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Believing in the Possible
By studying in the College of Arts and Sciences, students pursue dreams. They see a bright future and are supported by dedicated faculty who share their belief that, with education and skills, they...
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Applied learning
Community Learning Center extends impact across state Dancer, artist and violinist Cassie Pospishil took on a new challenge last fall as a first-year architecture student at State. It involved a...
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Integrative Learning
Harvey Dunn project Dancing, music, graphic design and poetry aren’t the first words that pop into your mind when you think of Harvey Dunn, one of State’s most famous alums. But using those media, a...
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Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program allows future U.S. Army officers to experience the world Cadet Spencer Biermann explains the U.S. Army Operations Order process with two...
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Inaugural event honors legacy of two professors
An annual award and lecture launched in January rewards professors for scholarly work and at the same time gives a “shout-out” to the College of Arts and Sciences and its positive mission. Paul Baggett...
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Duty Calls
Institute of Higher Education Policy documentary features Don Richards to represent challenges faced by veterans who return to college Don Richards didn’t go looking for national notoriety, but when it...
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Architecture
“I didn’t know we have that here.” “I think I heard something about that …” “Oh, you’re those people who are always in your studio working, right?” Those are just a few of the comments and questions...
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Division of Design
Centralizing design: A new division on campus State has centralized the design disciplines under one administrative system, and is pushing toward the ultimate goal of establishing a school of design....
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Learning by doing
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” — Benjamin Franklin This adage captures the spirit of the College of Arts and Sciences’ new experiential learning program. The...
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Experiential Education in the Liberal Arts
How are teaching and learning in higher education and coaching competitive girls’ fast-pitch softball related? As a student and a practitioner of both, I can assure you that there is a remarkable...
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Transitional bridges in biochemistry
Building bridges between academia and hospitals has become a priority for South Dakota State University. Jim Rice, head of the chemistry department, would call it a “translational bridge” between the...
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STEM Outreach
South Dakota State University is reaching out to K-12 students and their teachers in hopes of sparking an interest in science. Professors Larry Browning, physics, Matt Miller, chemistry, and Madhav...
View ArticleStorytelling in motion
Journalism alum Brett Bittner transforms the stories of rural Midwestern life into thought-provoking documentary shorts at Passenger Productions Brett Bittner prepares the Passenger Productions van...
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Wingsprings
Immediately immersed in an unfamiliar environment at a retreat and learning center at the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies, Kaitlyn Abrahamson completes service-learning project...
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Difference is design
Architecture South Dakota State’s innovative School of Design started July 1. The school will contain five fields of study—architecture, graphic design, interior design, landscape architecture and...
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Students become engaged global citizens
Since the 2011 merger of the global studies and modern languages departments, many of the department’s faculty members have incorporated service learning into their study abroad classes. This approach...
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Veterans’ Writing Group
In the words of Brazilian novelist, Paulo Coelho, “Writing means sharing. It’s part of the human condition to want to share things.” Michelle Ruesink, assistant director of Student Support Services,...
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CSCA — Cooper Award
Hanna Larsen is the first South Dakota State University graduate student recipient since 1999 to be honored with the Central States Communication Association Cooper Award. Associate Professor Joshua...
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COLLABORATIVE: These versatile, informal classrooms with couches, raised tables and lounge-style seating are ideal for brainstorming and small group work. Shown is 229 Yeager Hall....
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Elizabeth M. Luczak receives prestigious award
Elizabeth M. Luczak, a U.S. Army ROTC cadet, received the George C. Marshall Award during an award ceremony at the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. She was recognized as the...
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