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Valeriah Big Eagle, a member of the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University College of Nursing, has been chosen as one of 24 recipients for a prestigious Bush fellowship by the St. Paul, Minnesota-based foundation.

The Institute for Play Therapy Education at SDSU is the first in the state to become an Association for Play Therapy-approved center.

This spring, Pine Ridge native Dillon Nelson began doctoral work at SDSU after completing his bachelor's degree at Oglala Lakota College. His experience with a USDA-funded fellowship program fueled his interest in research.

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the new South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (ADRDL) on the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University campus in Brookings will be held on Sept. 6. The ribbon cutting and a short program will begin at 4:30 p.m. and guided public tours will immediately follow the program, with the last tour departing at 7:30 p.m.

A University of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã chemistry major now has experience doing research on jumping genes at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, thanks to the Future Agriculture and Science Taskforce Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates program.

Two Oglala Lakota College students explored careers in science and agriculture through the Future Agriculture and Science Taskforce Research and Extension Experiences for Undergraduates fellowship program this summer.

Andrea Bjornestad, an assistant professor in the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Department of Counseling and Human Development, received the E. Gordon Poling Administrator à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Counseling Association.

Gu and his team are making a biosensor that detects DNA segments in à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã and environmental samples within a few hours. To do this, Gu is working with virologist Feng Li, a professor in the Department of Biology and Microbiology, as well as Assistant Professors John McMaine and Rachel McDaniel of the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering.

Two important items within the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill were influenced by South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University leadership. The areas include educational support for Native American students and provisions that will ensure research and extension funding for soil health.