MADISON, South Dakota, Nov. 2 (TNSres) -- Dakota State University issued the following news: Dakota State University's cyber-research initiative has received additional support from one of its initial donors. Philanthropist T. Denny Sanford, who committed $50M to the project in 2022, recently promised another $10M. "This additional gift by Mr. Sanford is a confirmation of the importance of this initiative to make South Dakota a cyber state, and we appreciate his continued support," said Presi  more

MORRIS, Minnesota, Nov. 4 -- University of Minnesota Morris campus issued the following news: The University of Minnesota Morris will hold a teach-in about the history and impact of Native American boarding schools, including the ones that operated on our campus site, on Saturday, Nov. 18 in Imholte Hall room 109. The keynote speaker is Sandy White Hawk, a Sicangu Lakota adoptee from the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota. White Hawk is the founder and Director of First Nations Repatriation Ins  more

MADISON, South Dakota, Nov. 2 -- Dakota State University issued the following news: Phase I of the Dakota State University's athletics master plan is well underway with the construction of the Athletics Events Center, football stadium, track complex, and soccer field, but the University is not stopping there. They have recently secured a gift that will help the institution move forward with Phase II of the plan, an indoor practice facility. With a $7M lead donation from Philanthropist T. Denny  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Nov. 1 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: By Dave Graves Pete Doucette, director of the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center near Baltic, will share the mission of the U.S. Geological Survey facility at a free public lecture at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, at McCrory Gardens Education and Visitor Center. Doucette, who has been at EROS since March 2020 and its director since March 2021, has titled his message "New Directions in Land  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Nov. 4 -- The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks issued the following news: The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission held their November Meeting at Prairie Shores Resort and Event Center in Madison November 2. Nonresident One-Day Fishing License The Commission tabled action on the one-day nonresident fishing license. Since 2020, there has been a spike in one-day nonresident fishing licenses. Assessments of these license sales indicate some indi  more

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 1 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2023: The Nexstar Media Charitable Foundation and KELOLAND, the Nexstar Media Inc. television station serving Sioux Falls, SD, and the surrounding area, today announced that the Foundation has donated $5,000 to the University of South Dakota Foundation. The donation will be used to support University of South Dakota (USD) journalism students' professional development.   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Nov. 3 -- The South Dakota Department of Education issued the following news release: Two South Dakota schools have been recognized as National ESEA Distinguished Schools. Kadoka Elementary School and Longfellow Elementary School (Mitchell) were identified for their exceptional student performance and academic growth. The National Association of Elementary and Secondary Education Act State Program Administrators (NAESPA) runs the recognition program. NAESPA honors schools  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Nov. 2 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 14 of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to President Biden opposing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) proposed new regulations for long-term care facilities. The governors called on President Biden to reconsider this unfunded mandate and engage in conversation on how to best serve residents of long-term care faciliti  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Oct. 31 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Today, Governor Kristi Noem led eight of her fellow Republican governors in urging the NCAA to rewrite its Transgender Student Athlete Policy. Governor Noem and her colleagues communicated this in a letter to the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports. The full letter can be found here. The NCAA's Transgender Student Athlete Policy reads: "Trans  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Nov. 4 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following commentary on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * Know Where You Stand: The Fight for Fairness in Girls' Sports It's plain and simple - only girls should play girls' sports. This is a matter of basic biological fairness. Many Republican governors across the country have signed laws protecting girls' sports. I signed the toughest women's sports bill in the nation last year to ensure that sports in South Dakota would remain  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Nov. 1 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Students in the South Dakota State University School of Design recently unveiled a newly designed campus model. The model, officially presented on Oct. 20, is now on display at SDSU in the Edgar S. McFadden Biostress Lab and the Chicoine Architecture, Mathematics and Engineering Hall. It shows campus from Sixth-22nd avenues, from the west edge of campus to the east, and the U.S. Highway 14 Bypass to Six  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Oct. 31 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: By Jill Fier The founders of clothing manufacturer Tommy John will be the featured guests at the inaugural Innovation Conversations, hosted Nov. 8 in Sioux Falls by the entrepreneurial studies program in South Dakota State University's Ness School of Management and Economics. The keynote from Tom Patterson and Erin Fujimoto, "Becoming Big by Starting Small: The Scalable Approach to Disrupting an Indus  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, Nov. 1 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: South Dakota Mines has been elected to the Universities Research Association (URA). Per the organization's website, their mission is to "establish and operate - in the national interest - unique laboratories and facilities for research, development and education in the physical and biological sciences to expand the frontiers of knowledge, foster innovation and promote the educa  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Nov. 3 -- The University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism issued the following news: The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism is delighted to announce the 2023-2024 class for our Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems. This talented and diverse group of grantees -- three-quarters of whom are journalists of color -- will report for a range of national and regional outlets, including TIME, Harvard Pub  more