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Press Releases

• Sponsor and Exhibit at the 2015 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health
  Mar 4, 2015 -- On behalf of the Dakota Conference Planning Committee, you are invited to sponsor the 2015 Dakota Conference. Exhibit space is still available – register now! Registration deadline has been extended to Monday, March 16, 2015.
• NDBIN Celebrates Brain Injury Awareness Month
  Mar 4, 2015 -- Grand Forks, N.D. — March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The North Dakota Brain Injury Network (NDBIN) invites the public to learn about network services by attending open houses being held across North Dakota.
• Nominations Are Still Needed for the 2015 Outstanding Rural Health Awards
  Feb 24, 2015 -- Six awardees will be honored at the 2015 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health for the Outstanding Rural Health Awards. We have received nominations in three of the categories, but three are still open!
• Donations Delivered to Lake Traverse Reservation
  Feb 18, 2015 -- Staff from the National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA) and the American Indian Student Services (AISS) at the University of North Dakota delivered donation baskets to Chairman Bruce Renville, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation on January 27th, 2015.
• UND Staff, Faculty and Administrators to Visit UTTC and Standing Rock Reservation
  Feb 10, 2015 -- A group from several diversity-related programs and departments at the University of North Dakota will be meeting with leaders at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck on February 18, and with community leaders at the Standing Rock Reservation on February 19.
• Outstanding Rural Health Awards
  Jan 22, 2015 -- The Center for Rural Health seeks nominations for six outstanding rural health awards. Apply by noon on Thursday, February 5.
• Applications for the Fifth Annual R-COOL Health Scrubs Academy are Due February 18, 2015
  Jan 12, 2015 -- The University of North Dakota (UND) Rural Collaborative Opportunities for Occupational Learning in Health (R-COOL-Health) Scrubs Academy is a four day/three night camp held on the University of North Dakota campus.
• Chelsey Luger Named Native Nation Rebuilder
  Jan 6, 2015 -- Grand Forks, N.D. — The Bush Foundation’s Native Nation Rebuilders Program has named its rebuilders for 2015. Chelsey Luger of Grand Forks has been named among these rebuilders.

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News about CRH and its projects

• Center for Rural Health Reaches Out to Reservations
  Feb 17, 2015 -- A group of officials and staff from UND's Center for Rural Health in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences is visiting with Native Americans about health care needs at Standing Rock Reservation.
• North Dakota Needs Action to Boost Access to Dental Care
  Jan 1, 2015 -- This past spring, the North Dakota Center for Rural Health completed an assessment on oral health needs and policy recommendations. It was conducted at the request of the Legislature's Interim Committee on Health Services, and the center brought together many people with experience in oral health in North Dakota.

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Upcoming Events

• Health in Partnership with Education (HIPE) Week
  Mar 9 - 13, 2015
  For more information, contact:
     Kylie Nissen
     Tel: 701.777.5380
     Email: kylie.nissen@med.und.edu
  
• North Dakota Brain Injury Network Open House
  Mar 10, 2015
  6:30-8:30 p.m. - Fargo Public Library
  102 Third St. North, Fargo, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Allyssa Schlosser
     Tel: 701-777-5588
     Email: allyssa.schlosser@med.und.edu
  
• North Dakota Brain Injury Network Open House
  Mar 10, 2015
  4:00-6:00 p.m. - Memorial Building at the Ramsey County Courthouse
  524 Fourth Ave. N.E., Devils Lake, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Allyssa Schlosser
     Tel: 701-777-5588
     Email: allyssa.schlosser@med.und.edu
  
• North Dakota Brain Injury Network Open House
  Mar 11, 2015
  4:00-6:00 p.m. - Independence Inc.
  300 Third Ave. S.W., Suite F, Minot, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Allyssa Schlosser
     Tel: 701-777-5588
     Email: allyssa.schlosser@med.und.edu
  
• North Dakota Brain Injury Network Open House
  Mar 16, 2015
  2:00-4:00 p.m. - Dakota Center for Independent Living
  3111 E. Broadway Ave., Bismarck, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Allyssa Schlosser
     Tel: 701-777-5588
     Email: allyssa.schlosser@med.und.edu
  
• North Dakota Brain Injury Network Open House
  Mar 25, 2015
  1:30-3:30 p.m. MDT - Dakota Center for Independent Living
  26 E. First St., Dickinson, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Allyssa Schlosser
     Tel: 701-777-5588
     Email: allyssa.schlosser@med.und.edu
  
• Mind Matters Conference on Brain Injury
  Mar 31 - Apr 1, 2015
  Radisson Hotel
  Bismarck, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Allyssa Schlosser
     Tel: 701-777-5588
     Email: allyssa.schlosser@med.und.edu
  
• 2015 North Dakota Critical Access Hospital Board Boot Camp
  Apr 17 - 18, 2015
  Minot, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Angie Lockwood
     Tel: 701-777-5381
     Email: angela.lockwood@med.und.edu
  
• 2014 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health
  Jun 2 - 4, 2015
  Grand Hotel
  Minot, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Kylie Nissen
     Tel: 701.777.5380
     Email: kylie.nissen@med.und.edu
  
• R-COOL Health Scrubs Academy
  Jun 15 - 18, 2015
  University of North Dakota
  Grand Forks, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Kylie Nissen
     Tel: 701-777-5380
     Email: kylie.nissen@med.und.edu
  
• World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Forum
  Jun 15, 2015
  Ina Mae Rude Center for Innovation
  Grand Forks, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Jennifer Cross
     Tel: (701) 777-6780
     Email: jennifer.a.cross@med.und.edu
  
• American Indian Health Research Conference
  Oct 23, 2015
  Alerus Center
  Grand Forks, North Dakota
  For more information, contact:
     Kenneth Davis
     Tel: 701-335-3072
     Email: kenneth.s.davis@med.und.edu