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President Barry Dunn’s statement on the South Dakota Board of Regents support of South Dakota Advantage expansion

Today the South Dakota Board of Regents approved extending the South Dakota Advantage tuition rate to Minnesota residents, in addition to students from Kansas and Missouri, beginning this summer. The program offers students from those states South Dakota resident tuition rates.

Northern to launch bachelor’s in nursing program; SDSU’s accelerated nursing program to continue through 2026

After providing nursing workforce for the Aberdeen community for more than a decade, South Dakota State University will discontinue its accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing in Aberdeen in December 2026, as Northern State University begins graduating students from its recently approved bachelor’s of nursing program.

Study shows region's live bait trade as a potential pathway for invasive species

A new study from South Dakota State University was the first of its kind to explore the live bait trade in the Missouri River basin.

SDSU, Oglala Lakota College partner for drone training

A collaboration between South Dakota State University and Oglala Lakota College this past summer brought uncrewed aircraft systems technology to tribal members at the college in Kyle and at Lower Brule High School. SDSU’s Department of Geography and Geospatial Sciences is a member of the Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems Collegiate Training Initiative.

A long ways from home: SDSU officials meet with Papua New Guinea education leaders

SDSU officials meet with Papua New Guinea education leaders.

CFRN parenting classes set for Brookings, Huron, Watertown in January

The Child and Family Resource Network at South Dakota State University will hold four parenting classes throughout January to focus on helping parents discover what their children’s behaviors could mean.

SDSU advances in NASA contest as one of six finalists

NASA has narrowed the field to six in its lunar soil excavating contest, and a team of students from South Dakota State University is among the group left in the hunt for a $1 million top prize. Conceived in 2020, the Break the Ice Lunar Challenge tasked innovators with creating robotic systems that can navigate the rugged terrain of the Lunar South Pole, dig up its icy soil and transport it to another location, where, in theory, water could be extracted from the soil.

SDSU electrical engineering students set standard for academic awards

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has announced the 2023-24 recipients of the Power and Energy Society Scholarships. For the second year in a row, SDSU dominated. The nine current selections are one better than the mark the program set last year. The list includes four repeat winners and five newcomers.

SDSU’s Williams named ‘Outstanding New Professional’ by regional housing organization

Emma Williams, a residence hall director for South Dakota State University Housing and Residential Life, has received the Outstanding New Professional Award from the Upper Midwest Region ­– Association of College and University Housing Officers.

SDSU team set to lead NIH AIM-AHEAD project

South Dakota State University has been selected to lead a research project that will analyze the racial and geographic disparities in mortality with end-stage renal (kidney) disease with a focus on Native American and Hispanic populations in South Dakota.