Faculty Bus Tour – Day 3

Itinerary

• Coffee stop and briefing about Wind Farm, Edgeley
• Picnic lunch for tour participants at Ft. Ransom State Park
• Visit to North Dakota State University in Fargo – Meet with NDSU faculty
• Agriculture-related tour and briefing en route to Casselton
• Community Supper in Casselton

The UND bus in Edgeley, N.D.

Doug Munski, professor of geography and bus tour color commentator, explains the kuchen options: blueberry, raspberry, prune and caramel apple.

Theresa from the Edgeley Coffee Shop explains the kuchen options: blueberry, raspberry, prune and caramel apple.

Hsin-Ling (Sonya) Hung, assistant professor of educational foundations and research, helps herself to some of the fresh kuchen at the Edgeley Coffee Shop.

The bus tour made a stop at the Florida Power and Light Energy farm near Edgeley, N.D.

Heather Terrell, assistant professor of psychology, finds North Dakota on the Florida Power and Light Energy wind map.

Terry Job of Florida Power and Light explains how the wind generators operate.

A picnic lunch at Fort Ransom State Park was a welcome break from the bus.

Jill Novotny and Fred Wittmann kept the bus tour on track and running smoothly.

Special T-shirts were a big hit for the bus tour group.

Dr. Dean Bresciani, president of North Dakota State University, joined the UND bus tour for a driving tour of NDSU. Dr. Bresciani hosted the UND bus tour at his home on the NDSU campus.

Dr. Dean Bresciani, NDSU president, visits with Lucia Carvelli, assistant professor of pharmacology, physiology and therapeutics, at Dr. Bresciani's home on the NDSU campus.

UND President Robert Kelley visits with North Dakota Legislators Sen. Judy Lee, Rep. Blair Thoreson and Rep. Bette Grande at the NDSU President's Residence.

Rep. Scot Kelsch, NDSU President Dean Bresciani and UND President Robert Kelley visit at the home of President Bresciani, who hosted the UND Bus Tour.

Faculty Bus Tour – Day 2

Itinerary

• Tour of North Dakota Capitol Building
• Visit to Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
• Lunch in Beulah with UND alumni, friends, and community leaders
• Visit to Medora for free time site-seeing or drive through the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park and the ND Badlands.
• Picnic supper in Dickinson with faculty of Dickinson State University

Bus Tour group at the North Dakota State Capitol.

Inside the Great Hall.

State Capitol Tour Guide Darlene explains some of the images in the Monkey Room to Marcia Kelley and Heather Terrell.

At the Knife River Indian Villages

At the Knife River Indian Villages

At the Knife River Indian Villages

Fred Wittmann, UND New Faculty and Administrator Bus Tour Director, and Dr. Douglas Munski, tour color commentator, Knife River Indian Villages lodge.

National Park Ranger Maureen McGee-Ballinger points out a gopher hole. The pesky rodents dig holes, but also help unearth artifacts.

Richard Aregood, Chuck Johnson Professor of Journal, tells alums and friends at Beulah, N.D., that he has been reading the Beulah Beacon for about a year.

Lucia Carvelli, assistant professor in pharmacology, physiology and therapeutics, tells the alums and friends at Beulah that she is originally from Italy.

National Park Junior Ranger Doug Munski led the bus tour through the Theodore Roosevelt National Park -- South Unit.

Lucia Carvelli, assistant professor of pharmacology, physiology and therapeutics, in the Badlands.

Heather Terrell, assistant professor of psychology, and Hyrum Patterson at Scoria Point in the Badlands.

Tamba-Kuii Bailey, assistant professor of counseling psychology, and "National Park Junior Ranger" Harry Tsang, assistant professor of economics, in the Badlands at Theodore Roosevelt National Park -- South Unit.

Faculty Bus Tour – Day 1

Itinerary

• Morning  outreach coffee stop in Cooperstown
• Tour of Oscar-Zero and November-33 Missile Launch Site
• Lunch with alumni and community leaders in Jamestown
• Tour and briefing at UND School of Medicine Center for Family Medicine
• Social and dinner with UND alumni and friends; tour of State Heritage Center

University of North Dakota Tour Bus

Cooperstown Mayor Carl Sad welcomes Rachel Navarro, UND assistant professor of counseling psychology, to the first stop on the bus tour: the Coachman Inn in Cooperstown, ND

Marcia Kelley addressing alums and friends while in Cooperstown.

UND law graduate Owen Anderson (front and center), now a law faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, was on his way back to Oklahoma from his family farm when he saw the UND bus in Cooperstown and figured the UND New Faculty and Administrator Bus Tour was making a stop at the Coachman Inn. Several UND graduates and friends joined the tour for coffee -- or as Dr. Douglas Munski called it, "a little lunch."

First Lady Marcia Kelley, Cooperstown Mayor Carl Sad, Fred Wittmann, tour director for UND New Faculty and Administrator Bus Tour.

Outside Oscar-Zero

Inside Oscar-Zero Underground

Oscar-Zero Missile Control Center: Mark Sundlov, Site Supervisor, is giving the tour. This is the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Launch Site.

Doug Munski and Mark Sundlov inside Oscar-Zero.

Bus Driver Gerry Eggers

Bus Outside Buffalo City Grille

Buffalo City Grille

UND First Lady Marcia Kelley greets the UND alums and friends who joined the bus tour participants for lunch at the Buffalo City Grille in Jamestown.

Some of the alums and friends who joined the Bus Tour group for lunch at the Buffalo City Grille in Jamestown.

UND First Lady Marcia Kelley passes the mic to Harry Tsang, UND assistant professor of economics.

Harry Tsang, UND assistant professor of economics, tells the alums and friends at the Buffalo City Grille a bit about his background.

Andre Kehn, assistant professor of psychology, talks a bit about his background at the Buffalo City Grille lunch stop.

Members of the UND New Faculty and Administrators Bus Tour visited the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences Southwest Campus Friday.

North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger, UND President Robert Kelley, Richard Hoffart, and Sherri Haugen-Hoffart, UND Outreach Coordinator for Continuing Ed/Outreach Support.

Harry Tsang visiting with (from left) Chuck Horter, North Dakota Chief Justice Gerald VandeWalle, and Mark Fickinger at The North Dakota Heritage Center.

Bismarck State College President Larry Skogen, North Dakota Heritage Center Director Merl Paaverud.

Faculty Bus Tour 2010

On Aug. 16-18, President Robert and Marcia Kelley will lead more than 30 new faculty members, top administrators, and their guests on a three-day tour of North Dakota. This year’s tour—the 20th since the inaugural launch in 1990 by then-president Thomas Clifford—is the third for the Kelleys.

UND’s strategic plan champions the University’s role as a public service provider to the state and as a resource for helping North Dakota diversify its economy. In order to help North Dakota, it is important for UND’s new faculty and administrators to see and understand the state.

The tours alternate each year between southern and northern routes.  This year’s tour of the southern half of the state will offer glimpses of the region’s geography, economy, culture, and heritage, and will offer participants an opportunity to learn about the challenges and opportunities that are shaping the state.