You’re invited to celebrate outstanding NDSU Foundation Alumni Award recipients and recognize exceptional community donors at this elegant event.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Delta Hotels by Marriott
1635 42nd St. SW | Fargo, ND 58103
Social | 5:30 p.m.
Dinner and Awards Program | 6:30 p.m.
$90 per person
Registration is closed for this event.
Questions? Call 701.231.6800 opt. 2.
Each year, the NDSU Foundation recognizes the accomplishments of NDSU Foundation Alumni Award recipients at Evening of Distinction, presented by SEI. Click the names below to read more about this year’s honorees.
2026 Presenting Sponsor:
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.
