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In an article pushing NDSU's need for a new building.

A new chemistry building at NDSU has passed the North Dakota senate:

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Bill SB 2297 includes, a chemistry building at NDSU, a music building at Valley City State University and a project at Dickinson State University’s Pulver Hall. Also proposed at the March 11 House Appropriations Committee hearing was a business and public affairs building at the University of North Dakota, though that has not been added to the bill yet.

 

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26 minutes ago, nodak651 said:

Are these requests for bonding that the univiersities have to pay back or is it free money to the school?

State pays it back, so it's free money to the schools.

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3 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

So.... anyone have thoughts on Josh Duhamel getting an honorary doctorate from UND? 

Great ambassador for North Dakota and college sports in North Dakota. Fun idea. No downside that I can see. 

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4 minutes ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said:

Does it qualify him to hire on as Kennedy's Chief of Staff?

The GOBs would love him because he's actually from North Dakota. Knows the culture and all that jazz. LOL!

 

 

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Happens all the time across the country: Fame & Fortune.

Great speeches to look up on youtube from when Jim Carey got one from Maharishi University. Steve Jobs from Stanford.

UND already gave one to Phil Jackson a few years back.

Now with Josh Duhamel they have every famous person covered from the state.

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2 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said:
What do we make of this?

I'd say it's an interesting choice for the Foundation to select a person who has publicly vowed not to donate to UND as the luncheon keynote speaker....

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31 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:

I'd say it's an interesting choice for the Foundation to select a person who has publicly vowed not to donate to UND as the luncheon keynote speaker....

 Sorta gotta put the whole context out there. She never said she will never donate to UND ever again.

She said just as long as Mark Kennedy is president. 

Plus she just donated more money to the building her dad built.

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It's an annual event (Women for Philanthropy) and has been set up for a few months now, before the most recent comments about no further donations for buildings or whatever it was. Doesn't mean it won't be a little awkward....

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On March 11, 2019 at 8:53 PM, UNDBIZ said:

Gamble Hall, while cosmetically and spatially deficient, is still in pretty good shape by state standards. They're not likely going to pay to replace a safe, usable building.... outside of Fargo. 

It can be used for something else. 

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1 minute ago, iramurphy said:

It can be used for something else. 

Sounds like UND would like to use it as swing space for the next 5-10 years while they renovate Merrifield and a couple other buildings.  The current plan is to raze it after that.

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Just now, UNDBIZ said:

Sounds like UND would like to use it as swing space for the next 5-10 years while they renovate Merrifield and a couple other buildings.  The current plan is to raze it after that.

I wouldn't make plans to raze it until we are closer to decision point but I believe it is structurally sound and could be repurposed. 

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2 hours ago, jdub27 said:

It's an annual event (Women for Philanthropy) and has been set up for a few months now, before the most recent comments about no further donations for buildings or whatever it was. Doesn't mean it won't be a little awkward....

Fair enough.  Yeah, might be a tish awkward. 

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