NDSU honors Myrna Friedt

North Dakota State University faculty and staff received awards for excellence in research, teaching, Extension and support efforts in an awards ceremony on Dec. 8.

Greg Lardy, vice president for Agricultural Affairs; David Buchanan, associate dean for academic programs in the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources; Frank Casey, associate director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station; and Lynette Flage, associate director of NDSU Extension presented the awards during the 32nd annual Agriculture and Extension Faculty/Staff Awards program.

Fifty-one people were nominated this year.

Among the 2022 award recipients was Myrna Friedt, administrative assistant, Carrington Research Extension Center. She received the Donald and Jo Anderson Staff Award.

Myrna joined CREC in 1999. In the time since, Myrna frequently goes above and beyond expectations to both directly and indirectly improve programmatic execution and delivery, as well as the online and physical image of the Center and NDSU.

Myrna's position has a series of major responsibilities that collectively are beyond what should be expected from one position. However, she embraces these broad expectations in a positive manner and consistently delivers upon these expectations. She places great value in the agricultural mission of NDSU to get new research out to the producers in a timely manner.

There are many nominations to this award each year, and it is very difficult for someone off-campus to win it.