… State honors newest endowment holders South Dakota State University recently paid tribute to the university’s newest endowment holders. The second annual investiture ceremony honoring 12 holders of endowed faculty and director positions was held Sept. 21 in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center. Through the generosity of donors, SDSU now has commitments in place for 53 endowed leadership positions. A central part of SDSU’s Bold & Blue comprehensive campaign was growth in endowed positions. There were commitments for 13 at … 2018 from SDSU. Instrumental in providing insight and ideas during the planning of the American Indian Student Center, she became the student success adviser for the center upon its opening. She believes her time as an American Indian student at SDSU helps her to better understand students in her current roll. • Christina Castillo: Larson Family Endowed Director …
… SDSU team advances in global Hult Prize contest A business plan developed by four South Dakota State University students — to manufacture biodegradable, single-use plastic bags out of soybean hulls — has earned them a chance to advance in an international contest with the next stop Nairobi, Kenya. The SDSU students are among 360 teams that advanced out of 10,000 teams entered in the global Hult Prize competition, which is considered the Nobel Prize for college students, according to team member Hunter Eide of Gettysburg. Other members are Nicole Schilling, of St. Peter, Minnesota; … activity. The students kept meeting and digging into more complex issues. “It’s very rare and very exciting to see a group of students go beyond like this. … That’s some of the real magic behind this group of students. They are so tenacious and so deeply motivated to understand the world around them and to figure out how to make a positive impact on some of our …