and preparedness. Partners from across the community and campus came out for the day [...]
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