A Century of Communication
The UND Department of Communication celebrated 100 years of history, memories, and communication.
A Celebration for a Century
Thank you to everyone who helped us commemorate this historic milestone!
A Century of Communication
Celebration Activities
Opening, Hagerty Lecture on Contemporary Media Issues, and Communication Class Showcase
Opening Remarks
- Andrew Armacost, President
- Eric Link, VPAA
- Brad Rundquist, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
- Sarah Prout, UND Alumni Association & Foundation
- Soojung Kim, Chair, Department of Communication
Communication Class Showcase and Photo Exhibition
Concurrent with other events, poster presentations from Communication classes along with current and historic department photos, were displayed in the ballroom.
Mike Nowatzki, Communications Director, Office of the Governor of North Dakota
Hagerty Lecture: Just the Facts: Observations from the "dark side" on the demise of objectivity in journalism.
Presented by Mike Nowatzki
Mike Nowatzki has served as communications director for the Office of the Governor since Gov. Doug Burgum took office in December 2016. A native of Edinburg, N.D., Nowatzki earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in psychology from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. He worked in the newspaper industry for more than 18 years in North Dakota and Minnesota as a reporter for Forum Communications Co., covering a variety of beats including government, agriculture, business, criminal justice and higher education. Prior to joining the Governor’s Office, he covered state government and the Legislature in Bismarck. As communications director, Nowatzki serves as the governor’s spokesman and the media’s primary point of contact with the Governor’s Office, in addition to coordinating communications among the administration’s 19 cabinet agencies. He and his wife, Jamie, live in Bismarck with their two daughters. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, coaching, music and pretending to know how to fish.
The Jack Hagerty / Grand Forks Herald Endowment was established in 1984 by the Hagerty family and the Grand Forks community to honor Jack Hagerty upon his retirement after 25 years as executive news editor, managing editor, and editor of the Grand Forks Herald. Over the years, the lecture series has been host to a wide range of lectures on contemporary media issues, including some by Pulitzer Prize winning journalists.
Networking Social & Scholarship Ceremony
The department celebrated awards of over $43,000 from 28 scholarships to 38 Communication majors.
Department of Communication Tour
Department tour in O'Kelly Hall.
Dinner Reception & Evening Party
- Music from the Greater Grand Forks String Quartet
- Display Tables
- Dakota Student
- Future of the Department
- The 1997 Flood
- Studio One
- Communication Club
- Photo Booth (with props!)
