By making a charitable gift to the NDSU Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, the donor understands that charitable donations are not refundable.
The North Dakota State University Foundation may, at its sole discretion, choose to cancel an event for any reason. In this case, our events team will notify you via the listed email address and/or telephone number provided at registration. NDSU Foundation will not be liable to refund registration fees if cancellation due to inclement weather or other circumstances which would make the event non-viable. Unless stated otherwise by the NDSU Foundation, refunds will not be provided after registration for an event has closed. Please see the event details for registration closure information. Refunds will not be given if you fail to attend a paid event.
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.