Seven members of the professional staff at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University will be honored for their quality work at the upcoming SDSU Professional Staff Advisory Council annual meeting.
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 à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã 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’s degrees in 2025 and 2027, respectively.
Four individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã and beyond will receive honorary doctorates from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University and the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Board of Regents at the university’s 138th commencement May 4 at the Dacotah Bank Center in Brookings.
The Mellon Foundation has awarded South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University a grant to help SDSU provide a pathway to higher education for previously incarcerated individuals looking for a better future. SDSU’s Post-Carceral Educational Opportunity Program will be funded by Mellon’s 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.
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University surpassed its half-billion-dollar Bold and Blue fundraising goal, announcing $604,345,119 in gifts and pledges had been received from nearly 31,000 different donors.
Four South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University soon-to-be graduates will be featured speakers at the university’s 138th commencement May 4 at the Dacotah Bank Center in Brookings.
The Population Health Evaluation Center at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University has been recognized by the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health as its 2023 outstanding Partner in Health.
In an effort to support health sciences and future workforce building, Avera has made a generous gift to the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Foundation of its property at 33rd Street and Minnesota Avenue, expanding SDSU’s presence in Sioux Falls and providing a permanent home for its Sioux Falls-based programs in nursing and pharmacy at the SDSU Metro Center.
A Montana couple has endowed The McComish Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University. The $5 million gift results in the university’s first endowed and named department, representing an exceptional and lasting investment.
Please provide a story summary.Building on the tradition of past student entries in NASA contests, another group of South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University engineering students has advanced to the finals of a NASA contest.
This year’s group of five mechanical engineering students will appear before NASA judges to present their idea and prototype of a rover that can explore rugged and permanently shadowed lunar south pole craters searching for water, ice and other volatiles. They are one of 14 teams nationwide that will be in Cocoa Beach, Florida, June 10-12.
