Tagged: University of North Dakota
Dr. Melissa Gjellstad shares her thoughts about UND’s online Norwegian course By Dr. Melissa Gjellstad The University of North Dakota launched the inaugural semester of an online first year Norwegian course in January 2011....
Steinar Opstad’s efforts to bolster relations between Norway and the United States, especially in Grand Forks, N.D., were cited as part of the reason he received the King’s Medal of Merit in Gold from...
MADISON, Wis. — UND Goalie Jorid Dagfinrud made 29 saves – including 15 in the second period – in shutting out top-ranked Wisconsin, 2-0, last Friday (Oct. 2) in the WCHA season opener for...
Norwegian politician: Visit to UND reaffirms faith in liberal arts education By: Chuck Haga, Grand Forks Herald For Odd Einar Dørum, a leading member of the Norwegian parliament, a visit to Grand Forks and...
Odd Einar Dørum, a leading member of Norway’s parliament, will visit the UND campus Monday through Friday to meet with campus leaders and students who are active with educational exchanges in Norway. Dørum will...
A world-renowned program called “Female Future” has been running for six years and is now showing amazingly good results By Steinar Opstad Norwegian American Weekly One of the instructors in the program is Mrs....
Exchange program between The University of North Dakota’s (UND) Law School and the University of Oslo (UiO) has been suspended. UND officials say an exchange program between the UND law school and the UiO...
In the darkest days of World War II, their country occupied by Nazi Germany, Norwegians gathered in silent protest each July 4 around a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Oslo. By Chuch Haga – GrandForksHerald.com The...
Norwegians and Norwegian-Americans have wrestled with the question for more than 60 years: What to make of Knut Hamsun? By Chuck Haga – Grand Forks Herald Unni Langaas, professor of Norwegian literature at the University of...
Congressman Earl Pomeroy is a founder and co-chairman of the Friends of Norway Caucus in the House of Representatives – a forum for dialogue and exchange of views between U.S. and Norwegian politicians on...