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March 27, 2025

Lee Hoedl, a 1985 NDSU graduate, make the trek to the base of the Khumbu Icefall where he unfurled the NDSU flag at the on Saturday, March 22. The Everest Base Camp Trek is an exhilarating adventure into the heart of the Himalaya. The trek, designed by Rainier…

NDSU alum, Lee Hoedl pictured in red climbing pants, holds the NDSU flag at the base of the Khumbu Icefall.
March 27, 2025

NDSU’s Tapestry of Inclusion will induct seven members of the NDSU community during a ceremony scheduled for Wednesday, April 16 at noon in the Memorial Union’s Anishinaabe Theater. A reception in the Butte Lounge will immediately follow the induction ceremony.…

Photo of the Tapestry of Inclusion, a textile mosaic, which is located on the second floor of the Memorial Union.
Oct. 10, 2024

The Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth’s Menard Family Distinguished Speaker Series is scheduled to host prominent NDSU graduate Doug Duncan on Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at the Gateway to Science Innovation Space in…

A photo of NDSU graduate Douglas Duncan
Aug. 23, 2024

Kale McCollum, a 2023 NDSU business administration graduate, knew as a high school student that he wanted to open his own business. In 2022 that dream came true when McCollum and his brother, Casey, a 2018 NDSU horticulture graduate, opened Botanical Brothers in…

A photo of NDSU graduate Kale McCollum
July 25, 2024

Each day Landon Overbo, a 2021 NDSU precision agriculture technology and management graduate, clocks into work impacts agriculture in North Dakota. Overbo, an equipment sales consultant at Titan Machinery, works with around 100 local farmers located north and…

Photo of NDSU grad Landon Overbo
July 23, 2024

Kathy Swantko, a 1969 NDSU graduate with a bachelor’s degree in textiles and clothing, recently announced the launch of a new website which aims to provide students across the United States in K-12 and college the resources they need to learn about textiles,…

Kathy Swantko, a 1969 NDSU graduate with a bachelor’s degree in textiles and clothing, and her husband Tom.
July 19, 2024

The smell of dust and wood chips brings back a swarm of memories for Laiken DeMorrett as she steps into NDSU’s Shepperd Arena. DeMorrett, a 2011 NDSU animal science major who recently was named the executive director of the North Dakota FFA Foundation, lets the moment…

Photo of NDSU alumni Laiken DeMorrett