Monique Vondall-Rieke has been appointed to the new position of program coordinator in the Office of Multicultural Student Services. She will assist in the areas of retention of students, faculty and staff at NDSU; assessment of department activities and goal attainment; and promoting department programs and resources.
Vondall-Rieke is a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and lives in Fargo. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Dakota School of Law.
For more than 20 years, she has worked with American Indian tribes, serving as tribal attorney and an appellate justice in a tribal court. She also has experience in higher education program management, teaching at the college level, student advising and counseling.