BSC alum was first federal loan recipient

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Students encounter a lot of firsts their freshman year of college. In 1967, when 18-year-old Grady Porter went to register at what was then Bismarck Junior ...

BSC President’s Run set for July 14

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Bismarck State College holds its 10th annual President’s Run Friday, July 14, to raise money for the Don Bigwood Scholarship fund held by the BSC ...

Building on their entrepreneurial spirit

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Kevin Cavanagh's popular entrepreneurship courses at Bismarck State College typically have 20-30 students in them both Spring and Fall semesters. He finds ...

Blue Flint Ethanol marks 10 years

Wednesday, July 05, 2017

UNDERWOOD, N.D. — In honor of the 10th year of production for Blue Flint Ethanol, a celebration was thrown on June 28 and drew a crowd of 200 workers, ...

Vestas receives 200-MW wind-turbine order in the U.S.

Friday, July 07, 2017

Delivery of the wind turbines is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2018, with commissioning expected in the fourth quarter of that year. The ...

Utilities Must see Workforce Development as Long-term Goal

Friday, July 07, 2017

Utility workers like to party just like anyone else. Lately, though, it may be more retirement parties than anything else. Many of the grid's keepers ...

North Dakota coal industry is alive and well

Monday, July 10, 2017

UNDERWOOD, N.D. – The chimneys of Coal Creek Station, North Dakota’s largest power plant, tower 60 stories over the prairie. Nearby, an excavator ...

BSC faculty and staff receive promotions and excellence awards

Monday, July 10, 2017

Bismarck State College recently recognized professional achievements of faculty and staff at the 10th annual BSC Celebration.   BSC President Larry ...

Tesoro to add renewable diesel production at Dickinson refinery

Monday, July 10, 2017

Tesoro is studying the possibility of turning vegetable oil into diesel fuel at its Dickinson refinery, which it purchased from MDU Resources Group Inc. ...

The Future of the Bakken

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Oil and gas industry leaders met at The Bakken Conference to discuss what's next for energy producers and how government regulations and technology will ...

Meridian shows new refinery at Bakken Conference

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Producers are looking to move the industry forward with new technology, but upgrading existing plants can be very expensive. That's why one company is ...

Expansion proposed for McKenzie County gas plant

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

An expansion is proposed for a natural gas processing plant in the most prolific part of the Bakken. Oasis Midstream aims to expand the Wild Basin ...

BSC president named to national panel rethinking higher ed accreditation

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Bismarck State College President Larry C. Skogen has been named to a new Higher Learning Commission (HLC) panel, the HLC Partners for Transformation, ...

Federal grant powers BSC nuclear program

Friday, July 21, 2017

Bismarck State College has just received a grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The $140,934 grant will fund 18 scholarships over the next ...

Nursing positions growing quickly in ND

Monday, July 24, 2017

According to a report released by the Governors Nursing Workforce Shortage Planning Team, LPNs, RNs, and Nurse Practitioners are among some of the fastest ...

BSC Business and Office Technology programs and professor receive top honors

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Bismarck State College’s Business and Office Technology (BOTE) programs were recently recognized as Program of the Year and BSC Associate Professor ...