Award from International Town & Gown Association honors partnerships between campus and community. 12:53 pm, May 27, 2021 ×
Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski joins UND Vice President for Marketing and Communications Meloney Linder and UND President Andy Armacost for the annual Wake Up To UND event Tuesday, Sept. 29, at UND. This year s event was broadcast live due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
The city of Grand Forks and UND have been recognized with one of the nation s highest awards for outstanding town/gown relations.
The city and university were selected as the winners of the Larry Abernathy Award from the International Town & Gown Association. The award is given annually to a city and university that together best exemplify the mission of ITGA and demonstrate a clear desire to collaborate for the betterment of their campus and community, according to a press release.
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May 11 episode of All Things Equal featured Amy Somchanhmavong, Ithaca Asian American Association discussing anti-Asian/Pacific Islander bias in Ithaca/Tompkins and Ithaca’s “Virus has no nationality campaign.”
All Things Equal airs Tuesdays at 8:30 a.m. on WHCU 870-AM. Steve Patterson, Athens, Ohio mayor and board member of the International Town Gown Association, will guest May 18, discussing policing equity with Cornell’s Gary Stewart.
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