Your generosity and spirit made NDSU Giving Day a tremendous success. Together, we strengthened opportunities for students, celebrated our shared pride, and showed what happens when the Bison community unites toward a meaningful goal. Every gift makes a difference — and every one of you helped make it happen. Thank you!
NDSU Giving Day is an online fundraising and community-building event in support of NDSU. This year marks the 10th annual NDSU Giving Day! For 1,890 minutes between Oct. 14-15, 2025, provide access to education and opportunities, give back to NDSU, and change lives!
Download and share the graphics below to help spread the word to the Herd about NDSU Giving Day! Throughout Oct. 14-15, each NDSU college and select units will take the stage for a dedicated one-hour social media Spotlight — showcasing their stories, celebrating their impact, and highlighting the incredible work happening across the University and beyond.
TUESDAY, OCT. 14
| 9 a.m. | College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources Extension 4-H |
| 10 a.m. | College of Arts and Sciences Performing Arts School of Design, Architecture, and Art |
| 11 a.m. | College of Business |
| 1 p.m. | College of Engineering |
| 2 p.m. | College of Health and Human Sciences |
| 3 p.m. | Athletics |
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 15
| 8 a.m. | Greek “Morning Rush” |
| 9 a.m. | Research and Creative Activity |
| 10 a.m. | Libraries |
| 11 a.m. | ND EPSCoR |
| 1 p.m. | Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies Student Support Faculty and Staff |
| 2 p.m. | NDeavor Barry D. Batcheller Tech Park |
| 3-3:30 p.m. | Final opportunity to give! |
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 cochaired 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.
