Tag Archives: NDSU

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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Disgusting.

I recognize that even though I have lived in North Dakota for 16 years now, I am not a native.  As such, there are still some things that I do not understand.  I come to you dear readers for some … Continue reading

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Phillip McCollum rocks!

There are times when I am so proud of our students at NDSU.  Last evening was one of those times.  It started when I happened upon a Facebook post on a student-run unofficial NDSU Facebook page called Overheard at NDSU.  … Continue reading

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