Disparity…

I recently became aware of a fairly significant disparity between the base budgets for NDSU and UND.  I must confess that I do not pay all that much attention to those sort of things...mostly I just pay attention to what I get paid and whether the funds to complete Minard Hall will be allocated.  I [...]

How about them Bison??

Today, I have to give NDSU's Football Team its due.  How about them Bison?!  They are having a fabulous season; and, as a person who is essentially still in her infancy as an engaged supporter I am thinking that I came to the field at just the right time.  They have been on fire all season [...]

Two paws up!

Partnerships - a combining of talents, energy, thoughts and efforts to accomplish a goal.  Simple concept...used everyday in a hundred different ways.  Sometimes partnerships are created to meet our individual needs, sometimes they are created to create business solutions, and sometimes they are created for the good of society.  In my field, emergency management, partnerships are [...]

Horrified. Grateful. Saddened.

Photo of Minard Hall partial collapse taken by Kate Ulmer on December 27, 2009 Three words: horrified, grateful, saddened. Horrified that Minard Hall had a partial collapse on the side of the building where excavation has been going on for the addition. Grateful that it happened when it did instead of at a time when [...]