North Dakota State University Presents at 2013 Bakken Investor Conference, Apr-25-2013 01:30 PM. Venue: Sleep Inn & Suites, Minot, North Dakota, United States. Speakers: Dean Bangsund, Nancy Hodur.

North Dakota State University and Monsanto Co. announced a collaboration that will allow both to improve their wheat breeding programs. The collaboration brings together the breeding research of Monsanto and NDSU to develop better wheat varieties. The relationship is consistent with the National Association of Wheat Growers' call for investment in wheat, and during a time when interest and support for new technologies in wheat remains high. Wheat producers always have sought new technologies to enhance their competitive advantage and move the industry forward. This public/private relationship builds on the longstanding producer partnership with NDSU, offering technological advancements to improve the competitiveness of wheat in all sectors, including greater producer profitability, continued emphasis on quality and premium end-use performance and ensuring the wheat industry's role as a leading contributor to the economy of North Dakota.

North Dakota State University announced that Teresa Sonsthagen and Stacey Ostby have been named co-directors of NDSU's Veterinary Technology Program. Sonsthagen also is secretary and treasurer of the Association of Veterinary Technician Educators and a past president of that organization and the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America, and has served two terms as chair of the Veterinary National Examination Committee. Ostby worked as a veterinary technologist in a small-animal practice in Grand Forks, N.D., for seven years before starting her career as a lecturer in the Veterinary Technology Program in 2009.