Prairie Plates, Vaccines and UND’s First Enhanced FAA Graduate

Published January 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM CST

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Robert Kraus, left, dean of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota, presents Anthony Lake, center, with a certificate as Craig Carlson, associate professor of aviation and assistant chair of UND’s Air Traffic Management program, looks on. The certificate honors Lake as UND’s first graduate of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Enhanced Air Traffic–Collegiate Training Initiative Program and was awarded Dec. 19 at a pre–Winter Commencement reception on the UND campus.

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Anthony Lake, UND’s first graduate of the FAA’s Enhanced Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative Program