Our History

GlobalND was founded in 1993 as the Minot Area Council for International Visitors (MACIV) through the cooperation of Minot State University and the surrounding community, including the city of Minot, the Minot Education Association, and the Minot Air Force Base. As a community-based member of Global Ties U.S., GlobalND welcomes visitors through the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to the state of North Dakota. We also receive visitors through the Open World Leadership Center of the Library of Congress and the Trans-Atlantic Media Fellowship Program of the Atlantic Council.