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NDSCS Alumni Foundation is inviting the NDSCS community to the 28th annual DREAMS Auction, which will be back at the Clair T. Blikre Activities Center (BAC) on the NDSCS Wahpeton campus! Please join NDSCS Alumni Foundation, faculty, staff, and friends on April 14, 2023, for our event. Unable to attend in person? You can still join us and do your bidding online!

Please call 701-671-2187 to reserve your spot, tables/tickets will not be sold on the night of the event. The fabulous NDSCS Culinary Arts students will be providing and serving an all-you-can-eat strolling buffet, so guests are sure to be impressed; these students put on quite the spread! Doors open for the in-person DREAMS event at 5:30 p.m. on April 14 and the live auction begins at 7:45 p.m.

Again this year, an online platform will be available for bidding on our silent auction items and starting April 1, the community can view all items and register to bid in advance. Online bidding will open at noon on April 14, 2023, and will continue until 9 p.m. To register to bid, go to our website at NDSCSalumni.com/DREAMS. Here you will find the most up-to-date information about the auction, times, and featured sponsors, and see items up for auction!

Want a sneak peek of some of the items that will be available? Make sure you follow our social media pages! We are on Facebook and Instagram: NDSCS Alumni. Watch for postings with some of the available auction items leading up to the event.

DREAMS is an important event for our NDSCS community — it’s an opportunity to show your support, visit with friends, and eat delicious food from the NDSCS Culinary Arts students, all while supporting the DREAMS of NDSCS students. In 2022, we were able to provide over $1 million in scholarships, and that’s because of the unwavering support of our donors.

We are proud to host this event, which helps support the current and future students of North Dakota State College of Science and we thank you for your continued generosity to the college, students, and programs — creating the strong culture that is NDSCS!

If you have questions, please reach out to us at 701-671-2247, by emailing NDSCS.alumni@ndscs.edu, or by stopping into the Alumni Foundation office located in the Harry Stern and Ella Stern Cultural Center building on the NDSCS Wahpeton campus.

Please mark your calendars for April 14th. GO CATS!!

Article written by NDSCS and submitted to external news outlets.

Spring semester enrollment at the North Dakota State College of Science is 2,991 according to the official census, which is taken on the 20th instructional day of classes each semester. This is the highest spring semester enrollment on record since 2016 and a 13.4 percent increase over spring 2022.

“We are pleased with the significant enrollment growth this semester,” said NDSCS President Rod Flanigan. “This growth comes at a time when many, many community colleges in this region, and throughout the United States are facing declining enrollments. Our growth is the result of the tremendous work our team is doing, including all academic programs, our Enrollment Management office, and our Dual Credit office. It is a team effort!”

There are 1,295 full-time students and 1,692 part-time students, with nearly 48 percent of students residing on-campus at NDSCS in Wahpeton. Additionally, 74.2 percent of NDSCS students are from 48 counties in North Dakota, while 21.1 percent of students are from Minnesota, 1.4 percent are from South Dakota and 0.7 percent are from Montana.

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NDSCS students from the Architectural Modeling and Design Technology program won 2nd place in the Associates degree program category of the NAHB Student Competition held during the 2023 NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS) in Las Vegas, NV. Their design proposal and presentation were showcased against seven comparable college programs throughout the United States. In total, 63 teams representing universities, community colleges, high schools, and career technical schools across the U.S. participated in the annual student competition.

For more than 30 years, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has held a student construction design competition during the International Builders’ Show (IBS). This annual competition has been a memorable part of the IBS, and gives student members of NAHB the opportunity to apply the skills learned in the classroom to a real construction project. Teams do this by completing a management project and submitting it to the construction company executives who act as judges.

During the fall semester, students form teams and prepare a written proposal to solve real-life construction management problems. Each team is given a design problem and building criteria, and the students were required to produce drawings and sketches to assist in developing the estimate, documenting the quantities, and showcasing their knowledge of the constructability of the home. They were also required to produce a detailed estimate of the required material and labor for their plan, along with a complete construction time schedule for the project (outlining a logical construction sequence). Teams then travel to the IBS and present their solutions to a judging panel of residential construction industry experts. This year’s IBS competition presentations were held January 30–February 1, 2023, where all the student teams presented their project and materials, and answered questions from the judges.

“NDSCS has competed nationally at the International Builders Show for 13 years and we always have awesome lessons to show for the hard work that is put forth. Seeing the students work as a team through the semester while networking and finding solutions to difficult (and real-life) problems that they can push forward to accomplish a big task,” said Lara Lekang, NDSCS Architectural Modeling & Design associate professor. “I’m so proud of what they accomplished and received with their 2nd place spot. We all had a great time in Las Vegas – seeing ‘big, fancy’ homes, the newest technology, and of course the sites of the city. I hope the students remember this time fondly as they grow into young professionals. The construction industry has made it known that they support the student’s hard work and future endeavors!”

Charner Rodgers, Ph.D., chair of the NAHB Student Chapter Advisory Board and construction management professor at the New School of Architecture & Design said of the student competitors, “These students are the future leaders of the construction industry, and they deserve recognition for their impressive commitment to participating in the competition.”

"Student teams networked with other students, industry professionals, and builder members all week long,” said competition consultant, Scott Kelting, Ph.D., Kelting Consulting. “You can really see that this industry is one big community, and how the competition better prepares students for career opportunities in all aspects of home building."

Photo Caption: (Back Row - L to R) Advisor: Lara Lekang, Competing Members: Shayne Hoffman, Brooke Glynn, Madison Semerad, Annah Evavold, Cade Shoemaker (Front Row L to R) Alternates: David Hartung, Rylee Groth, Meghan Roller, Emily Schmidt