RICHARD OFFERDAHL ’65
ENGINEERING COMPLEX

RIBBON CUTTING & DEDICATION

OCT. 2, 2026

Join NDSU supporters, faculty and staff, students, alumni, and friends as we celebrate the ribbon cutting and dedication of the Richard Offerdahl ’65 Engineering Complex at North Dakota State University. This landmark addition to NDSU’s engineering facilities and experience this important moment in the University’s engineering history.

Following the dedication ceremony, guests will have the opportunity to participate in tours and experience firsthand the innovative spaces that will support discovery, collaboration, and hands-on learning.  

RICHARD OFFERDAHL ’65 ENGINEERING COMPLEX RIBBON CUTTING & DEDICATION

Friday, Oct. 2, 2026 | 2 p.m.

South Side of Offerdahl Hall
1401 Centennial Boulevard | Fargo, ND 58102

ABOUT THE RICHARD OFFERDAHL ’65 ENGINEERING COMPLEX

The Richard Offerdahl ’65 Engineering Complex expands learning, research and collaboration spaces for students and faculty in the NDSU College of Engineering. Designed for hands-on learning and innovation, it brings together engineering education, research and industry partnerships in modern, flexible spaces. The complex is a major investment in the future of engineering at North Dakota State University and helps prepare the next generation of engineers to solve complex challenges and shape what comes next.

ATTENDANCE INFORMATION

This event is open to NDSU supporters, faculty and staff, students, alumni, and community members. No registration is required. 

We hope you will join us as we mark this historic moment for the NDSU College of Engineering and celebrate the vision and generosity that made it possible. 

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.