Two retired South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University nursing professors were honored by their college for lifetime achievements at a scholarship celebration on campus Oct. 25.
Carol J. Peterson, 85, of Brookings, was the inaugural recipient of the College of Nursing's Living Legacy à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã. She served as the dean of the SDSU College of Nursing from 1977 to 1987, when she became the vice president for academic affairs, a position she held for 22 years.
Lois Tschetter, 72, of Brookings, was honored with the College of Nursing’s annual Distinguished Service à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã. Tschetter retired in 2019 after a 36-year career at SDSU.
South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Pharmacists Association has selected South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University pharmacy educator Emily Van Klompenburg, of Bruce, as its Distinguished Young Pharmacist.
Van Klompenburg, a 2015 Pharm.D. graduate from South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, received the award at the association’s annual conference in Brookings Sept. 13. The award goes to a pharmacist less than 10 years in the practice who has participated in professional programs and community service.
Longtime South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University pharmacist Jodi Heins of Sioux Falls has been named pharmacist of the year by the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Pharmacists Association.
Heins, a professor in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions at SDSU, received the Hustead à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã at the association’s annual gathering in Brookings Sept. 13.
The South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Perinatal Quality Collaborative was recently founded at South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, making South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã the final state in the Unites States to have its own perinatal quality collaborative.
The Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead is at the forefront of research in physics, geology, biology, engineering and more. Its leader, Mike Headley, will share details about the facility’s progress and plans for the future when he presents "Sanford Underground Research Facility: 2035 and Beyond," at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in Woster Celebration Hall at the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University Alumni Center, 815 Medary Ave.
Laura Plowman, professional academic advisor in the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University School of American and Global Studies, is the 2024 recipient of the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Higher Education Association Marcus Boesen Memorial à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã.
Tomoko Ichinomiya, a program assistant for the Office of the President, has been named South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University’s Civil Service Employee of the Month for October.
Two South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University students in the landscape architecture program competed in an international competition in Istanbul, Turkey. Jake Pytleski and Miranda Peck represented the SDSU School of Design in the International Federation of Landscape Architects conference Sept. 4-6. Pytleski’s team placed third in the conference competition.
The Thompson Center, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã’s most comprehensive counseling education center, and its supporters were celebrated at a grand opening event on the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University campus Oct. 11.
Curtis Chin, a critically acclaimed Chinese American writer, producer and director, will be on the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University campus Thursday, Oct. 24, to screen his documentary films and to discuss his award-winning memoir.
