Author Archives: Tyler Tufte
VCSU Faculty Excellence Awards announced
President Alan LaFave has announced the Valley City State University Faculty Excellence Awards for 2019–20, recognizing “exceptional dedication and commitment to students and the university by outstanding teaching, scholarly activities, or university service.” Recipients are Lee Kruger, Senior Faculty (associate or full professor) award; Angela Mircsov, Junior Faculty (instructor or assistant professor) award; and David …
Not everything is about COVID-19
Greetings from Valley City State University! As we continue to navigate through April and into the waning weeks of the semester, I’m pleased to report that faculty are delivering instruction, students are attending classes, support services are helping out with tutoring, advising and registration is taking place, and planning for summer and next fall continues. …
VCSU update for the community
Greetings from Valley City State University! One of the unique characteristics of Valley City and VCSU is the strong and robust town-and-gown relationship that exists between the community and university. I believe this is largely the result of mutual collaboration and support which has existed since the founding days of the university and continues in …
VCSU undergrads Lein and Blomquist publish physics research
Valley City State University students Matthew Lein and Rachel Blomquist have produced a paper, “Teaching Computation in Introductory Physics,” which has been accepted for publication in the Intermountain Engineering, Technology, and Computing (i-ETC) 2020 Conference Proceedings and IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Lein, a software engineering major, and Blomquist, a mathematics education major, are both minoring …
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VCSU postpones spring commencement
Officials at Valley City State University have postponed its spring 2020 commencement ceremony, originally scheduled for Saturday, May 16. Citing public health and safety concerns, President Alan LaFave made the announcement in an email to the campus community March 31. “Like so many of the other decisions we’ve needed to make recently, this one doesn’t …
Response to COVID-19 at VCSU
Greetings from Valley City State University! When students and faculty returned to campus after the holidays to begin spring 2020 semester, none of us could have predicted the impact that the coronavirus would have on our campus, community, state and nation. We were beginning to have preliminary conversations with our Emergency Management Team, but those …
VCSU student tests negative for COVID-19
The COVID-19 test result for a Valley City State University student tested on March 18 has come back negative — the VCSU student, who had been quarantined, does not have the coronavirus COVID-19 illness. VCSU President Alan LaFave shared the news with campus via email; in that message he expressed concern for the student and …
VCSU to move online for remainder of semester
Valley City State University has moved all academic instruction online for the remainder of spring semester 2020. On March 12, VCSU announced a plan to move to online instruction for two weeks, from March 23 to April 3, after its March 16-20 spring break. However, in light of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and the need …
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VCSU Student in COVID-19 Quarantine, Awaiting Test Results
On March 18, a Valley City State University student was tested for the possibility of COVID-19 — the coronavirus illness —Â at CHI Mercy Health in Valley City. Test results are still pending from the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDOH), and the student is quarantined in secure isolation on the VCSU campus per NDDOH and …
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Coronavirus response: Course delivery changed for 2 weeks
In response to coronavirus COVID-19, Valley City State University is taking steps to protect the health and safety of the campus community. In a campus-wide email sent March 12, VCSU President Alan LaFave announced that following spring break (March 16-20), VCSU will change the way academic instruction is delivered for two weeks. From Monday, March …
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