The North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) Performing Arts Department will present its final concert of the academic year on Tuesday, May 6th at 7:30 p.m. in the Harry Stern and Ella Stern Cultural Center on the NDSCS Wahpeton campus. The event is free and open to the public. 

The concert will feature the NDSCS Jazz Band and Wildcat Singers, who will return from their New York City tour to perform a wide variety of music, including rock, pop, jazz, and country. The program promises to be an upbeat, family-friendly evening of entertainment and will include a special appearance by Wildcat Willie, the college mascot. 

This event offers the community an opportunity to enjoy the musical talents of NDSCS students one final time before the semester ends. Attendees will also have the option to support the arts through a free-will donation. 

All are encouraged to attend this celebration of student talent and creativity. For more information about NDSCS Performing Arts, visit NDSCS.edu/Performing-Arts.

North Dakota State College of Science (NDSCS) is getting ready to celebrate one of its longest-running and most beloved traditions: Agawasie Day! This fun-filled event, taking place on Thursday, May 8, is reserved only for NDSCS students and employees, with the exception of the popular Agawasie Day Car Show, which is open to the public. 

The Agawasie Day Car Show welcomes public participation from 1:00–4:00 p.m. on the NDSCS Oval. Registration is free and open to all—students, employees, and the general public. Categories include car, truck, motorcycle, and tractor, and the deadline to register a vehicle is Monday, May 5th. Trophies will be awarded for Best in Class in each category, along with an overall Best in Show. To register or learn more, visit NDSCS.edu/Agawasie or call 701-671-2401. 

Public Notice: There will be amplified music playing on campus throughout the afternoon and into the evening as part of the celebration. Community members in nearby neighborhoods are advised that there will be elevated noise levels throughout the day—thanks for your understanding while we enjoy the festivities! 

Agawasie Day is a long-standing tradition at NDSCS, tracing its roots back to 1914 with the debut of the College’s first yearbook, The Agawasie. The arrival of the yearbook became a day for celebration, hence the start of the annual Agawasie Day picnic. Though the yearbook itself is no longer published, the celebration continues each spring as a fun, final hurrah before finals week.

A team of NDSCS students from the Architectural Modeling and Design Technology and Construction Management Technology programs secured 3rd place in the associate degree category of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Student Competition. The event took place during the 2025 NAHB International Builders’ Show® (IBS) in Las Vegas, NV and featured teams from 11 comparable college programs across the U.S. In total, 76 teams representing universities, technical colleges, community colleges, high schools, and career technical schools participated in the annual competition. 

For more than 30 years, the NAHB has hosted this student competition during the International Builders’ Show (IBS), providing students the opportunity to apply the skills learned in the classroom to a real construction project. Teams develop and submit a comprehensive construction management proposal, which is judged by executives of the construction company who build the actual project the previous year. 

Student teams began project preparations, including written proposals to address real-life scenarios, during the fall semester. Each team was given a design problem and building criteria, requiring them to produce drawings, sketches, material estimates, labor calculations, and a complete construction schedule. Teams then traveled to the IBS, where they presented their solutions to a panel of industry experts on February 24-25, 2025. 

“NDSCS has competed nationally at the International Builders Show for 15 years and we always have awesome lessons to show for the hard work that is put forth. Students worked so well together and really took the task of developing their project seriously – thinking outside the box and networking was their focus and they finalized a project they should really be proud of!” said Lara Lekang, NDSCS Architectural Modeling & Design Associate Professor. “I’m so proud of what they accomplished and received with their 3rd place award.” 

Reflecting on their time in Las Vegas, Lekang continued, “Beyond the competition, we all had a great time in Las Vegas – touring “The New American Home 2025”, seeing the newest technology, and of course the sights of the city. The construction industry supports these students’ hard work, and I hope they carry these lessons into their future careers!” 

Learn more about the Construction and Design programs available at NDSCS by visiting NDSCS.edu/Academics.