Join North Dakota State University as we celebrate a significant milestone in the future of agricultural research, education, and innovation with the ribbon cutting and dedication of the new Bolley Agricultural Laboratory.
NDSU supporters, faculty and staff, alumni, students, and friends are invited to attend this special event recognizing the completion of the Bolley Agricultural Laboratory, a state-of-the-art facility that will advance agricultural research and strengthen NDSU’s leadership in agriculture for years to come.
Following the dedication ceremony, guests will have the opportunity to participate in guided tours and experience firsthand the innovative spaces that will support discovery, collaboration and hands-on learning.
The Bolley Agricultural Laboratory will serve as a hub for agricultural innovation at NDSU, supporting research and education in plant pathology, plant breeding, weed science, agronomy, soil science, and horticulture. The facility strengthens NDSU’s ability to address challenges facing agriculture and develop solutions that benefit North Dakota and beyond.
This event is open to NDSU supporters, faculty and staff, alumni and community members.
No registration is required.
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.