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2 days ago | 
grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott
In northwest North Dakota on the campus of Williston State College, JE Dunn is building a 44,000-square-foot building that will be a new health training facility. The project — worth more than $36 million — will offer a range of programs that local health care providers have long sought. Partnerships with four-year institutions such as the University of North Dakota and Minot State University will enhance the offerings to address critical health care needs in the area.
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1 week ago | 
grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott
Prioritizing employee experience and well-being are becoming standard in the human resources world. Dan Oakland, founder of Alternative HR, a human resources consulting business based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has worked in the HR sector since 1992 and has seen a shift from it being an employer's market to a tighter labor market requiring better management practices.
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1 week ago | 
grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott
Cyber attacks and data breach risks are at the forefront of most business owners' minds, whether they've heard about an event or experienced an incident themselves, according to Ben Armbrust, a business insurance adviser specializing in the construction and real estate sector. Armbrust works for Marsh McLennan Agency (MMA) in Fargo. The company provides business insurance, employee health and benefits, retirement and private client insurance solutions to organizations and individuals.
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1 week ago | 
grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott
Dr. Mohamed Elhamadany, a physical therapist and board-certified pediatrics clinical specialist, is an assistant professor at UND's Department of Physical Therapy. He worked as a physical therapist for years, treating children at United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, before transitioning to academia. He's seen changes in the discipline, moving from predominantly manual therapy interventions to one that uses modern technological advances, such as virtual reality.
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1 week ago | 
grandforksherald.com | Carrie McDermott |Carrie Mcdermott
At some point in our lives, a person may need the services of a physical therapist. They help with a patient’s recovery after surgery, address back pain or work with those suffering from vertigo, for example. For this month's edition, we talked to a handful of PTs in both the professional and higher-ed spaces to find out how they do what they do and learn about modalities and technologies they incorporate to help patients meet their goals.
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3 weeks 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
