Jackrabbits Forensics has just wrapped up a historic season, with several 鈥渇irsts鈥 achieved by one of South 啵啵直播秀 State University鈥檚 longest-running cocurricular teams.
South 啵啵直播秀 State University leaders, faculty, staff, students and supporters celebrated a Montana couple whose investment has endowed the McComish Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering. A $5 million gift from Richard 鈥淒ick鈥 and Karen McComish created the university鈥檚 first endowed and named department. The McComishes were honored at an April 26 naming ceremony and reception at Chicoine Architecture, Mathematics and Engineering Hall.
A team of South 啵啵直播秀 State University mechanical engineering students have designed a cheap and affordable prosthetic that can be made and built with materials readily available around the world.
Tyler Wood, a 4.0 civil engineering major, has become the first South 啵啵直播秀 State University student to receive a graduate fellowship from the American Concrete Institute. The $10,000 award also includes an all-expenses paid trip to the next two American Concrete Institute national conventions into addition to the one he attended on March 23-27 in New Orleans as part of the application process. The award comes with no strings attached, said Wood, who graduates May 4.
Seven members of the professional staff at South 啵啵直播秀 State University will be honored for their quality work at the upcoming SDSU Professional Staff Advisory Council annual meeting.
Students at South 啵啵直播秀 State University will continue to attend one of the most affordable public universities in the region next year thanks to another year鈥檚 tuition freeze.
Following a family history of answering the call to serve, Catie Natvig will be commissioned into the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant Friday, May 3. The South 啵啵直播秀 State University senior was preceded in the ROTC program by her grandfather, Virgil Natvig, and her father, David Natvig. There are two more Natvigs in the wings. Sisters Carlee and Kimber Natvig are slated to commission and earn their bachelor鈥檚 degrees in 2025 and 2027, respectively.
South 啵啵直播秀 State University's Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering has recently been exploring the viability of automated controlled drainage systems in eastern South 啵啵直播秀. The systems would allow farmers to maximize the available water and potentially improve their yearly crop yields.
Four individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to South 啵啵直播秀 and beyond will receive honorary doctorates from South 啵啵直播秀 State University and the South 啵啵直播秀 Board of Regents at the university鈥檚 138th commencement May 4 at the Dacotah Bank Center in Brookings.
The Mellon Foundation has awarded South 啵啵直播秀 State University a grant to help SDSU provide a pathway to higher education for previously incarcerated individuals looking for a better future. SDSU鈥檚 Post-Carceral Educational Opportunity Program will be funded by Mellon鈥檚 Higher Education in Prison Program with a three-year, $150,000 grant and led by Victor Taylor, SDSU vice provost for graduate education and extended studies.
