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[Sioux>Bison]

On 8/26/2025 at 9:04 AM, The Sicatoka said:

Interim Prez Schafer set the footings. 

He gave us this awful logo……

[Sioux>Bison]

On 8/25/2025 at 2:26 PM, jdub27 said:

Kennedy walked so Uncle Andy could run.

Kennedy had to make all the tough decisions that has put this university in the position it is in. I would like people to name something Kennedy did that didn’t help UND in the long run?

[SIOUXFAN97]

30 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

He gave us this awful logo……

could've been worse...umass lowell anyone?

[SIOUXFAN97]

37 minutes ago, Sioux>Bison said:

Kennedy had to make all the tough decisions that has put this university in the position it is in. I would like people to name something Kennedy did that didn’t help UND in the long run?

petition the state to make ndac a juco?

[Nodak1883]

11 hours ago, Oxbow6 said:

Buddy moved his Fr. son into McVey. He heard only Fr. are living in on campus dorms this fall. Anyone able to validate that??

Housing probably limited the number of students who could return to the dorms to between 100-200 for the year which is a very small amount when you think about it. And those that did return, might have been moved to The Verge to make room for the freshman that were moving in.

[Nodak1883]

On 8/29/2025 at 9:15 AM, AJS said:

I have a question regarding dorm availability. Fall 2024, the #1 topic was the increase in size of the freshman class and the availability of dorm space. Fall 2025, 14% increase in Freshman class (based on the photo, clearly more on-campus as well vs Fall 2024). Nothing on trouble with dorm availability. 

Two-part question. (1) Can someone explain this? Were there dorms for example not being utilized that are now open? How close are they actually to being 100% capacity? (2) Is there any plan for new dorms if they are near capacity? Funny thing with momentum, it can change. UND appears to be in the zone right now. Hate to see it being limited by dorm availability. (X2 as it seems likely the full-time on-line subsidies will be looked at by the state). 

As far as I know every dorm, except for Fulton which was taken offline a few years ago, is as full as they can be while keeping the fire marshal happy. As for room availability, it can easily be forcing more doubles and only giving singles out as needed, capping the number of people who can return to the residence halls for their 2nd/3rd/4th year of college, etc. Last year, Housing was probably caught off guard with the number of people who wanted to live on campus still and the incoming freshman class, whereas this year they were planning for it and were prioritizing the incoming class or at least those that took the time to plan ahead and request the room assignment as soon as possible and not wait until the last minute.

If there was plan for a new dorm(s) to build, my guess would be on the site of the Walsh/Squires/Bek/Hancock site. However, parking for on campus students as seen from the 2024-25 year was tight, and that area doesn't have a lot of parking to begin with. I would bet if UND can get the money to relocate the College of Nursing to be next to the Medical School that would free up the area for a dorm block with parking for the dorms being nearby.