Biographies
Dorothy I. Collins and the Dorothy Collins endowment
Julie E. Poseley
Ronald E. Matthies
Classes
COMM 112, Understanding media
COMM 230 and 330, Basic mass media photography
COMM 260, Internet design principles
COMM 310, Advanced writing
COMM 313, Editing principles
COMM 362, Graphic design principles
HON 391, World Media
COMM 421, Mass media history
COMM 431, Mass media ethics
COMM 450, Special topics, magazine design
COMM 489, Capstone
COMM 700, Research methods
COMM 750 Web studies
COMM 750, Rise of western journalism
COMM 750, Media, technology and change
Fitness and health
5 big fitness mistakes
9 ways to attract the Grim Reaper
Becoming an aerobics instructor: a guy’s perspective
Exercise in the north country: Ross’s FargoFit resource page
Food and flexibility
Kickboxing with Ross (includes silly video)
Ross’s interval workout
Self-defense from the streets of Marseille
History, journalism and communication
5 top myths of journalism history
10 common typographic pitfalls
The adventures of Dr. Dan Druckermann, post-cyber historian
Advertising during wartime
America on Veteran’s Day: Is God on our side?
Children, war and propaganda
Children, war and research: why history matters
Chocolate: everyone's favorite treat (includes a quiz!)
Cow town newspapers of Dakota Territory
A Dakota cowboy from France
Dorothy I. Collins and the Dorothy Collins endowment
Dot-coms and the great die-off
Fear fake news? Then get Ross’s poster.
Free press: A historian’s view
Gun control in the Old West
History of Ross’s website from 1995
How they used to look: Mass media 1674-1974
Journalism in France
The press at the turn of the last century
Red River floods
Ross’s durable dozen: 12 classic principles for mass media professionals
Test your French with these articles
The web design horror show
Weird ways of news: a user’s guide to news values
Photography
Brief history of photography
Celebrate local photography! History and biographies
Handy elements of composition illustrated
How to develop and print film in the traditional home darkroom (includes three videos)
“Student Life,” a photo documentary project in posters, 2012-2025
Pictures and pixels: Ross’s new conceptual photography for a digital world
Photoshop in 10 (sorta) easy lessons
Qualities of light illustrated
Ross F. Collins Photography website
Ross’s Photography galleries: mostly vintage black and white, some color work including Cairo, Cambridge, Detroit Lakes, Fargo, Montpellier, Minneapolis, Nice, Washington, D.C., Portland, Wabakimi Wilderness and other places around the world.
Practical knowledge
The Accidental Gardener: Ross’s series in Extraordinary Living magazine
Begin bridge with Ross! (a series of six tutorials)
Best recipes for Ross’s foolproof feast
Build a balustrade
The fabled table saw
InDesign in 9 (sorta) easy lessons
Ross’s interval workout
That’s a fact! Or is it?
Ultimate guide to making Norwegian lefse
Students and higher education
10 stupid things to do with a computer
Any student can be a millionaire
Burn the freshman 15
Choosing your career in mass media
Damn the cramming
Dorothy Collins endowment for NDSU journalism students
Flattery…or plagiarism?
Good listeners
Grouping for excellence
A guide to multiple choice exams
How to be a loser
Is a degree worth while?
NDSU and the whole world
Numbers in the news
Our addiction to technology
Reflective Teaching Portfolios
Regretting the error
Searching for wisdom
Should you work for the student newspaper?
Student evaluations
Take a nap
Teaching and obsolete skills
Tests and smart students
That’s a fact! Or is it?
Those dumb American students
Tips: bad boyfriends, codependents, gun safety and getting fat
Trends in higher ed
What makes a class bad?
What professors do all day
What’s your RQ?
Why you got that A (or not)
A year at the university
Travel
Bellagio
Boundary Waters
Burgundy
Cambridge
Darjeeling
Edinburgh
Egypt
Fez
Grasse
Madagascar
New Orleans
Quebec
Paris
Rhodes
Rome
Tucson
Washington, D.C.
More than 100 stories on TripAdvisor, from Angkor Wat, Cambodia, to Grand Forks, North Dakota
Try a travel quiz
Identify these London landmarks
Work by students
General list of links
Fuel, a student produced magazine on energy development in the Northern Plains
Prairie Portraits, features about area people and businesses (dates from early internet days, 1996)
The Pandemic, stories of the Covid-19 pandemic at North Dakota State University
Personality Profiles, feature stories of NDSU’s staff and students
Mass Media History, a research journal (from early internet days, 1998)
“Student Life,” a photo documentary project in posters, 2012-present