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Rodeo team ranks 5th in U.S., advances to nationals
Currently ranked fifth in the nation, the South Dakota State University Men’s Rodeo team wrapped up a successful season by winning the final collegiate rodeo in Dickinson, N.D., on April 30. They lead the Great Plains Region by 1,000 points. The Women’s Rodeo team placed third in the region. Getting ranked took patience, persistence and [...]
Read moreCouple offers challenge to endow $4.5 million for Honors College
Van and Barb Fishback of Brookings have provided a $3 million challenge match that could create $4.5 million in endowments for the Honors College.
Read moreSDSU top pick for Sioux Falls graduates in recent years
The Sioux Falls School District in recent years has sent an average of 200 students to SDSU, the top college choice among local graduates.
Read moreWomen in Middle East topic of May 26 seminar
“Bridges to Understanding: Women in the Middle East” is the topic of a May 26 seminar on the South Dakota State University campus. The featured speakers will be four women who are originally from Middle Eastern countries; all of the women have ties to South Dakota. The presenters and their home countries are: Jeannette Niles of Jordan, Haifa [...]
Read moreEngineering education society to honor Hietpas
The American Society for Engineering Education will honor a South Dakota State University professor at its 2011 annual meeting. SDSU professor Steven Hietpas, head of SDSU’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been selected as the 2010-11 ASEE Outstanding Campus Representative for Zone III, a region that includes parts of the Midwest, North [...]
Read moreSDSU honored for Active Learning Cloud program
What do Intel, Google, the Department of Defense and South Dakota State University have in common? They’re among the entities honored this year as Learning! 100 organizations. Elearning! Media Group, publishers of Elearning! and Government Elearning! magazines, announced the awards in March. They recognize 60 corporate and 40 public sector organizations for demonstrating outstanding learning [...]
Read moreThune, Rounds to address SDSU spring commencement exercises
SDSU’s spring commencement will be held Saturday, May 7, in Frost Arena on campus. Ceremonies begin at 10 a.m. for undergraduate students and at 2:30 p.m. for graduate students.
Read moreRenaissance man Granholm to retire from SDSU
Nels Granholm’s 41 years at SDSU represent 31 percent of the University’s life. This spring, the distinguished professor of global studies and biology will retire.
Read moreFormer governor to receive honorary doctorate from SDSU
South Dakota State University will award an honorary doctorate of public service to former Gov. M. Michael Rounds at its commencement May 7. The honor is the highest bestowed by the university to individuals who have positively impacted SDSU. Rounds served as South Dakota’s governor from 2003 to 2011, the first SDSU alumnus to serve [...]
Read moreJackrabbit Village residence halls to be dedicated April 29
Three residential life buildings that make up Jackrabbit Village, SDSU’s newest student housing complex, will be formally dedicated Friday, April 29, at 12:45 p.m. in the center courtyard. The halls are named Cleveland Abbott Hall, Velva-Lu Spencer Hall and Josef Thorne Hall.
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