TrainND Southeast provides training opportunities for over 13,000 employers in North Dakota’s workforce, enhancing their ability to compete globally. Distance learning is another form of training provided and TrainND Southeast offers several online certificate training programs to choose from.

Every business and organization is different, with distinctive processes, singular needs and unique objectives. One-size-fits-all training just won’t cut it. TrainND Southeast offers open enrollment courses and customized programs for nearly every industry. More importantly, we make the training fit the organizations and its needs, not the other way around.

TrainND plays an important role in meeting both the workforce and business & industry needs where they are at, and where they are planning to go. The shift in thinking from training being an expense to training being an economic investment is key.

TrainND Southeast covers 15 counties in southeast North Dakota including: Barnes, Cass, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, Lamoure, Logan, Mcintosh, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele, Stutsman, Traill, and Wells. Offices are located at NDSCS-Wahpeton and NDSCS-Fargo.

Contact Us

Nichole Wischnak 
TrainND Director-Southeast and Director of Workforce Sales & Affairs 
Nichole.Wischnak@ndscs.edu  

Shannon Herman 
Transportation Specialist 
Shannon.M.Herman@ndscs.edu  

Elisabeth Friar 
CDL Trainer 
Elisabeth.Friar@ndscs.edu  

Allyson Tollefson 
CNA Program Manager
Allyson.Tollefson@ndscs.edu  

Diane Pochardt 
Healthcare Specialist 
Diane.Pochardt@ndscs.edu  

Maggie Kluge 
Apprenticeship Coordinator 
Maggie.Kluge@ndscs.edu