Ness School of Management and Economics Blog

Ava Torres is an Entrepreneurial Studies major with a minor in Marketing from Des Moines, Iowa. Ava searched for other colleges in her home state of Iowa and found a few out of state as well, but she knew she wanted to attend South Dakota State because it felt like home to her from her first visit to campus.

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Adjusting to the new normal means a lot more online course content and assignments, which in turn means a lot more files to store or in some cases get lost and cluttered. With a multitude of options, local, desktop, laptop, mobile, iPad or even the cloud things can get tricky real fast. Here are some best practices to help avoid chaos.

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As students, you are constantly told to make connections with your professors so they can help you through your experience, but that can be an intimidating task. Check out this advice on how to make connecting with professors a little less intimidating. 

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If you are looking to add a minor to your degree but don’t know what to take you’re in the right place. The Land Valuation and Rural Real Estate is a relatively new and unknown minor. So, here’s some information about what the minor means, its coursework, and what careers it pairs well with. Take a look and see if this minor is right for you.

The decision to take summer classes can be tricky, and summer classes aren’t for everyone. Katie Grayson one of the advisors for the Ness School, has provided a pros and cons list to help you decide if summer classes are right for you.

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If you’re thinking of going to law school, you’re in the right place. Getting prepared for law school can be stressful and a bit overwhelming. That’s why we asked Ryan McKnight, and instructor for the Ness School of Management and Economics, some questions about prepping for law school.

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New year new connections, right? Learn the benefits of job shadowing and why it is so important during the networking process.

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2019 has been a great year for the Ness School of Management & Economics. Read about all the things we did this year in our Year in Review.

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