Wokini Initiative and Innoskate Festival partner to bring invention and creativity to Native students in South Dakota
The Wokini Initiative partnered with Levitt at the Falls to bring a free four-day, two-city Innoskate festival that included stops on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Sioux Falls.
Rita Hillman Foundation Grant to support Native American health care in the Black Hills
A $50,000 grant from The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation will help to identify the health care priorities and needs of the Lakota community in Rapid City, while working with the Woyatan Lutheran Church and the Wambli Ska Teen Center to develop a culturally responsive, trauma-informed program to train and support community health workers.
Student-athletes inspire young girls to participate in sports
Myah Selland and Tori Nelson, both exercise science/community and public health majors, will be part of Jackrabbits women’s basketball lore for years. Careers that included winning conference championships, playing in NCAA tournaments and winning a WNIT championship are only part of their story.
$80 million Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Initiative grant among largest USDA awards
$80 million partnerships for climate-smart commodities initiative grant among largest USDA awards.The 2022 calendar year provided many highlights for research, scholarship and creative activity at South Dakota State University.
Entrepreneurial ecosystem to drive commercialization of discoveries
Researchers on South Dakota State University's campus will now have a framework to help turn innovative discoveries into viable commercial products through a five-year, $14 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Great Plains Innovation Corps.
³ÉÈËÊÓƵ granted $11 million for biomedical research by National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health will fund work in the newly created Center of Biomedical Research Excellence through a $10.9 million, five-year federal grant. Led by Adam Hoppe, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, the center aims to expand existing partnerships with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network at the University of South Dakota.
Bold & Blue capital campaign adds 11 endowed positions to support high-performing faculty
The ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Foundation’s public launch of Bold & Blue came in October 2021, and since then the momentum of the campaign has been felt throughout South Dakota and beyond. With a goal of $500 million, the campaign is more than 87% of its way toward reaching its half-billion-dollar mark. Bold & Blue is the third and largest comprehensive campaign in South Dakota State University history, focusing on people, traditions, places and innovations.