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A Passion for Giving Back Fueled by Farm Values

Spencer Duin ’66, ’18 is a recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes an individual who has provided outstanding volunteer service for the benefit of the University or someone who has played a vital role as a volunteer fundraiser on behalf of the NDSU Foundation.

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Spencer Duin ’66, ’18 is a recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes an individual who has provided outstanding volunteer service for the benefit of the University or someone who has played a vital role as a volunteer fundraiser on behalf of the NDSU Foundation.

A Career Rooted in a Love for Nature

Andrea Travnicek ’01, ’04, ’08 is the recipient of the 2023 Horizon Award, which recognizes alumni who have graduated within the past 15 years and have attained great success in their profession or have been engaged in outstanding community service.

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Andrea Travnicek ’01, ’04, ’08 is the recipient of the 2023 Horizon Award, which recognizes alumni who have graduated within the past 15 years and have attained great success in their profession or have been engaged in outstanding community service.

20 Years of Front-line Research

Peter Iwen ’76 is the recipient of the 2023 Alumni Achievement Award, which recognizes alumni who have attained outstanding professional accomplishments.

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Peter Iwen ’76 is the recipient of the 2023 Alumni Achievement Award, which recognizes alumni who have attained outstanding professional accomplishments.

Bringing the University to the People

NDSU Extension serves North Dakotans through 53 county offices. Programming is widespread and nuanced to meet the needs of citizens. Visit three county offices to see Extension’s mission at work.

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NDSU Extension serves North Dakotans through 53 county offices. Programming is widespread and nuanced to meet the needs of citizens. Visit three county offices to see Extension’s mission at work.

Designing Cozy Spaces to Inspire Your Inner Hygge

Americans spend more than 90% of their time indoors and these spaces can impact our moods. As you settle into winter, Abby Hopkins ’23 shares tips on interior design to inspire feelings of coziness.

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Americans spend more than 90% of their time indoors and these spaces can impact our moods. As you settle into winter, Abby Hopkins ’23 shares tips on interior design to inspire feelings of coziness.

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.