For the 31st time in school history, the UND New Faculty & Administrator Bus Tour will once again roll through North Dakota. The tour will take a northern route, from Grand Forks to Watford City and back again. Introduced in 1990, when Tom Clifford was president, the tour is free for participants and supported by the UND Alumni Association & Foundation. It gives new faculty and administrators a front-seat view of their new home and the people who live here. (photo by Louise Oleson, DLJ)
The UND bus tour led by Provost Eric Link stopped briefly Monday morning near Devils Lake on its way to the Peace Gardens. It is the 31st scheduled bus tour for new UND Faculty and Administrators to help orient them to their students and their hometowns. The bus is headed to a number of North Dakota towns and points of interest along the way.
It left Grand Forks at about 7:30 a.m. Monday Aug. 14 and arrived at the “Minnie H” rest area nine miles east of Devils Lake on U.S. Highway 2 at approximately an hour and ten minutes later for a quick “pit stop” to stretch their legs.
Background: New University of North Dakota faculty and administrators will get a front-row seat on a tour of the state when they embark on the school’s 31st annual bus tour of North Dakota on Aug.14-16.
This year’s route will give the travelers, many of whom are new to the state, a chance to explore much of the northern portion of North Dakota, through or near communities such as Dunseith, Belcourt, Minot, Tioga, Watford City, Devils Lake, Grafton and Gilby.
UND Provost Eric Link and Vice President for Student Affairs Art Malloy will co-host this year’s bus tour, and will be joined by about 25 first or second-year UND faculty and administrators.
The three-day tour, free for participants and supported by the UND Alumni Association & Foundation, alternates between northern and southern routes of the state each year. It was introduced in 1990, when Tom Clifford was president of the University.
Throughout the tour, participants also get a chance to learn more about North Dakota agriculture, education, tourism, energy development, government and business from experts in the field, as well as learn more about each other.
During one of the stops this year, in Minot, the UND travelers are slated to have an early morning breakfast with UND high-achieving scholars and their parents at the Vardon Golf Course.
They will return to the Devils Lake area on Wednesday for a lunch and presentation from the NDG&F at Proz at the Cove as they return to Grand Forks and UND.
Caption: For the 31st time in school history, the UND New Faculty & Administrator Bus Tour will once again roll through North Dakota. The tour, slated for Aug. 14-16, will take a northern route, from Grand Forks to Watford City and back again. Introduced in 1990, when Tom Clifford was president, the tour is free for participants and supported by the UND Alumni Association & Foundation. It gives new faculty and administrators a front-seat view of their new home and the people who live here. UND photo.
