Can disease-detecting dogs help save South Dakota's bighorn sheep?
Novel research from South Dakota State University's Department of Natural Resource Management is exploring if trained dogs can help prevent bacterial outbreaks in South Dakota's bighorn sheep herds.
³ÉÈËÊÓƵ team advances in global Hult Prize contest
A business plan developed by four South Dakota State University students — to manufacture biodegradable, single-use plastic bags out of soybean hulls — has earned them a chance to advance in an international contest with the next stop Nairobi, Kenya.
³ÉÈËÊÓƵ involved in $8 million STEM education investment in South Dakota
South Dakota State University will join a project, led by Black Hills State University, to create pathways for young learners to develop interest and confidence in science, technology, engineering and math through an $8 million investment from the National Science Foundation.
Responsive parenting classes set for Brookings, Watertown in June
The Child and Family Resource Network at South Dakota State University will hold four parenting classes throughout June to focus on helping parents discover what their children’s behaviors could mean.
Sewing hope / ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ staffer turns hobby into community service work
Some people garden. Some people bowl. For Sue Fierstine, her hobby is sewing, and she uses the hobby to help others. The organization currently benefitting from Fierstine’s seamstress skills is Delivering Hope.
Formed in February 2014 by Rachel Schuldt of Sioux Falls, Delivering Hope delivers tangible messages of hope to cancer patients using oncology services at the Avera and Sanford hospitals in Sioux Falls and the Sioux City, Iowa, hospital.
South Dakota Chamber Winds to debut with two performances
The South Dakota Chamber Winds has announced its inaugural season, with a woodwind festival planned for later this month.
³ÉÈËÊÓƵ named nation’s top civil engineering student chapter for third straight year
For the third year in a row, the award for the best student chapter of civil engineering students went to South Dakota State University.
The Robert Ridgway Student Chapter Award is presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers to the top chapter nationwide. On April 18, adviser Zach Gutzmer learned that the ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ chapter was tops among 416 student chapters nationwide and 26 foreign countries. Before its 2022-2024 streak, ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ also won the award in 1999 and 2004.