NDSU Developmental Science Doctoral Program

09/11/2026

09/10/2026

Today we celebrated Precious and Yufang who both received scholarships from the College of Health and Human Sciences this year! 👏👏👏 Congratulations Yufang and Precious!👏👏👏

08/24/2026

🎓 Welcome, students! 🎉

A new school year means new opportunities, new friendships, and new memories! We’re excited to have you on campus and can’t wait to see all that you accomplish.

📚 Learn. 🌟 Grow. 🤝 Connect.
Make this year your best one yet!

Welcome to campus! We’re glad you’re here! 💙

07/27/2026

We love seeing this wonderful work get the attention it deserves! DS faculty Heather Fuller and many of her current and former DS students have worked behind the scenes on Aging in Community to evaluate the program's implementation process and impacts on participants and the broader community. Glad that DS can play a role in Aging in Community!

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05/20/2026

One final doctoral candidate to introduce this week....
Congratulations to Philip Estepp on advancing to doctoral candidacy! Last week he successfully proposed his dissertation, passing his preliminary exam, and entering into the final stage of the Developmental Science PhD program. 🌟🌟🌟 Well done, Philip! 🌟🌟🌟

05/19/2026

Big congrats go out to Developmental Science PhD student Jordan Bentz! She has successfully advanced to doctoral candidacy and is ready to launch into the final stages of dissertating. 👏👏👏 Excellent work, Jordan! 👏👏👏

05/18/2026

As we launch into summer, we have some new doctoral candidates to celebrate. First up... Congratulations to Developmental Science student Beckham Arthur who successfully advanced to doctoral candidate during finals week. Well done, Beckham! 🎉🎉🎉

05/16/2026

Celebrating the end of a successful semester in Dr. McWood's "Social and Emotional Development across the Lifespan"! 🤰👶 👧👩👱‍♀️👩‍🦳👵 We had a great semester full of diverse readings, activities, and assignments, and now we are ready to integrate our new knowledge on socio-emotional development into our research and practice.

05/15/2026

Future college instructors ready to launch! We just wrapped up a great semester in Dr. Fuller's 'Teaching and Learning in the Human Sciences' course. 👩‍🏫 Look for these brilliant educators in an NDSU classroom near you soon...

05/09/2026

We recently gathered for an end-of-year cookout to connect with one another and celebrate another years of successes! 👏 The sun was shining, but we were still waiting for warm temperatures to arrive. 🌞❄🌞