News
Dr. Melissa Gjellstad wrote an article in the Norwegian American Weekly featuring the online Norwegian courses at UND.
Go to the Norwegian American Weekly article
Dr. Melissa Gjellstad was featured in an article in the UND Discovery Magazine, highlighting the growth of the Norwegian program at UND.
Go to the UND Discovery article
Kirby Graff, a graduate of the UND Norwegian program currently attending UND Law School, passed along his campus secrets to the next generation of potential Norwegian majors and minors. Read his recommendation for how to integrate norsk into the UND college experience.
Go to the UND Dakota Student article
Jared Lennon, a University of North Dakota junior triple-majoring Norwegian, International Studies, and Political Science, is part of a Norwegian student choir that will be featured by NRK TV on 17 May 2011 for a story connected with Syttende Mai.
Go to the UND Press Release
Kim Pedersen was featured in an article in the Grand Forks Herald for the NORW 101 online course that he and Melissa Gjellstad developed and launched in January 2011. The story ran in several regional and national sites, including the Norwegian Royal Embassy. The NORW 101 online course will be offered in Summer 2011. The continuation course, NORW 102, will be offered in Fall 2011, as will NORW 101.
Go to the Grand Forks Herald article
Go to the Norwegian Royal Embassy article
Steven Finney has won the 2010 American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prize for his translation of a short story by Norwegian author Ingvar Ambjørnsen, entitled "Into the Mountain." The American-Scandinavian Foundation Translation Prize honors the best translation of poetry, fiction, drama or literary prose written by a Scandinavian author born after 1800. With a thirty year history of recognizing outstanding translators of Nordic languages to American English, the prize also includes a $2000 award. Finney's text will be published in an upcoming edition of Scandinavian Review, the journal published by the American-Scandinavian Foundation.
Go to the ASF prize description
Go to the UND press release
Drs. Melissa Gjellstad and Tami Carmichael (Humanities & Integrated Studies) host the second "UND Norway Seminar" on November 20, 2010. Gjellstad & Carmichael received funding for the project in November 2009 via a grant from the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU).
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Dr. Kerstin Bergman to speak on Henning Mankell and Swedish Crime Fiction - 26 October 2010
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University of Tromsø delegation visits UND to explore academic exchange - 21-22 October 2010
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UND to offer Norwegian 101 online for first time - beginning spring semester, January 2011
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Dr. Melissa Gjellstad elected to Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies advisory board
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Drs. Melissa Gjellstad and Tami Carmichael (Humanities & Integrated Studies) were awarded a grant in November 2009 from the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU). This SIU grant, totaling nearly 10,000 USD was awarded for the team to host two "Norway Seminar" days in 2010. These seminars will be a one-day workshop for UND undergraduates to learn more about how to incorporate a Norwegian perspective – through language, culture, research, and study abroad – into their education at and beyond UND.
Go to the Norway Seminar page
Dr. Melissa Gjellstad was also awarded additional grants from SIU. The first was for the acquisition of pedagogical materials for second year Norwegian courses, while the second - co-authored with Dr. Milda Halvorson, Concordia College (Norwegian & Scandinavian Studies) - helped sponsor the visit by Dr. Monika Zagar to the Red River Valley.
Kim Pedersen worked as a copy-editor on the Norwegian-English/English-Norwegian Practical Dictionary, written by Laura Ziukaite Hansen (New York: Hippocrene Books). ISBN 0781811066. To be released later this year.
Steve Finney spent the 2009 spring semester teaching at the American College of Norway. While teaching face-to-face classes in Moss, Steve also created and taught two upper level Norwegian online courses. Finney is currently working to recruit for the American College of Norway, thanks to a grant from the UND Nordic Initiative.
EVENTS ARCHIVE
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April 5, 2012 – 2:00 PM @ Merrifield 210
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Classroom visit: NORW 403-Dr. Olaf Berwald
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April 4, 2012 – 6:00 PM @ East Asian Room, Chester Fritz Library
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Exhibit Opening: “Cold Recall: Reflections of a Polar Explorer”-Mr. Wilbur Stolt & Dr. Melissa Gjellstad
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March 22, 2012 – 12:00 PM @ North Dakota Museum of Art
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UND Norway Seminar
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March 20, 2012 – 12:00 PM @ North Dakota Museum of Art
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Seminar: “International Teacher-Scholars: Growing UND’s Best Practices”-Coordinated by Drs. Melissa Gjellstad, Tami Carmichael & Anne Kelsch
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October 20, 2011 – 2:00 PM @ Merrifield 210
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Classroom visit: NORW 350-Dr. Marcus Weaver-Hightower
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May 5, 2011 – 3:30 PM @ North Dakota Museum of Art
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Student Recognition Day – Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Literature
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April 26, 2011 – 12:00 PM @ Montgomery 20
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M.A. Thesis Defense: Steven Finney
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April 8, 2011 – 12:00-6:00 PM @ O’Kelly 260
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UND Norway Seminar
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April 5, 2011 – 4:00 PM @ Merrifield 31
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Lecture: “What Happened After Ibsen? Contemporary Theatre in Scandinavia”-Dr. Milda Halvorson, Assistant Professor, Concordia College
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April 5, 2011 – 2:00 PM @ Merrifield 304
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Classroom visit: NORW 403
-Dr. Milda Halvorson
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April 8, 2011 - 12:00-6:00 PM @ O'Kelley 260
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UND Norway Seminar
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April 5, 2011 - 4:00 PM @ Merrifield 313
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Guest Lecture with Dr. Milda Halvorson (Concordia College) entitled “What Happened After Ibsen? Contemporary Theatre in Scandinavia”
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December 6, 2010 - 3:00 PM @ Merrifield 313
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Languages Capstone (LANG 480) Conference: "Banned Books: Lost Literature."
-Student Research and Creative Presentations
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November 20, 2010 - 9:30 AM to 6:30 PM @ O'Kelley 260
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UND Norway Seminar
Go to the Norway Seminar page
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October 26, 2010 - 3:30 PM @ East Asian Room, Chester Fritz Library
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Guest Lecture: "Negotiating Swedishness in the 21st Century. Swedish, European, and African alterities in Henning Mankell's crime novels."
-Dr. Kerstin Bergman, Senior Research Fellow of Comparative Literature, Lund University; Lund, Sweden
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May 21, 2010 - 9:00 AM @ East Asian Room, Chester Fritz Library
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Book talk : "Norwegian Newspapers in America: Connecting Norway and the New Land."
-Dr. Odd Lovoll, Professor Emeritus, St. Olaf College, History
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May 19, 2010 - 4:30 PM @ Center for Innovation Idea Lab, 4200 James Ray Drive
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Roundtable discussion: "Climate Change in the Arctic."
-Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, Wegger Chr. Strømmen
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April 10, 2010 - 9:30 AM to 8:30 PM @ O'Kelley 260
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UND Norway Seminar
Go to the Norway Seminar page
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April 8, 2010 - 2:00 PM @ Merrifield 304
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Classroom visit: NORW 403
-Dr. Monika Žagar
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April 7, 2010 - 5:00 PM @ Tower Cafe UND Bookstore
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Book talk : "Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance."
-Dr. Monika Žagar, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota, Department of German, Scandinavian & Dutch; Minneapolis.
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May 5, 2009 - 2:00 PM @ Merrifield 304
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Classroom visit: NORW 403
-Dr. Unni Langås
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May 4, 2009 - 5:00 PM @ East Asian Room, Chester Fritz Library
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Lecture : "A Portrait of the Author as an Old Man: Knut Hamsun's On Overgrown Paths."
-Dr. Unni Langås, Professor, University of Agder, Department of Nordic & Media Studies; Kristiansand, Norway.
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