Carrie McDermott

5 days ago | grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott

Matthew Conley, owner of Tech Guru in Grand Forks, recently opened a satellite location in East Grand Forks' River Mall. When a previous comic book store business left the space, he jumped at the chance to have a presence in the mall. "This is a better location," he said, compared to his North Washington Street shop, where parking was minimal and he shared a building with another business. That shop will move to the former Valley Dairy on South Washington in a couple of weeks.

1 week ago | grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott

School: Dakota State UniversityDegree: Bachelor of Business Administration, marketing; minors in entrepreneurial studies and managementGraduation: May 2025Career Path: marketing or advertising specialistDakota State University’s strong business program and innovative technology emphasis are what drew Sadie Oltmanns to attend the four-year university in Madison, South Dakota.

1 week ago | grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott |South Dakota

Editor’s Note: This is the eighth segment of a series looking back through the archives of Prairie Business as part of our 25th anniversary celebration. In late April 2013, nearly 4,000 guests attended the dedication of the renovated Grant Center, home of the Offutt School of Business, at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. The event featured a special guest — Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, who took part in a question-and-answer session after a 10-minute address.

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott

All businesses, regardless of size, need to consider themselves technology companies if they rely on the internet for operations. Jon Waldman, president and partner at SBS CyberSecurity in Madison, South Dakota, shared this message in an effort to help organizations rethink the way they protect themselves. “It’s a mindset shift, because if you at least realize that you are a technology company, then you think of your organization differently,” he said.

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott

In mid-February, the Carnegie Foundation named the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks an R1 institution, the highest designation for research activity among universities in the United States. The designation means the institution has research expenditures of more than $50 million and awards at least 70 research doctorates annually. With this achievement, UND joins a peer group of institutions including Harvard, Stanford and Yale, as well as the University of Minnesota, among others.