Agricultural Products Development Center – Benefactors

Agriculture is at the heart of NDSU and the region. A modern Agricultural Products Development Center (APDC) will provide greater opportunities for learning and research at North Dakota State University. By expanding and enhancing research and completing the gate to plate approach to product development, we’ll ensure our researchers have the tools they need to continue advancing agriculture in North Dakota and the region by finding new uses, better uses, and more complete uses of agricultural products.

Current Donors to Agricultural Products and Development Center

AgCountry Farm Credit Services
American Crystal Sugar Company
Carol F. and Bernard Goodman
Dave and Aileen Clough
Farm Credit Services of Mandan
Farm Credit Services of ND
Jeffrey and Anne Peltier
Keith and Cathy Peltier
ND Barley Council
ND Corn Council
ND Grain Growers Association
ND Soybean Council
ND Stockmen’s Association
ND Wheat Commission
Norma K. Peltier
Peltier Farm Partnership
Pioneer Hi – Bred Intnl Inc
Traill County Crop Improvement Association
US Durum Growers

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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.