Meet Hope Ishizaka
In 2020, Hope Ishizaka, the oldest of five, boarded a plane in Honolulu, HI with her dad and flew across the Pacific Ocean to her new home at Valley City State University. Although she was supposed to visit campus before school started, the global pandemic upended that plan and the first step she took in North Dakota was when she ...
Read More About Meet Hope IshizakaVCSU hosted regional science olympiad on March 28
Valley City State University hosted the Valley City Regional Science Olympiad for teams of high school and middle school students on Thursday, March 28. Approximately 350 students composed of 23 different teams from 13 different schools competed. Students participated in a variety of events, such as Robot Tour, Optics, Experimental Design, Can't Judge a Powder and more. Teather Sundstrom, Ph.D., ...
Read More About VCSU hosted regional science olympiad on March 28Woehl and Wicktor awarded AI professional development scholarships
Two Valley City State University (VCSU) faculty members were recently awarded $1,000 scholarships through the Dakota Digital Academy to attend and participate in conferences or professional development experiences involving artificial intelligence (AI). The scholarships were established to encourage professional learning and AI implementation in college classrooms. Psychology professor Dr. Katie Woehl and English professor Dr. Emily Wicktor were given the ...
Read More About Woehl and Wicktor awarded AI professional development scholarshipsMeet Beth Mehus
Beth Mehus is a student double majoring in English and Communications who hopes to use her degrees to enter the field of publishing after she graduates. She is an incredibly valuable student in the language and literature department where she is a member of the English club and an editor for VCSU’s student literary arts journal, The Forge. Hometown: Finley, ...
Read More About Meet Beth MehusMeet Grace Reep
Since transferring to Valley City State University, history education major Grace Reep has become an incredibly valuable member of the VCSU community. She works hard to balance her academics and on campus job at Allen Memorial Library with the work she does as secretary of student senate and NDSA representative. Her hobbies include dyeing her hair, making jewelry, and crocheting. ...
Read More About Meet Grace ReepVCSU Offers Free Tax Preparation
Tax preparation dates begin Monday, Feb. 5 Valley City, ND – Valley City State University (VCSU) students will offer free tax return preparation clinics for low-to-moderate income taxpayers from Monday, Feb. 5 to Monday, April 15. This is a basic tax service for qualified taxpayers with income less than $64,000 per year. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is ...
Read More About VCSU Offers Free Tax PreparationSTEM Academy for Native American Students
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction BISMARCK, N.D., Jan. 17, 2024 – State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler said Wednesday that INSTEM, a highly successful summer instruction program for Native American students, is being expanded to make all North Dakota Native students in grades six through 12 eligible to apply. Valley City State University hosts INSTEM, which is short for Indians ...
Read More About STEM Academy for Native American StudentsMeet Amber Kologi
Amber Kologi is a dual science major focusing in the areas of Biology and Fisheries & Wildlife. The sophomore, who calls Rochert, Minn. home, gets to spend time in her happy place as student worker in the VCSU Greenhouse. What attracted you to VCSU? I loved the hometown feel of our campus and everyone being so helpful and nice. It ...
Read More About Meet Amber KologiNeeleigh Wollenzien
Neeleigh Wollenzien is a Health Science major who is also working on minors in Biology & Chemistry. The Towner, N.D. native plans to continue her education after graduating in the spring of 2024. Her ultimate goal is to earn her doctorate of physical therapy and get people back to being their best self. What attracted you to VCSU? My dad ...
Read More About Neeleigh WollenzienSOAR Project: Alexa Walby, English Education/LMIS
“A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Joker” Alexa Walby, Dickinson, ND English Education/LMIS Mentor: Dr. J. Gregory Brister In my English 371: Critical Theory course, I dedicated my final project to psychoanalyzing Arthur Fleck from the film, Joker. Within the four page parameters of that assignment, I wrote about Fleck’s lack of a superego, and I used Freud’s Wit and Its Relation ...
Read More About SOAR Project: Alexa Walby, English Education/LMIS