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JAMESTOWN, ND, (August 21, 2013) – Jamestown College has changed its name to University of Jamestown to better reflect the breadth of its educational offerings at all levels – bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral, and to recognize significant growth and change in its 130-year history.
President Robert S. Badal, says, “As a private institution known for integrating the liberal arts and the professions, Jamestown is growing and adapting to the new higher education marketplace.”
With a master’s degree in education now offered fully online, an online RN to BSN program for nurses, as well as the school’s first doctoral program (which is also the first program not based in Jamestown), university status comes at a time when enrollment this fall is expected to be at a five-year high with a 19 percent increase in freshmen over last year and a 6.7 percent increase in overall headcount.
The change to University of Jamestown also reflects continued outreach with partners in Africa, China, South Korea and Vietnam, as well as the goal of increasing international student enrollment by five percent.
Dr. Badal says, “Internationally, the term ‘college’ is often associated with secondary level education. By adopting the university name, we are opening doors that will support our enrollment goals.”
The Board of Trustees voted on the name change this spring after gathering input from stakeholders.
Polly Peterson, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, says, “In anticipation of this decision, we reached out to countless alumni and friends through phone conversations, surveys and personal visits. Alumni expressed commitment to the success of our great institution and shared deep pride in the direction we have taken in the past 10 years. They are excited about the future of their school, and, knowing that all that makes Jamestown great is only reinforced through this decision, they are strongly supportive of our move to University status.”
Considerable investment in the campus and technology has been made in recent years, including the McKenna Thielsch laboratory building for science and nursing. Over the past 10 years, more than $24 million has been invested in campus construction and technology projects.
In addition, to the logo change, the web site URL domain and E-Mail address will eventually be changed. Once the new URL domain and E-Mail address are established, there will be a 6-12 month transition period, during which time the address now used will be re-directed.
About the University of Jamestown
Established as Jamestown College in 1883, the University of Jamestown is a private, liberal arts university granting bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of science in nursing degrees as well as master’s degrees in education and a Fargo-based doctor of physical therapy. The University of Jamestown offers more than 40 areas of study. With the Jamestown Journey to Success, emphasis is placed not only on preparing students academically in their chosen areas of study, but also on preparing students through an experience that is student-centered and integrates the liberal arts with sound professional programs.
Effective July 31, 2013, University of Jamestown PT Program has been granted Candidate for Accreditation status by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA, 22314; phone: 703-706-3245; email:
accreditation@apta.org). Candidate for Accreditation is a pre-accreditation status of affiliation with the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education that indicates that the program may matriculate students in technical/professional courses and that the program is progressing toward accreditation. Candidate for Accreditation is not an accreditation status nor does it assure eventual accreditation.
Jamestown, ND (Aug 21, 2013) Officials with Interstate Engineering inform motorists that that starting Wednesday afternoon, (Aug. 21, 2013) a segment of 37th Street SE, in front of Country Acres Vet Clinic, is closed to traffic so crews can install a water main. During this time, 37th Street SE will be closed from 8th Ave SW to Highway 281.
The closure is expected to last through the rest of the week. People will be able to access Country Acres Vet Clinic from the west, via 8th Ave SW.
For more information, contact Travis Dillman with Interstate Engineering at (701) 252-0234.
OAKES, N.D. (AP Aug 21, 2013) – North Dakota authorities are looking for a driver who ran away from a crash north of Oakes and might be hiding in a corn field.
The driver of a company truck from Hickson, North Dakota fled the scene of an accident by running into a corn field in northern Dickey County late Wednesday morning.
The truck collided with another vehicle at the intersection of North Dakota Highway 1 and Dickey County Road 1 around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The accident injured three people, the driver of the other vehicle, and two passengers in the truck who were taken to the Oakes Community Hospital.
Their conditions haven’t been released.
The North Dakota Highway Patrol brought in K-9 units to search for the man, before calling off the search a few hours after the crash.
The man is a non-violent offender.
Anyone with information regarding the man is asked to call local law enforcement.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Board of Medical Examiners has reinstated the license of a Fargo surgeon who was acquitted last year on charges he drugged and raped his wife.
Board Executive Secretary Duane Houdek says Dr. Jon Norberg can only practice on a conditional basis at a board-approved facility and under the scrutiny of a mentor.
A jury found the 43-year-old Norberg not guilty in November of gross sexual imposition and reckless endangerment. He could have faced up to life in prison if convicted.
Houdek says Norberg petitioned to get his license back in March and the board’s order was signed last week and posted Wednesday.
Houdek says Norberg has not notified the board of where he wants to practice.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – A woman charged in a synthetic drug conspiracy that authorities have blamed in the overdose deaths of two teens in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota has been sentenced to three years of probation.
The sentence handed down to 23-year-old Allyson Desantos in federal court in Fargo is the lightest so far in the case that has seen seven others sentenced to prison terms ranging from a little over a year to 12 1/2 years.
Fifteen people have been charged in the case, with all but two already taking plea deals.
Prosecutors say synthetic drugs led to the deaths last year of 18-year-old Christian Bjerk, of Grand Forks, and 17-year-old Elijah Stai, of Park Rapids, Minn. Several other young people were hospitalized.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Highway Patrol says it will be on the lookout for right-of-way violations in the Williston and Minot areas.
The patrol says the one-day enforcement effort will be done on Wednesday. Troopers will be looking for violations of stop signs, failing to yield, illegal passing and other violations.
The patrol says most right-of-way violations result in a $20 fine with two points assessed on a driving record.
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) – Rural homeowners just outside of Mandan still don’t want the city to grow.
A downsized annexation proposal involving property north of the Mandan Middle School again drew opposition Tuesday from rural homeowners who stopped two previous annexation attempts.
They say they want to remain outside of city borders and avoid paying what could be six-figure special assessments to Mandan.
The Mandan City Commission scheduled an Oct. 1 hearing to determine whether there are enough objections to stop a the proposed addition of 878 acres along state Highway 1806.
The deadline for filing the protests is Sept. 23.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Industrial Commission has compiled a list of sensitive areas threatened by oil drilling and regulators.
Commission director Karlene Fine says the list of about 40 sites was made with input from the public, environmental groups and government agencies over the past two years.
Gov. Jack Dalrymple is chairman of the commission, which regulates North Dakota’s oil and gas industry. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring are its other members.
The Republican commission members are slated to visit most of the sites in western North Dakota’s oil patch over the next several weeks.
The sites include roadless tracts of grasslands, numerous parks, wildlife areas and North Dakota’s highest peak at White Butte, in the southwest corner of the state.
In sports…
FARGO, N.D. (AP) – Former North Dakota State University standout golfer Amy Anderson is among 30 remaining candidates for the 2013 NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Anderson, from Oxbow, was a four-time Summit League Golfer of the Year and a two-time Academic All-American. During her NDSU career she broke Juli Inkster’s unofficial collegiate record of 17 tournament victories.
The initial field for Woman of the Year included more than 450 nominees. It was narrowed to 10 women from each of the three NCAA divisions. Three finalists from each division will be selected in September, and the winner will be named during a ceremony in Indianapolis on Oct. 20.
In world and national news…
CAIRO (AP) – Prosecutors in Egypt say they’re not likely to appeal Wednesday’s court order for the release of former President Hosni Mubarak. Today’s decision threatens to add to tensions in the deeply-divided nation, and widen the circle of anger against the military-backed government. It could also add support to the claims of Islamists that last month’s military coup was a step toward restoring the old regime.
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) – Supporters of Bradley Manning are vowing to keep fighting for him. They shouted their encouragement to Manning as he was taken out of a military courtroom Wednesday in Maryland, where he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking documents to WikiLeaks. Manning’s uncle, Kevin Fox, tells the BBC that he hopes the sentence will be reduced. He calls Manning a “hero” and says he shouldn’t have been given any prison time at all.
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) – Police say the suspect in a Georgia school shooting had nearly 500 rounds of ammunition with him. DeKalb County Police Detective Ray Davis says police believe that suspect Michael Hill got the AK 47-style rifle from an acquaintance. But he said at a news conference that it’s not clear if he stole the gun or borrowed it. No one was injured in the ordeal Tuesday at the school in Decatur, but police say the suspect exchanged gunfire with officers. They say he also fired once into the floor of the school office.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve appears on track to slow its bond purchases by the end of this year if the economy continues to improve. But it remains divided over the exact timing of the move. That’s the message from the minutes of the Fed’s July 30-31 meeting released Wednesday. Since that meeting, a few Fed officials have suggested the central bank could slow the bond buying next month.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – A county clerk in New Mexico says his office will start issuing same-sex marriage licenses. It’s a surprise move that comes as several legal challenges are working their way through the courts on whether gay couples can marry in the state. The decision immediately drew same-sex couples to the clerk’s office in the border town of Las Cruces, where the couples were receiving marriage licenses.
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