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North Dakota Brain Injury Network Receives Increase in State Funding
Aug 14, 2017 -- The North Dakota Brain Injury Network at the Center for Rural Health receives an increase of $100,000 in state funding for this fiscal year.
Amanda Young Receives Cedar Award for Native American Women Advocacy
Aug 10, 2017 -- Award winner Amanda Young is a graduate assistant with the Seven Generations Center of Excellence program at the Center for Rural Health.
Melissa Wheeler Receives Outstanding Student Award for Contributions to Native and Indigenous Psychology
Aug 10, 2017 -- Award winner Melissa Wheeler is a research specialist for the National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative Innovation program at the Center for Rural Health.
Center for Rural Health Awarded Rural Health Research Gateway Grant
Aug 10, 2017 -- The Center for Rural Health is happy to announce that they have again been chosen as the grantee to lead the Rural Health Research Gateway website.
Highlight Video of the 2017 Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health
Jul 26, 2017 -- Watch the highlight video of the 32nd annual Dakota Conference that was held in Minot, North Dakota.
2017 Seven Generations Center of Excellence Programs
Jun 21, 2017 -- The Seven Generations Center of Excellence is hosting three programs designed to help American Indian and Native Alaskan students prepare and transition from rural or reservation life into university life at the University of North Dakota.

Hoeven Announces Nearly $220,000 Grant for Center for Rural Health
Aug 11, 2017 -- North Dakota Senator John Hoeven announces a nearly $220,000 grant to support the Center for Rural Health’s Area Health Education Center Program.
A Matter of Life and Death
Aug 10, 2017 -- Ralph Renger, from the University of North Dakota’s Center for Rural Health, conducts an EMT training exercise in rural Wyoming that three weeks later turns into an identical situation and ends up saving a life.