A century later, this legacy livestock show remains the largest student-sponsored event at NDSU.
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A century later, this legacy livestock show remains the largest student-sponsored event at NDSU.
Eighteen engineers. One robot. Three days to show what’s possible.
Eighteen engineers. One robot. Three days to show what’s possible.
A new space sets the tone for music and theater excellence at NDSU.
A new space sets the tone for music and theater excellence at NDSU.
Welcome to Herd, a magazine for NDSU alumni and friends.
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Welcome to Herd, a magazine for NDSU alumni and friends.
Generations reflect on the trailblazing home economists who sowed seeds of opportunity in their communities, families, and alma mater.
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Generations reflect on the trailblazing home economists who sowed seeds of opportunity in their communities, families, and alma mater.
NDSU researchers in the coatings and polymeric materials department are upholding a 120-year tradition of industry-leading breakthroughs.
NDSU researchers in the coatings and polymeric materials department are upholding a 120-year tradition of industry-leading breakthroughs.
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.