University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota (also called UND ) is a state university in Grand Forks , in the east of the US state North Dakota . It is the oldest university in North Dakota and the largest with 14,900 students. This is where the state's only medical and law school is located.
history
The college was founded by the Dakota Territory Congregation in 1883 , six years before the state of North Dakota was established . The current president is Mark Kennedy .
Faculties
- Engineering and mining
- Arts and sciences
- medicine
- Pedagogy and human development
- Care (nursing)
- Space (John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences)
- law Sciences
- Economics
- Graduate school
- Division of Continuing Education
research
In 2004 the university was able to acquire research funding worth 82.5 million. In May 2006, students at UND developed a suit for manned space travel to Mars .
Sports
Until 2012 the sports teams were called the UND Fighting Sioux . In 2012, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) issued a decree prohibiting schools under its control from using racist or perceived racist logos and team names. The AND fought against this decree; UND supporters managed to initiate a state-wide vote. Approx. 67% of those who voted voted against the re-use of the team logo and name; this enabled NCAA sanctions against the school to be averted.
Between 2012 and 2015, the UND sports teams did not have a team name; since 2015 they have been called the Fighting Hawks .
The university is currently part of the Big Sky Conference . The men's ice hockey team plays in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference ; the women's team plays in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association .
Famous Graduates
- Ryan Bayda - Canadian ice hockey player
- Ed Belfour - Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Brock Boeser - ice hockey player
- Drake Caggiula - Canadian ice hockey player
- Jon Casey - ice hockey goalkeeper
- John E. Davis - Former North Dakota Governor
- Aaron Dell - Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Derek Forbort - ice hockey player
- Rocco Grimaldi - ice hockey player
- Kenny Golladay - American football player
- Phil Jackson - basketball coach
- Tyson Jost - Canadian ice hockey player
- Brock Nelson - ice hockey player
- Karen Lujean Nyberg - NASA astronaut
- TJ Oshie - ice hockey player
- Zach Parise - ice hockey player
- Tucker Poolman - ice hockey player
- Carter Rowney - Canadian ice hockey player
- Nick Schmaltz - ice hockey player
- Troy Stecher - Canadian ice hockey player
- Jonathan Toews - Canadian ice hockey player
- Evan Trupp - ice hockey player
- Travis Zajac - Canadian ice hockey player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ foxnews.com: North Dakota voters nix 'Fighting Sioux' team name. June 13, 2012, accessed May 19, 2015 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '20.1 " N , 97 ° 4' 24.4" W.