Ardeith Juven Richter

Ardeith Juven Richter is the 2021 NDSCS Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal. For 27 years, Ardeith was an instructor in the Legal Administrative Assistant Program and has continued to be a true NDSCS ambassador. 

Ardeith’s educational path started in a one-room schoolhouse near Wyndmere, N.D.; then continued when her family moved to Fergus Falls. After high school she attended NDSCS and furthered her education at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn., later earning a master’s degree from the University of North Dakota. Ardeith Juven returned to NDSSS in 1966 as an instructor – where she would meet Larry, her future husband, who was an instructor in the Accounting Department. When it was time for her two sons, Michael and Jason to go to college, they also attended NDSCS. 

Throughout the years she positively impacted countless students – and enjoys visiting with former students during Homecoming. Ardeith’s impact stretches beyond NDSCS. 

As an instructor she was a member of the National Education Association and was asked to speak at their convention in December of 1973 in Atlanta, Ga. Ardeith received the Wahpeton Chamber of Commerce ‘Extra Mile’ award in 1986, a National Award from the American Heart Association, and the N.D. Merit Mother Award from Governor Ed Schafer in 1993. She co-authored and published a book of biographies of the North Dakota American Mothers Association. Ardeith also served on the Bethel Lutheran Church Education Board for many years. 

In retirement she continues to attend many NDSCS events, enjoys quilting, travel, makes delicious Krumkake; and, most of all, loves spending time with her grandsons Radin and Landis. In 2004, after Larry passed away, she established an endowment in his memory at NDSCS that will allow her to also impact the students of the future positively. Ardeith’s dedication and passion for NDSCS is remarkable.