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Four South Dakota 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.

Each year, the Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College at South Dakota State University hosts a convocation to recognize students, faculty, staff and alumni for their contributions to and achievements in the college, the ������Ƶ campus and beyond.

The Brookings Chamber Music Society announces the rescheduling of its final concert of the season that was postponed due to weather. Violinist SooBeen Lee will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

Attendees of South Dakota State University’s annual Spring Festival of Music can experience five concerts in three days in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Larson Memorial Concert Hall on campus.

South Dakota State University Theatre and Dance will bring a popular children’s story to life with its production of “James and the Giant Peach.” Performance dates and times are April 18-20 at 7:30 p.m. and April 21 at 2 p.m. at the Oscar Larson Theatre in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on campus.

Former, current and future public servants gathered April 9 to celebrate the creation of the Mike Huether Public Service Academy at South Dakota State University.

Eric Lohr, a senior majoring in music education, will present his senior recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall on the South Dakota State University campus.

The South Dakota State University/Brookings Optimist Jazz Festival will host internationally acclaimed a cappella singing group Accent in a concert set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

A renowned researcher from Mayo Clinic will share how vaccines can be used to combat cancer at a free lecture Monday, April 8. The 11th annual Francis Miller Public Lecture in Cancer Research will be delivered by Keith Knutson at 7 p.m. in Herold Crest Room (253C) in the University Student Union on the South Dakota State University campus. It is sponsored by the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions. The talk is geared toward the general public, the college reports.

Music faculty from South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota will present a recital of chamber music composed by Johannes Brahms starting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in Founders Recital Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.