August 2023

Engineering the Future

Kids of all ages are invited to experience what it means to be an engineer at annual outreach opportunities hosted by NDSU’s College of Engineering.

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Kids of all ages are invited to experience what it means to be an engineer at annual outreach opportunities hosted by NDSU’s College of Engineering.

Energized by an Oath

NDSU professor Adam Gladen is helping the College of Engineering become a national leader in energy stewardship.

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NDSU professor Adam Gladen is helping the College of Engineering become a national leader in energy stewardship.

North Dakota State Seed Commission commits $1 million to support new Agricultural Field Lab at NDSU

The North Dakota State Seed Commission, the governing board for the ND State Seed Department, has committed $1 million to support the construction of a new Agricultural Field Lab at North Dakota State University.

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The North Dakota State Seed Commission, the governing board for the ND State Seed Department, has committed $1 million to support the construction of a new Agricultural Field Lab at North Dakota State University.

Margaret and her husband, Hugh Veit ’79, established the Eleanor S. Fitzgerald Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship to support NDSU students earning advanced degrees in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences or the Department of Human Development and Family Science.

Core areas of home economics remain part of current NDSU degree programs such as accounting; apparel, retail merchandising, and design; education; family and consumer science; financial planning; human development and family science; interior design; and nutrition science.

Home economics programs opened doors, particularly for women, to earn college degrees and pursue careers in education, Extension, state and federal government, business and industry, health care, and more. NDAC listed domestic economy as one of its courses in its founding year, 1890.

Established by Dr. Teresa Conner, dean of the NDSU College of Health and Human Sciences, and co-chaired by Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald ’83 and Col. Esther Meyers ’75, the Wisdom Keepers provide support and share their knowledge and expertise with students, faculty, staff, and leadership in the College.

The home management house at NDAC was the first facility built on a college campus specifically for home management practice. In 1954, it was named in honor of Alba Bales, the first female academic dean at NDAC.