Art through carpentry – Meet Ryan Boll ’00
by Sierra Crocker In many offices across campus this past fall you could find small pieces of wood with distinct VCSU Viking heads emblazoned on the varnished surface. These 247 beautiful hand-crafted ornaments are made from vintage wood paneling from the original construction of VCSU’s campus by Ryan Boll, campus carpenter and VCSU alumni. Boll’s passion for woodworking and carpentry ...
Read More About Art through carpentry – Meet Ryan Boll ’00Meet Carter Gill, History Education Major and SOAR participant
Name: Carter Gill Hometown: Fargo, ND Major: History Education Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025 SOAR Project: “The American South: A Longitudinal Comparative Study on Race Relations and Civil Advancement between Reconstruction and Today.” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alexander Jorgensen What made you choose VCSU? I initially came for the music program. My first interactions with the VCSU campus were through music contests ...
Read More About Meet Carter Gill, History Education Major and SOAR participantMeet Physical and Health Education Graduate Emma Nielsen
Emma Nielsen loves basketball and being active. That was part of the reason she chose VCSU. Nielsen wanted to pursue a degree in physical and health education. She added a minor in Adapted Physical Education and is ready to help students of her own build healthy lifestyles. Name: Emma Nielsen Hometown: Barnesville, Minnesota Major/Minor: Physical and Health Education with a ...
Read More About Meet Physical and Health Education Graduate Emma NielsenMeet Bryan Delaney, Fisheries and Wildlife graduate
After working in construction for a decade, Bryan Delaney wanted a change. He took his love of the outdoors and is turning it into a career with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife from VCSU. Name: Bryan Delaney Hometown: Fargo, ND Major/Minor: Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences - Wildlife Concentration Graduation Date: May 2024 Favorite wildlife species: Bison, Elk, and Wood ...
Read More About Meet Bryan Delaney, Fisheries and Wildlife graduateMeet Math Ed graduate Madison Yoder
Meet Madison Yoder, a Math Education major, from Dickinson, ND. Yoder led students on campus as the Student Body President and now has started her career as a math educator. Between teaching systems of linear equations, functions and scatter plots, she is preparing to speak during the annual commencement ceremony on May 11, 2024. Hometown: Dickinson, ND High School: Dickinson ...
Read More About Meet Math Ed graduate Madison YoderMeet Sport Leadership and Management graduate Cayden Rickard
Name: Cayden Rickard Hometown: Fargo, N.D. Major/Minor: Sports Management/Coaching Graduation Date: May 2024 Favorite Sport to Play: Basketball Favorite Sport to Watch: Basketball What brought you to VCSU? What brought me to VCSU was an opportunity to play basketball at the next level while also getting a great education close to home. What did you enjoy about your time on ...
Read More About Meet Sport Leadership and Management graduate Cayden RickardMeet Business Alum Alex Klever
When Alex Klever began his college career, he had no idea it would lead to him traveling across the country for one of the best internship opportunities of his life. Now, as graduation approaches, he wouldn’t have had it any other way. Originally from LaMoure, North Dakota, Klever attended Northern State University in the Fall of 2020 as a freshman ...
Read More About Meet Business Alum Alex KleverMeet Riley Perryman
Riley Perryman just finished up her time at VCSU with the completion of her master's degree in Business Information Systems. Hometown: Cottage Grove, Minn. What year did you graduate? Undergrad Spring 2022, Masters Summer of 2024 Major/minor: (list undergrad and grad degrees) Undergrad: Health science with a minor in Psychology Masters: Business Information Systems List any clubs, organizations, activities you ...
Read More About Meet Riley PerrymanMeet 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 IshizakaMeet Scott Enyeart
For Scott Enyeart, the history education program at VCSU was everything he could have hoped for. As a full-time paraeducator and coach, the online student appreciated the flexibility of the program and asynchronous class options that allowed him to complete his degree. Hometown: I am originally from Long Beach, Calif. but have lived in Bothell, Wash. the last 11 years. ...
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