News at SDState

Four new faculty members have joined the Lohr College of Engineering this fall.

Kate Connor is only a junior at South Dakota State University, but she already is developing quite a resume. The most recent entry is the receipt of a $5,000 scholarship from the American Society of Concrete Contractors, which was presented to her and a student from Middle Tennessee State at the association’s banquet in Indianapolis Sept. 10. In April, she was notified that she was the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship from another concrete group.

Shannon Hamm, financial program assistant at the SDSU West River Research and Extension Center, has been named South Dakota State University’s Civil Service Employee of the Month for September. 

South Dakota State University Theatre and Dance will kick off its 2025-2026 season with the powerful drama “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

South Dakota State University announces the inaugural concert of its new University Chamber Music Series, featuring acclaimed Fargo-based organist Benton Schmidt in a solo performance on the Founders Recital Hall organ.

Carey Kilmer has been selected as the registrar at South Dakota State University, effective Sept. 22.

Mezzo-soprano Emily Wood Toronto will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the South Dakota State University campus.

Michelle Rook has been named the 2025 recipient of the South Dakota State University Friend of the Beef Industry award for her contributions to the South Dakota beef industry.

Jackrabbits in all 50 states and across 12 countries united to tackle historic philanthropy on Sept. 4 during One Day for STATE. In 24 hours, 6,126 donors united to raise $3,207,938 from 7,824 gifts to transform lives at SDState.

South Dakota State University announced today that its total headcount for the fall 2025 semester is 12,139 students, the university’s largest enrollment since 2017.