Final UND campus master planning open forum set for Thursday, Oct. 8

GRAND FORKS — The third and final open forum for the University of North Dakota s next campus master plan will be held Thursday, Oct. 8. Provost Eric Link said the process has hit an important milestone — a draft of the next campus master plan is expected to be presented at the event. We re excited about that and looking forward to seeing a plan come together, he said. The forum will begin at 3 p.m. at the Barry Auditorium in the Nistler College of Business and Public Administration and also will be available online via livestream. The livestream can be found through visiting the "Campus Planning" page on UND's website and following the "open forum info" link. Consultants from Perkins and Will, a consulting firm, and UND project team leaders will have topic-based stations to gather input and answer questions from attendees. It has been a remarkable process so far, Link said, with a number of ideas for what the future of campus could look like. He said leade