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50 minutes ago, Frozen4sioux said:

I find it disingenuous at best for Jacobs to call for a "take a breath" moment when he and the paper have been the engine driving the bullhorn clamour in the Engelstad situation.

I did have a chuckle about that.

With that said:  He is right about the State Board.  How can you realistically do anything when a) your public reviews have been mostly positive and b) you had a different president in the NDUS that has done worse and you slapped his hand.  

The positive reviews, which of course drew the ire of KEM, thinking: WTF are you seeing?

How does it end? Well, they could do exactly what you suggested a few posts back, but we shall see.  The only way I see him leaving is A) he goes elsewhere or B) I'm going to ride off into the sunset. 

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7 hours ago, jdub27 said:

Just to add on to that, Altru's donation was $10M in total, but $1M went to the turf replacement project at the Alerus Center.

Thanks. My memory was positive it was $10M, but my quick Google search only found the HPF press release and that didn't include the other million.

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26 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/editorials/4580429-our-view-be-fair-assessing-und-news

Herald editorial on Kennedy.  Surprisingly balanced given their prior coverage.

Similar to another President, it seems that no matter what good Kennedy does, if people dislike him all that doesn't matter.  I am not saying Kennedy is perfect by any means.  He has his faults.  We all do.  But Kennedy has likely done more good for the long term stability of UND in the 2+ years he has been here than Kelley did in his Tenure.  When Kennedy's time at UND is done, people will find reasons to dislike and criticize the next President.  

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8 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said:

When Kennedy's time at UND is done, people will find reasons to dislike and criticize the next President.  

Hopefully next time it'll go back to the norm and just be some of us common folk and not one of the countries richest philanthropists.

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"And we do see bright spots at UND, most notably Kennedy's sweeping strategic plan and his work to secure research dollars for UND and NDSU."

Shouldn't this be more like in cooperation with President B, or is President K soliciting some of the research dollars on his own for both U's? If for both, that should get Mark good marks with SBoHE.

 

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1 hour ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:

"And we do see bright spots at UND, most notably Kennedy's sweeping strategic plan and his work to secure research dollars for UND and NDSU."

Shouldn't this be more like in cooperation with President B, or is President K soliciting some of the research dollars on his own for both U's? If for both, that should get Mark good marks with SBoHE.

K and B have a traveling road show together around the State and region promoting research. 

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1 hour ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:

"And we do see bright spots at UND, most notably Kennedy's sweeping strategic plan and his work to secure research dollars for UND and NDSU."

Shouldn't this be more like in cooperation with President B, or is President K soliciting some of the research dollars on his own for both U's? If for both, that should get Mark good marks with SBoHE.

 

http://blogs.und.edu/und-today/2018/10/pitch-perfect/

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7 minutes ago, iramurphy said:

NDSU receives $30 million donation for college of business. Program still going on. NDSU alumni want UND to keep Kennedy because they feel he is incompetent. 

Is it to pay off the bond they took out to build Barry Hall when it was supposed to be built with donations initially or what is the money for?

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Just now, Cratter said:

Cliff Notes?

Endows 15 faculty and provides for new graduate fellowships.  $10 million from the Challeys (ndsu alum), additional funding from the Koch bros and others.  $30 million total raised with a goal of $50 million.

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43 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

Is it to pay off the bond they took out to build Barry Hall when it was supposed to be built with donations initially or what is the money for?

The nice thing is people forget about those pesky details after a couple years and everyone moves on like it never happened. Similar to a locker room renovation that had the shortfall bonded due to a shortfall on donations that is still being paid off despite them being renovated again since then. 

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9 minutes ago, gfhockey said:

Getting our butts kicked in fundraising ugh

Pretty far from the truth, particularly as UND is still in the shadow on the $324 million Spirit campaign and multiple other sizeable donations but maybe the %gobc need to pull their wallets out if there is a big issue. Or are they more of an "all hat, no cattle" kind of group?

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