Leadership and Staff

Susan Sell, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies
susan.sell@ndsu.edu

 

Ben Austinson
Assistant to the Dean
(701) 231-5101
benjamin.austinson@ndsu.edu

Business and Operations Team

Nonnie Tangen
Business and Operations Manager
(701) 231-5944
nonnie.tangen@ndsu.edu

Oversees graduate assistantships, background checks, and tuition waivers, including Graduate School fund management, graduate student travel awards, recruitment awards, Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, NSF awards, and grant funding.

Business Coordinators

Monitors graduate assistantships and tuition waivers including contracts and annual trainings. Serves as the payroll liaison for graduate positions with college payroll administrators.

Sam Akers
(701) 231-5762
samantha.akers@ndsu.edu

  • Agriculture, Food Systems & Natural Resources
  • Engineering
  • Graduate and Interdisciplinary Programs
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Science and Mathematics
  • Lab/Chemical Safety Training

Audra Hart
(701) 231-7346
audra.hart@ndsu.edu

  • Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
  • Business
  • Health Professions
  • Human Science and Education
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Psychology
  • Statistics
  • Non-academic departments
Admissions Team

Neely Benton
Director of Graduate Recruitment and Admissions
(701) 231-8476
neely.benton@ndsu.edu

Melissa Ostby
Graduate Admission Coordinator
(701) 231- 7034
melissa.j.ostby@ndsu.edu

Sam Akers
Business Coordinator
(701) 231-5762
samantha.akers@ndsu.edu

Academic Support Team

Melissa Selders-Ortez
Academic Support Administrator
(701) 231-5945
melissa.seldersortez@ndsu.edu

Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Health Professions
Human Sciences and Education

Scarlet Gray Bernard
Dissertation and Thesis Coordinator
(701) 231-8250
scarlet.graybernard@ndsu.edu

    Hali Haugen
    Academic Support Specialist
    (701) 231-8547
    hali.haugen@ndsu.edu

    Business
    Engineering
    Interdisciplinary Studies
    Science and Math

    Matthew Warner, Ph.D.
    Grad Hub and GPS Academy Coordinator
    (701) 231- 6456
    matthew.b.warner@ndsu.edu

    Center for Writers

    Stephen Disrud
    Interim Director
    (701) 231-9382
    stephen.disrud@ndsu.edu

    Mary Pull
    Associate Director
    (701) 231-7928
    mary.pull@ndsu.edu