NDSU Thinking Big

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NDSU Thinking Big
Amy Dalrymple, The Forum
Published Monday, July 14, 2008

This fall will be crowded at North Dakota State University.

Officials expect another record year of enrollment and more demand for on-campus housing that could result in up to 300 students living in hotels.

NDSU also needs to accommodate more than 30 new faculty positions created to keep up with the growth.

Finding a place for everyone is a challenge, but NDSU is leasing new space, adding more class sections and working toward opening one of the two new downtown facilities.

President Joseph Chapman said he’s sensitive to maintaining adequate facilities as the university expands.

Read On at http://www.in-forum.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=208159

It looks like another record enrollment:

This summer, NDSU added an extra session of orientation to accommodate a large freshman class.

As of Friday, more than 2,300 potential freshmen attended orientation, and there are two more sessions planned in August.

“Adding another orientation session tells me our number will be much higher than last year,” Mathew said.

Source: The Fargo Forum

Lets hope the services at NDSU can keep up with the growth.

Anyone have any enrollment projections?  I am guessing around 12,900.

[ajekt]

Well i will be bold and guess 13,021

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Being as I have acquired insider information I am now predicting close to 13,200

[Chrono]

The questions two I pose is:

1)Where are all of these new ones going to sleep?

2)Will the very bizarro Cold War between NDSU/UND administrations over state monies escalate?

[pmp6nl]

1. They have reserved over 300 rooms in hotels
2. Probably

[zman]

NDSU is at 12,871 and they are predicting around 13,000!

2,648 freshmen, 473 more than last year.

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=212774

[pmp6nl]

21% increase in freshman... wow, thats quite a few.

5% increase University wide

More info at http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=212816