The Minot State University Alumni Association has selected four individuals to receive the 2024 Golden Award and one individual to receive the 2024 Young Alumni
Friday, May 19, 2023 - The OB third floor is perhaps the most significant healthcare improvement achieved by the new Trinity Hospital in Minot. We continue our tour of the facility with Dr. Jeffrey Sather. Then we wrap up our coverage of the new facility by visiting again with Dr. Sather to see how the transition to the new hospital was executed and lessons learned about this expansive regional healthcare facility. ~~~ May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a good time to check in with Dr. Jon Ulven, Sanford Health Psychologist. He’s John Harris’s guest in an excerpt from the Prairie Pulse television show. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews \“Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret.\” ~~~ BirdNote explores the instrumental sounds made by birds.
Thursday, May 18, 2023 - Fargo’s Marshall Johnson has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland to the North American Wetlands Conservation Council. Marshall is chief conservation officer at the National Audubon Society, and he joins us to discuss his new appointment and his work with Audubon. ~~~ Keeping on the avian theme, we have a BirdNote titled Habitat Defined. ~~~ We continue our tour of the new Trinity Hospital in Minot with a look at the 14 operating room spaces and recovery suites. We also learn what services are not migrating to the new hospital. Craig Blumenshine is on location as he visits with Dr. Jeffrey Sather. ~~~ In an excerpt from the Great American Folk Show we learn about The Old School Center & Teachers Lounge in tiny Fortuna, North Dakota.
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal & Sovereignty in Native America is a new book from Dr. Gregory Smithers, a history professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. We visit about the role of Two Spirits in Native populations. ~~~ We continue our tour of the new Trinity Hospital in Minot, stopping by the emergency room. We’ll also learn about the facility’s role as a teaching hospital. Craig Blumenshine visits with ER physician Dr. Jeffrey Sather. ~~~ NDSU history professor Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay titled \“Husband Come Home.\”