Short answer
NDSU has a downtown Fargo presence apart from its main campus north of the city center, which puts students and staff on Broadway. Parking is ramps and metered streets, not campus lots, and the street feels different after dark. Help Me is a place to ask a neighbor for small favors there, like directions or a jump start.
The facts, in one place
- Downtown means ramps and metered street parking, not campus lots.
- Broadway is busy during the day and different at night.
- Fargo Police cover the city, and NDSU Police cover university property.
- Help Me is not an emergency service. In danger, call 911.
A different set of practical problems
Ramps and metered street parking instead of campus lots. Weekend crowds on Broadway that the main campus does not see. Buildings that are part of a downtown block rather than a quad. It is a good environment, and it asks for different habits, especially after dark.
Between the main campus and downtown, the questions repeat: which building, which entrance, which ramp. Those are exactly the small questions a neighbor can answer in a minute.
Where a neighbor fits
Directions between downtown and the main campus. A jump start in a ramp that has emptied out. A phone charger at a Broadway coffee shop. Meet somewhere lit and busy. Broadway offers plenty of options during business hours, and a store entrance or a lobby is better than a quiet corner.
- Directions between downtown and the main campus.
- A phone charger in a coffee shop.
- A jump start in a busy ramp, in daylight.
- Two more hands for something heavy.
Official help
Fargo Police cover the city and NDSU Police cover university property. Help Me is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. Helpers can apply to be reviewed by our team. Help Me does not run background checks. You can report or block any member at any time.
Questions people actually ask
No. Campus event calendars are linked with attribution, which is not affiliation or endorsement.
Call 911. Fargo Police cover the city and NDSU Police cover university property.
A busy public place: a Broadway coffee shop, a store entrance, or a lobby. You choose the label, and exact location is optional.
Keep going
- Fargo, NDNDSU, Bison country, still a city campusAsk neighbors near NDSU for directions, a phone charger, or a jump start. MyNDSU events appear in the app. NDSU Police stay the official campus number.
- Fargo, NDDowntown Fargo, where the lights are already onAsk for the small stuff around Broadway, the Fargo Theatre, and Island Park. Public places to meet, a rough map area, and winter jump starts.
- GuideDowntown Fargo at night, without making the alley the meeting placeBroadway after dark: public meeting places, a walk to the ramp, and when to call Fargo Police instead of asking a neighbor.
- The small stuffWalk me to the carA walk from the library, the mall, or a ramp to your car in Fargo or Moorhead. Company from a neighbor in a public place. Not campus police, and not 911.
- NDSUNDSU Police and Safety — official campus helpNDSU University Police: 911 for emergencies, 701-231-8998 for campus police and escorts. Help Me is not campus security.
- The small stuffDirections, because this grid only looks simpleLost on campus, looking for Broadway, or new to Moorhead? Ask a neighbor for directions. Not a tour company, and not campus police.
Help Me is a community app for adults in Fargo–Moorhead. It is not a K–12 student program, not a youth chat, and not campus police.