Sweet 16

The South Dakota State women’s basketball team defeated Syracuse 75-64 Monday night to advance to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16. The Jackrabbits will now play Oregon Friday in Portland, Oregon.

Heading to Oregon

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Mar. 25, 12:30 PM

State student wins 3D hovercraft contest

Apparently, Seth Friesen retained quite a bit of knowledge from this fall’s 3D printing class taught by Todd Letcher at South Dakota State University.
Mar. 25, 12:16 PM

Jacks engineers pedal to victory again

Once again, South Dakota State University engineering students proved themselves No. 1 at building and racing a human-powered vehicle.
Mar. 25, 9:36 AM

SDSU graduate student receives local Wildlife Society chapter award

Austin Wieseler, who is pursuing a master’s degree in the Department of Natural Resource Management, received the 2019 Outstanding M.S. Graduate Student Award from the South Dakota chapter of The Wildlife Society. The St. Helena, Nebraska, native has been doing research on bighorn sheep in Badlands National Park under the supervision of Distinguished Professor Jonathan Jenks.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Mar. 26, 2019 7:30 PM Performing Arts Center
Speaker Series: Working with Mentally Ill Homeless Populations

Mar. 27, 2019 11:45 AM Off-Campus Sioux Falls

Jill Baldwin is the former Director of Community Support Services. Having worked in community support services, the speaker will discuss working with those who mentally ill and homeless. The talk is designed to give sociology majors ideas for potential careers in social services.
Webinar: What’s New and What’s to Come in TurningPoint

Mar. 27, 2019 1:00 PM Pugsley Center

Learn more about TurningPoint’s new scheduling capabilities and upcoming features on our roadmap including: Hotspot question types, GPS attendance, User interface enhancements, Non-question content, Importing PowerPoints, Word files and PDF documents, and Creating interactive multimedia.