BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Oct. 7 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: The South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences announces the promotion of Amanda Blair to assistant director of SDSU West River Research and Extension. Blair is a professor in the Department of Animal Science at SDSU. Along with a primary research appointment, she served as the SDSU Extension meat science specialist. Blair co-leads a recently awarded $80 millio  more

MADISON, South Dakota, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- Dakota State University issued the following news: Andrea Thompson has been named CEO of the Dakota State University Applied Research Corporation. Thompson is a South Dakota native with a long career in national security, foreign policy, intelligence, cyber and emerging technology, and strategic policy. She spent over 25 years in the Army as an intelligence officer, including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. After retiring from the Army, she continued b  more

ASHLAND, Ohio, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- Ashland University issued the following news: Once Erik Iverson found out that fellow history/government teacher Carrie Huber was named this year's James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellow for South Dakota, he told her about Ashland University's Master of American History and Government program (MAHG). The James Madison Foundation awards its fellows with $24,000 toward graduate education, which Iverson, South Dakota's 2006 recipient, used at AU. As funding per  more

SPEARFISH, South Dakota, Oct. 4 -- Black Hills State University issued the following news: The Black Hills State University Center for American Indian Studies (CAIS) has been awarded a 3-year, $660,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to be used for the expansion of the American Indian Studies program to support a multi-institutional collaboration that would make more American Indian Studies and Lakota language courses available across the state of South Dakota. The grant was announced publicly  more

MADISON, South Dakota, Oct. 3 -- Dakota State University issued the following news: As part of AT&T's nationwide commitment to help bridge the digital divide, AT&T contributed $27,000 to the Dakota State University Foundation to help youth with limited internet access from South Dakota's nine tribal nations. The AT&T contribution will help Dakota State University (DSU) expand its CybHER(R) program to enhance digital literacy for tribal students who have limited or no access to technology due t  more

MADISON, South Dakota, Oct. 6 (TNSres) -- Dakota State University issued the following news: Dakota State University does not have an agriculture program, but that hasn't prevented undergraduate students from conducting groundbreaking agricultural research in alfalfa. "My undergraduate research project mentored by Dr. Sathoff was the highlight of my bachelor's degree," said Jay Alexander, 2023 DSU graduate. "I'm applying to graduate schools, and it seems that my participation in research has h  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 4 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: In the high-tech industry, Moore's Law, first coined in the 1960's, is an observation that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit doubles about every two years. In a nutshell, this means technology continues to get smaller and faster over time. This is why the smartphone you may be reading this on is actually more powerful than the computers NASA used when sending A  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 6 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2023: Last Friday, Governor Kristi Noem rode in South Dakota's annual Buffalo Roundup. Video footage from the Roundup can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2wZLOVSlaY). "The Buffalo Roundup is one of my favorite events every year," said Governor Noem. "It truly shows what South Dakota is all about - it's a testament to the spirit of conservation in our state. I am proud   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Sept. 29 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following column called Buffalo Roundup: * * * Teddy Roosevelt is one of my favorite presidents. He embodied the spirit of Freedom. He cared about stewarding the land. And he appreciated the beauty of this nation. President Roosevelt said, "the farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom." That is exactly what South Dakota offers. President Roosevelt spent a lot of time  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on Oct. 6, 2023: * * * Welcoming Home South Dakota's Finest Welcoming troops home has always been one of my favorite parts of this job. Seeing the joy that our soldiers feel when they are reunited with their families is truly greater than words could ever describe. I recently had the privilege of welcoming home 50 South Dakota National Guard soldiers with the Alpha Battery 1st Battalion 147th Fi  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 7 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: South Dakota Mines welcomes the annual Innovation Expo on campus Tuesday, Oct. 17 in the Beck Ballroom in the Surbeck Center. Registration and networking begin at 12:30 p.m. with event starting at 1:15 p.m. The Innovation Expo is a conference dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs, innovators, angel investors, venture capitalists and many others who are involved in developing s  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Oct. 4 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2023: By Amber Turner Rebecca Kuehl, associate academic director and professor in the South Dakota State University School of Communication and Journalism, has been selected as the J.P. Hendrickson Liberal Arts Faculty Scholar and will deliver the Herbert Cheever Jr. lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17. Kuehl's lecture, "Practicing Difficult Dialogues: The Necessity of a Liberal Arts Education  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Oct. 4 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: By Jacob Ford South Dakota State University will begin a four-year program to improve perinatal health outcomes through the implementation of Alliance for Innovation and Maternal Health patient safety bundles at hospitals and birthing centers across South Dakota. Stephanie Hanson, principal investigator and a population health instructor at SDSU, and her team were awarded an $800,000 grant from the Hea  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Oct. 4 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: By Addison DeHaven South Dakota State University's Innovate SoDak--a product of the United States Economic Development Administration's University Center program--has received an additional five-year, $145,000 per year grant from the program to continue serving industry clients and supporting economic growth in the state. "The Economic Development Administration (EDA) is dedicated to boosting regional   more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Oct. 5 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: South Dakota Mines has once again been recognized as a top university not only in South Dakota but in the entire nation. These latest rankings reflect the university's longstanding tradition of providing a rigorous STEM-based education at an affordable rate while offering graduates an unparalleled return on investment. "The education students receive at South Dakota Mines stan  more