I wonder what the Kansas State players, coaching staff, and fans thought when NDSU brought home the first touchdown of the game. I imagine they swallowed hard. They likely had a moment there where they realized their willingness to play NDSU was ill-informed. I do believe they underestimated the force of Bison Football. I think [...]
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And so it begins again…
Please do allow me to be the one to share with those of you who do not follow NDSU football that tomorrow is the first game of the season. It is an away game in Kansas State. The thought is that this is going to be a tough one for the Bison. Kansas State is [...]
It is strongly encouraged…
Today was my first day of teaching in the Fall semester. I got a glimpse of the students I will spend my class days with over the next four months. I can tell already that I am going to laugh an awful lot with this bunch. And truth be told, that is a critical component [...]
The trailer’s new home…
My NDSU office was in Minard Hall in 2009. Then there was a partial structural collapse of the building in late December 2009 on the side of the building that my department's offices were located. We decided that we would move until construction was concluded. We expected to be out of the building for 12-18 [...]
Three and a half years…
In late December 2009, Minard Hall at NDSU suffered a partial structural failure. Fortunately, this failure happened at the perfect time - a time when no one was in the building. The construction company that was putting on an addition excavated a 25 foot hole directly adjacent to the original building and that along with [...]
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 NEW FORTY 