We arrived in Grand Forks, North Dakota on Wednesday and checked into the Holiday Inn. We then drove around the campus of the University of North Dakota. The next morning we had a 10:00 AM guided tour of campus. A nice student gave us a tour of the green campus with the red brick buildings. Following the tour our son met with a professor who is the head of the History Department. The History Grad School have offered our son a job as a TA, with tuition waiver, health coverage and a salary on top of that will just about cover room and board. Thus, he can go there and work toward his Masters and PHD without having to go into debt. We then walked around campus on our own. We checked out the library and went over to the huge and fancy hokey stadium and basketball arena. The University of North Dakota is the "Fighting Sioux" but the PC folks at the NCAA are trying to get them to change their mascot. I suggest the "US Calvary"! We then drove around Grand Forks and into East Grand Forks in Minnesota. The place reminded me of the University of Oregon and Eugene. In MAY it is a very nice place. We asked our tour guide a lot of questions about the cold winters. I said in Oregon visitors always ask about the rain and I am sure North Dakotians get tired of answering questions about the cold and snow. In any case, I could see our son living there and doing well. The folks there are very friendly and "down home". One professor who stopped to talk to us gave us some good advise and was very helpful. We then went by the Housing Office to check on available apartments on campus for Grad Students. We also went by the Barnes and Noble campus book store and got a tee shirt and car decal. Go Fighting Sioux! We drove by the Grand Forks Convention Center / Sports Dome where UND play their football games inside. On Friday We headed for South Dakota (to be continued)
