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Cassady, Retzer to present junior recital

South Dakota State University juniors Joseph Cassady, clarinet, and Avery Retzer, soprano, will present a recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the SDSU campus.

SDSU Theatre and Dance presents Festival of New Plays featuring The 24-Hour Plays

The Festival of News Plays featuring The 24-Hour Plays, presented this week at South Dakota State University’s Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center, will celebrate the work of playwrights while allowing students and audience members to engage in the development of new works.

Ellis to present senior recital

Andrew Ellis, a senior majoring in music education, will present his senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the South Dakota State University campus.

SDSU Civic Symphony to present ‘The Great Ones’

The South Dakota State University Civic Symphony will perform “The Great Ones” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Larson Memorial Concert Hall.

SDSU professor receives DOJ grant to help improve forensic science outcomes

Christopher Saunders, a professor of statistics at South Dakota State University, will serve as principal investigator on a project funded with a $612,286 grant from the United States Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice.

Steinbacks donate plow to S.D. Ag Museum

The South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum received the donation of a Wiard X130 hillside wood beam reversible walking plow from Marvin and Marilyn Steinback of Brookings County on Sept. 26. The Wiard Plow Co. patented the X130 plow on July 14, 1896. The plow is designed to easily change the direction of the moldboard. It also has a removable front plow share, allowing the farmer to replace it when it becomes dull.

Sport and recreation management students have 'Big League' summer

Professional sports, whether it be playing in or working for, is a goal for many high school and college students across the country. Samuel Pichura, a South Dakota State University senior, is no exception. This past summer, he fulfilled his dreams while interning for his one of favorite professional sports teams, the Minnesota Vikings.

Flute quartet to present Nov. 6 recital

Recital by the Aviary Quartet, set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the South Dakota State University campus. The quartet features flutists Elizabeth Robinson, assistant professor of music at SDSU; Karen Large and Mary Matthews, assistant professors of flute at Florida State University; and Laura Pillman-Patterson, instructor of flute at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

EROS director to speak at SDSU

Pete Doucette, director of the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center near Baltic, will share the mission of the U.S. Geological Survey facility at a free public lecture at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at McCrory Gardens Education and Visitor Center.

School of Design students recreate campus model

Students in the South Dakota State University School of Design recently unveiled a newly designed campus model. The model, officially presented on Oct. 20, is now on display at SDSU in the Edgar S. McFadden Biostress Lab and the Chicoine Architecture, Mathematics and Engineering Hall.