Those Who Sowed Good Seeds

A family reflects on the trailblazing home economists who sowed seeds of opportunity in their communities, families, and alma mater.

Welcome Letter

The Coating Edge

NDSU researchers in the coatings and polymeric materials department are upholding a 120-year tradition of industry-leading breakthroughs.

Curiosities: 100 Years of Little "I"

A testing ground for student leadership, a hands-on classroom for animal agriculture, and a generational tradition.

Challey Hall

A new space sets the tone for music and theater excellence at NDSU.

Building "Chad"

Eighteen engineers. One robot. Three days to show what’s possible. 

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How We Rise

Everything a team does is personal. Everything a team does is plural. Everything a team does, it does together.

Stronger Together

Marvin’s partnership with NDSU is a testament to the power of community, innovation, and the belief that anything is possible.

The ‘Master Connector’

Dr. Bill Wilson ’75 leverages his international network to create connections between students and the industry.

Success: A Team Project

With support, Caryn Marty ’26 is empowered to say “yes” to all the possibilities NDSU has to offer.

The Frozen Showdown

At Marvin’s inaugural sales competition, NDSU students sharpen their skills in active listening, product knowledge, and persuasive communication.

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.