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Dr. Lisa Feldner, vice chancellor of the North Dakota University System, was fired after accusations were brought against her by Chancellor Mark Hagerott. The accusations claim Feldner made derogatory comments and speculated termination of staff members. Feldner was brought…
Larry Reynolds, a university distinguished professor, emailed media outlets Saturday urging for the publication of a letter he co-authored with eight other North Dakota State distinguished professors. With steep budget cuts projected in the state of North Dakota, faculty…
Ignorance is easy when all is blissfully well. When campus projects break ground, budgets swell alongside enrollment and a Division-II football team evolves into an FCS powerhouse, contentedness is commonplace. Why worry about systems like student government, the state…
Faculty members had choice words for Bismarck and their boss’s bosses Thursday afternoon at an open forum in the Century Theater. For an hour, some of the 25 faculty members in attendance criticized the North Dakota University System, the…
Nearly three-fourths of polled North Dakota State undergraduate students said they don’t know their university’s president has a pending contract. Over half of the same students also responded they felt indifferent toward President Dean Bresciani’s work and contract renewal….
The editors of The Spectrum urge the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education to extend President Dean Bresciani’s contract Wednesday. For the university’s sake, the SBHE must set aside its qualms and power struggles with Bresciani. Now is…
North Dakota State’s student senate passed a resolution in support of extending NDSU President Dean Bresciani’s contract with a 27-0 vote with two abstaining members at its weekly meeting Sunday. The resolution was not passed without discussion, though. This was…
North Dakota State President Dean Bresciani faced more than one big issue over the summer break, with problems incurring with media regulations, his contract and NDSU’s budget. Media On July 29, NDSU announced new media guidelines that would prohibit any…
North Dakota State’s newest building is to be named after former professor and mathematics department chair A. Glenn Hill. The N.D. Board of Higher Education approved the decision to rename the STEM building to the A. Glenn Hill Center at its meeting…
Dunbar Hall may not be around for much longer. The chemistry building is reaching the end of its “useful” life as its mechanical systems are impossible to renovate. Dunbar would be unable to follow codes for accessibility or accommodate…