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Jan. 10, 2025

For Mark Strand, experiencing his students understand and apply the content he teaches in the classroom has been a highlight of his teaching career.

Dec. 19, 2024

Mukhlesur Rahman, NDSU associate professor of plant sciences, is conducting collaborative precision agriculture research thanks to three grants funded from the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Dec. 18, 2024

James Clifton, NDSU assistant professor of accounting practice, was recently a featured expert in an article on money saving advice website MoneyGeek.com. Read Clifton’s expert opinion titled “Are cash back credit card rewards taxable?”

Dec. 13, 2024

Eric Gjerdevig never thought he would be teaching classes. Gjerdevig initially spent 20 years in the tech industry, and the last 13 of which as the president of a software consulting company he founded in 2005. When Gjerdevig’s company was acquired in 2017, he…

Dec. 6, 2024

NDSU Day of Honor commemorates the lives of NDSU students, faculty and staff who have passed away during the 2024 calendar year. The annual ceremony, first held in 2013, offers attendees closure, reverence and a sense of community in remembering those no longer with us.

Nov. 22, 2024

The NDSU chapter of the Blue Key National Honor Society has named Mark Strand, professor of pharmacy practice and public health, as the 2024 NDSU Distinguished Educator. The award was created in 1969 by Blue Key to honor an outstanding educator for going beyond…

Nov. 15, 2024

Simone Ludwig is passionate about the rapidly evolving software industry and ensuring students are provided the skills they need to enter an in-demand career. That passion is noticeable to faculty in the department, the College of Engineering, as well as students…

Simone Ludwig, professor and chair of the computer science department
Oct. 8, 2024

Seeing students thrive is one of Sathish Venkatachalem’s greatest professional joys. In his ninth-year teaching at NDSU, Venkatachalem’s main priority is to have a positive influence that lasts beyond a student’s time at NDSU.

Sathish Venkatachalem, associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences