FARGO, N.D. (WKOW) -- North Dakota State University has lifted its evacuation order Friday afternoon.
The university ordered all students and employees to leave campus Monday morning after it received a bomb threat.
The university says is will reopen campus at 1 p.m. CDT and classes will resume one hour later. Officials say university police need the hour to unlocking university buildings.
The evacuation order at NDSU came about the same time as one at The University of Texas at Austin, where officials also say they received a bomb threat.
The FBI says investigators are trying to determine if the two threats were related.
More than 14,000 students are enrolled at NDSU. The university cleared its main and downtown campuses following the threat, along with all of its agricultural facilities.
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FARGO, N.D. (WKOW) -- North Dakota State University officials are ordering the campus evacuated after receiving a bomb threat Friday morning.
NDSU issued a statement shortly before 10 a.m. Friday telling all employees and students to leave campus within a half-hour because of a bomb threat. No other details were given.
More than 14,000 students are enrolled at NDSU.
Officials at the University of Texas also ordered the evacuation of its campus Friday morning for a bomb threat.
