Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives

     North Dakota State University’s (NDSU) Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives has helped to promote cooperative development.  The Center was established in 1992 to conduct university education and research on cooperatives, to strengthen cooperatives’ operations, and to work towards expanding economic opportunities through cooperatives.  Some of the Center's activities include participating in various cooperative development conferences, assisting cooperative businesses conduct market research, participating in tours throughout the state and elsewhere, and having guest speakers give presentations on cooperative and agribusiness issues.  Past guest speakers have included executives with experience in American Crystal Sugar and North American Bison Cooperative, two of the region’s new generation cooperatives.  Some of the Center’s staff members have helped to write several published NDSU Extension Service reports concerning new generation cooperatives and their members.  The Center also carries out activities such as training sessions for cooperative directors and management.  For instance, in 1999 the Center, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, held an executive training program for directors and management of new generation cooperatives in Alexandria, Minnesota.

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