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SDSU and Red Cloud High School announce mentoring partnership
South Dakota State University and Red Cloud High School in Pine Ridge recently signed an agreement launching an educational mentoring program between SDSU faculty and Lakota high school students. The mentoring program will allow Red Cloud juniors and seniors to interact with SDSU faculty members and create a bridge for their post high school education. [...]
Read moreFun Food Factory Night at Boys and Girls Club hosted by future teachers
Future teachers in the South Dakota National Education Association-Student Program at South Dakota State University are developing a Fun Food Factory nutrition project for 150 children at the Boys and Girls Club of Brookings. The Boys and Girls Club hosts many events and activities for children who need a safe place to spend after-school hours. [...]
Read moreSDSU College of Nursing sponsors essay contest: Why I Want to be a Nurse
There’s still time for South Dakota’s fifth-grade students to answer a question – why do you want to be a nurse? This 12th annual essay contest is sponsored by the South Dakota State University College of Nursing. The 100 – 125 word essay should be double-spaced and use correct grammar and spelling. The student must [...]
Read moreExperience cultural tastes, sights and sounds at the 2013 Festival of Cultures
South Dakota State University 31stannual Festival of Cultures will be held on Friday, April 5, at Frost Arena. Sponsored by the International Relations Club and International Affairs and Outreach, the event promises to be a multi-cultural, multi-sensory experience. Countries and cultures from across the world to within the Plains region will be featured at displays [...]
Read moreFlute recital planned at SDSU
Music education major Alysa Odegaard, of Brookings, will present her senior music recital at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7, in Peterson Recital Hall of the Lincoln Music Center on the campus of South Dakota State University. The flute recital will feature works by Bach, Hindemith, Enesco, Clarke and Kuhlau. Odegaard will be accompanied by assistant [...]
Read moreNASA engineer presents ‘Exploring Mars with Curiosity’ at SDSU
NASA’s Curiosity rover touched down on the surface of Mars via sky crane in August 2012 and has since been exploring the red planet’s Gale Crater, searching for any signs of life. Curiosity’s soil sampling system was chiefly engineered by NASA’s Louise Jandura, who will be speaking at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, in the [...]
Read moreClimate change topic for Holtry Distinguished Lecture at SDSU
Understanding the climate and the impact of climate change will be the topic of the Holtry Distinguished Lecture at South Dakota State University. Katharine Hayhoe, an associate professor at Texas Tech University and director of its Climate Science Center will present “Climate Change: Understanding the Science and the Uncertainties” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, [...]
Read moreJoin us at the It Starts with STATE Campus Rally on April 26
SDSU’s record-breaking fundraising campaign will be celebrated at a campus-wide rally Friday, April 26 outside the Student Union. Parking will be available in the lots north of Briggs Library and west of Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
Read moreWoodbine Productions Presents Sir James Galway, the Man with the Golden Flute
Brookings will host one of the world’s most important names in classical music, Sir James Galway, on March 26. For Sir James, knighted in 2011 by Queen Elizabeth for his service to music, it will be one of few public engagements in the United States this year. Galway is the featured artist for the spring [...]
Read moreAnnouncement set for 2013 Common Read at SDSU
Organizers will make the official announcement about the book selected for the fall 2013 Common Read at a gathering at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at the lobby of Briggs Library on the campus of South Dakota State University. “This announcement is the culmination of an effort to bring a compelling book to campus and [...]
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