Department News & Features

The Communicator Newsletter

The Communicator Newsletter includes department news, alumni appreciation, spectacular students, incredible interns, donor appreciation, faculty spotlights and news from Communication alumni. Watch for a new online version of our newsletter in the upcoming year.

For copies of previous editions, please contact Joonghwa Lee at joonghwa.lee@UND.edu

Media Features

• Grand Forks Herald (Jan. 4, 2026), “UND student earns Ph.D. on active duty after Russia's invasion of Ukraine pulled him away,”
• UND Today (Dec. 18, 2025), “From the frontlines to the Forks: UND student earns Ph.D. while serving the nation,”
• UND Today (Dec. 16, 2025), “UND CONNECT awards support five new community-engaged projects across North Dakota,”
• UND Today (Oct. 30, 2025), “STEM U: How UND educates the workforce of the future,”
• UND Today (Sept. 18, 2025), “Memorial Union Gallery features ‘New Americans’ exhibit,”
• UND Today (Sept. 18, 2025), “UND welcomes new Americans on Constitution Day,”
• Grand Forks Herald (Sept. 17, 2025), “UND's first Constitution Day Project holds video showcase of interviews with New Americans, Kjersti Armstrong,”
• Dakota Student (Sept. 11, 2025), “Constitution Day Gallery Exhibition Unveiled,”
• UND Today (Sept. 4, 2025), “UND CONNECT: New Americans photo exhibit, video showcase to debut,”
• UND Today (July 8, 2025), "Friendships emerge, are set to endure at Digital Storytelling Summit"
• UND Today (July 8, 2025), "UND, partners lead Arctic research supercomputing initiative"
• UND Today (May 6, 2025), “Interim deans named for School of Graduate Studies and School of Law” 
• UND Today (May 6, 2025), “Communication Appreciation Day at 101” 
• Dakota Student (May 1, 2025), “Networking Social and Scholarship Ceremony” 
• Dakota Student (May 1, 2025), “Digital Storytelling Summit: High School Students Share Community Stories”
• Dakota Student (May 1, 2025), “Communication Career Roundtable”
• Dakota Student (May 1, 2025), “Communication Class Showcase”
• UND Today (April 17, 2025), “North Dakota’s first lady shares citizenship story with students”
• Dakota Student (Feb. 13, 2025), “Department of Communication Offers Alumni Mentorship Program”
• UND Today (Jan. 21, 2024), “New American initiative showcases personal journeys to citizenship”
• UND Today (Dec. 17, 2024), “Why UND should take the lead in radon research”
• Valley News Live (Dec. 9, 2024), “North Dakota Today – UND “Connect Program”
• UND Today (Nov. 21, 2024), “New UND CONNECT projects prepare to help state”
• UND Today (Oct. 17, 2024), “Author, TV host Alexander Heffner named UND’s inaugural Journalist in Residence”
• UND Today (Sept. 10, 2024), “UND’s newest citizens”
• UND Today (Sept. 3, 2024), “In Service, through providing free radon detector kits to Fargo”
• UND Today (Aug. 27, 2024), “State of the U: How UND’s Mission and Vision are becoming realities”
• Grand Forks Herald / WDAY TV (Aug. 26, 2024), “Fargo Public Library offering radon test kits for checkout”
• UND Today (May 2, 2024), "Department of Communication at 100: Here’s looking at (and talking with) you" 
• UND SMHS (June 13, 2024), “From the Dean: No rest for the researchers”
• UND Today (June 11, 2024), “This just in: High school students master digital storytelling at UND”
• UND Today (June 11, 2024), “New UND CONNECT program awards civic-partnership grants”
• UND SMHS News (June 7, 2024), “UND researchers awarded nearly $500,000 from U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for radon projects”
• Grand Forks Herald (June 7, 2024), “HUD awards $500,000 to UND for radon education”
• The Dakota Student (May 1, 2024), "UND Communication Appreciation Day Showcases the Success of the Department"
• UND Today (April 25, 2024), "Healthy living initiative promotes wellness to students"
• The Dakota Student (April 3, 2024), "Live by with the Blue Zones Project"
• UND Today (Feb. 6, 2024), "Coming in June: Digital Storytelling Summit for high school students"
• WDAY Radio (Feb. 6, 2024), “UND department head: new journalism program response to North Dakota's industry talent shortage”
• The Dakota Student (Jan. 31, 2024), “UND Plans to Reestablish Journalism Program”
• Grand Forks Herald (Jan. 29, 2024), “UND unveils new journalism program”
• UND Today (Jan. 18, 2024), “Start the presses: UND to bring back journalism major”
• The Dickinson Press (Jan. 18, 2024), “University of North Dakota to Revive Their Journalism Degree Program”
• Prairie Public (Jan. 12, 2024), “Journalism major returning to UND”
• KVRR (Jan. 11, 2024), “Journalism Major Returns to University of North Dakota”.
• UND Today (Nov. 28, 2023), “International Education Week showcases UND’s global outreach” 
• UND Today (Sept. 19, 2023), “‘The Longest Table’ highlights close town/gown relations”
• UND Today (May 11, 2023), “College of Arts & Sciences honors undergraduate research”
• UND Today (April 27, 2023), “The human side of hockey reporting”
• UND Today (April 25, 2023), "Appreciation for all things Communication at UND"
• American Academy of Advertising (AAA) Newsletter (March, 2023), "Passing the Torch: Seven Grateful Years as the AAA Newsletter Editor"American Academy of Advertising (AAA) Newsletter, 18 (1),  10.
• UND Today (April 13, 2023), “Taking action against radon health risks”
• UND Today (April 11, 2023), “UND, American College of Norway partner for Arctic course”
• UND Today (Feb. 9, 2023), “Founders Day 2023 celebrates 140 years of UND”
• UND Today (Jan. 31, 2023), “Grad students deliver quickfire research summaries at 3MT competition”
• UND Today (Jan. 24, 2023), “UND celebrates launch of new strategic plan” 
• UND Today (Dec. 1, 2022), “Vax Venture program offers Rx for vaccine confidence”
• UND Today (Aug. 25, 2022), “Ice Station Dakota”
• Prairie Public Broadcasting (June 23, 2022), “UND study: unvaccinated young adults are not “anti-vaxxers"" 
• UND Press Release (June 22, 2022), “Not what the stereotypes suggested: UND study sheds light on vaccine hesitancy among young adults”
• UND Today (June 21, 2022), “UND study offers insights on vaccine hesitancy” 
• UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (June 3, 2022) “SMHS announces research awards totaling more than $2.7 million from multiple faculty”
• Grand Forks Herald (May 28, 2022), “Breaking down vaccine hesitancy”
• UND Today (April 26, 2022), “Communicating the value of communication”
• UND Today (April 12, 2022), “Communication Skills Light Up Fire Safety Fest” 
• Grand Forks Herald (April 5, 2022), “UND Students Partner with Grand Forks Fire Department for Fire Safety Fest”
• UND Today (Feb. 3, 2022), “‘Clear and concise’ in minutes flat”
• UND Today (Nov. 9, 2021), “K-pop, Hanbok and the Consul General of Korea”
• The Dakota Student (Nov. 8, 2021), “Feel of Korea” 
• KVRR (Nov. 5, 2021), “UND Honors East Asian Culture with Feel of Korea Event”
• Grand Forks Herald (Nov. 5, 2021), “’Feel of Korea’ Comes to UND with Drums, Singing, K-pop and Honey Butter Potato Chips”
• KNOX News Radio (Nov. 4, 2021), “Korean Festival Set for UND on Friday”
• Grand Forks Herald (Oct. 30, 2021), “Come Experience a ‘Feel of Korea’ Nov. 5 in Grand Forks”
• UND Today (Oct. 28, 2021), “‘Squid Game,’ but with Nontoxic Ink: UND to Co-host Korean Festival of Arts, Food and Pop Culture”
• UND Today (April 29, 2021), “Never Doubt the Communication Major”