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Emerging Alumni Program 2025

Join fellow NDSU alumni at these Emerging Alumni Program socials! While there is a social for each of the five academic Colleges, all NDSU alumni are welcome. Your next dose […]

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Join fellow NDSU alumni at these Emerging Alumni Program socials! While there is a social for each of the five academic Colleges, all NDSU alumni are welcome. Your next dose

Bison Bidders Bowl

RSVP Now Register by Sept. 16, 2024. Online bidding is open! Bid Now Online registration has now closed. Registration for Bison Bidders Bowl has now closed. Online bidding will open

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RSVP Now Register by Sept. 16, 2024. Online bidding is open! Bid Now Online registration has now closed. Registration for Bison Bidders Bowl has now closed. Online bidding will open

North Dakota Events 2025

Gather with NDSU alumni and friends at events across North Dakota! NDSU RECEPTION Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | 5-8 p.m. CT The Paddle Trap 2500 Pirates Loop SE | Mandan,

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Gather with NDSU alumni and friends at events across North Dakota! NDSU RECEPTION Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | 5-8 p.m. CT The Paddle Trap 2500 Pirates Loop SE | Mandan,

Minnesota 2025

Gather with NDSU alumni and friends at events across Minnesota! Bison Social Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 5-7:30 p.m. CT Riverhaven Events Center 700 1st Ave. N. | Moorhead, MN

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Gather with NDSU alumni and friends at events across Minnesota! Bison Social Thursday, July 24, 2025 | 5-7:30 p.m. CT Riverhaven Events Center 700 1st Ave. N. | Moorhead, MN

Evening of Distinction (2025)

Save the Date Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025 Hilton Garden Inn | Grand Ballroom 4351 17th Ave. S. | Fargo, ND 58103Social | 5:30 p.m.Dinner and Awards Program | 6:30 p.m.$125

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Save the Date Thursday, Apr. 24, 2025 Hilton Garden Inn | Grand Ballroom 4351 17th Ave. S. | Fargo, ND 58103Social | 5:30 p.m.Dinner and Awards Program | 6:30 p.m.$125

Arizona 2025

Gather with NDSU alumni and friends in Arizona! NDSU Reception Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 | 4:30-8 p.m. MT The Clayton House | Scottsdale, AZ 3719 N 75th St #100 |

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Gather with NDSU alumni and friends in Arizona! NDSU Reception Friday, Feb. 28, 2025 | 4:30-8 p.m. MT The Clayton House | Scottsdale, AZ 3719 N 75th St #100 |

Why NDSU? with Alejandro Lopez ’25

Why NDSU? with Alejandro López ’25 Why NDSU? with Alejandro López ’25 Why NDSU? with Alejandro López ’25 Ask any NDSU student: “Why NDSU?” Each of them will have a

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Why NDSU? with Alejandro López ’25 Why NDSU? with Alejandro López ’25 Why NDSU? with Alejandro López ’25 Ask any NDSU student: “Why NDSU?” Each of them will have a

Phase II: Engineering Groundbreaking Event

Experience history in the making at NDSU! Join NDSU staff, faculty, friends, alumni, and students to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Richard Offerdahl ’65 Engineering Complex. Hear from these and

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Experience history in the making at NDSU! Join NDSU staff, faculty, friends, alumni, and students to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Richard Offerdahl ’65 Engineering Complex. Hear from these and

President’s Dinner 2024

You are formally invited to the 2024 President’s Dinner Enjoy a highly curated evening with University leaders and hear from President Cook about the future of NDSU. Plus, hear from

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You are formally invited to the 2024 President’s Dinner Enjoy a highly curated evening with University leaders and hear from President Cook about the future of NDSU. Plus, hear from

Bison Social – Detroit Lakes

You’re invited! Put on your Bison colors and connect with NDSU alumni and friends at a Bison Social in Detroit Lakes. Appetizers will be served at this free event. Bison

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You’re invited! Put on your Bison colors and connect with NDSU alumni and friends at a Bison Social in Detroit Lakes. Appetizers will be served at this free event. Bison

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.