Celebrate Denver Tolliver’s Retirement From the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Posted: 2026-10-04 06:26:05   Expiration: 2026-10-30 06:26:05

Colleagues are invited to an Oct. 29 celebration honoring Denver Tolliver, who retires Nov. 5 after more than four decades of transportation research at NDSU.

Denver Tolliver, director of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University, will retire Nov. 5, closing a career of more than four decades that helped build NDSU into a national center for transportation research. Read Tolliver's retirement announcement. 

His work has made a lasting impact on dozens of students and colleagues, on NDSU, and on transportation in the state, the region, and across the nation. Join colleagues to celebrate Denver and his accomplishments and to wish him well as he begins this new phase of life.

Retirement Celebration Details

• Date: Thursday, Oct. 29
• Time: 1-3 p.m., with a short program at 2 p.m.
• Location: MU Badlands Room

For questions, contact Tom Jirik, communications coordinator for the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, at thomas.jirik@ndsu.edu or 701-231-9629.

-- Academic Affairs: Haley Hamel