Merkt named director of the South Dakota Art Museum
Donna Merkt, who is currently the director of museum experience at Oklahoma City’s Gaylord-Pickens Museum and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, has been named the director of the South Dakota Art Museum following a national search. Merkt replaces Lynn Verschoor, who retired after 20 years in the position.
GradReports ranks ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ No. 1 for public South Dakota universities
South Dakota State University was the top-ranked public institution in GradReports’ 2021 Best Colleges in South Dakota by Salary Score. In addition, ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ’s 52.31 Salary Score is higher than the median for all U.S. colleges.
Seten chosen for Rhodes Scholarship
South Dakota State University senior Hattie Seten became the university's second recipient of the Rhodes scholarship, announced Saturday. ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ's first Rhodes scholar, Maj. Gen. Alan A. Nord ’52, earned a master’s degree in general chemistry from Oxford.