ABERDEEN, S.D. – An award-winning author whose book explores the hidden benefits of boredom will deliver the Northern State University Larry and Julie Poeppel Family Common Read Lecture this fall.
Author Manoush Zomorodi will discuss “Bored and Brilliant: How Spacing Out Can Unlock Your Most Productive and Creative Self” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 in the Johnson Fine Arts Center.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University College of Arts and Sciences student ShyAnn Springer recently received a $5,000 scholarship from the SR Education Group to study abroad in Japan.
Springer is a junior English major with an emphasis in TESOL from Bradley, S.D.
To receive this scholarship, Springer answered two open-ended, personal questions that were evaluated by a panel of judges. Students who wrote the most persuasive, compelling, and well-written arguments were considered finalists.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – A brand new wolf will soon be watching over the Jewett Regional Science Education Center when it opens this fall at Northern State University.
South Dakota sculptor John Lopez is creating the wolf sculpture, which will stand in front of the main entrance of the science center.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – All three winners in this year’s Brown County Historical Society annual Historical Research and Writing Awards are students from the Northern State University College of Arts and Sciences.
First place went to Ethan Delvo, a history education major from Watertown, for “A Recipe for Disaster: How Politics and the Greater Good Killed the Oahe Irrigation Project.”
Hannah Higdon, a history, communications and political science major from Dupree, received second place for “The Indian Reorganization Act: John Collier = Unsuccessful.”
ABERDEEN, S.D. – On Saturday, May 4, 236 students will graduate from Northern State University at its 2019 spring commencement.
The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. in the NSU Barnett Center.
Delivering the commencement address will be 2019 Distinguished Alumna Dr. Becky Guffin, superintendent of the Aberdeen Public School District.
Saturday’s student speaker will be 2018-19 NSU Student Association President Shanae Doerr.
ABERDEEN, S.D.—The NSU greenhouse will be holding a plant sale Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in MJ 144.
Stop by the greenhouse to see the new succulents, double daffodils, geraniums, aloe vera plants, and more. Proceeds benefit science scholarships and a science fair award.
For more information, contact Julie Schroer.
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ABERDEEN, S.D. – A launch party to celebrate the release of the 2019 publication of Northern State University’s literary magazine “Northern Lights” will be held in the NSU Lincoln Gallery from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24.
The event will feature free food, a reading, as well as an awards ceremony for the best poem, short story and art piece. The new edition of “Northern Lights” will be available to purchase at the event.
For more information, please contact Pen Pearson, NSU professor of English, at Pen.Pearson@northern.edu.
Four NSU Distinguished Alumni to be honored at banquet
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University alumna and Aberdeen Public School District Superintendent Dr. Becky Guffin will deliver Northern’s 2019 spring commencement address.
The commencement ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4, in the NSU Barnett Center.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The South Dakota Germans from Russia Cultural Heritage Center in the Northern State University Beulah Williams Library has received the Act of Excellence recognition from the South Dakota Hall of Fame.
In honor of this special recognition, Northern hosted an Act of Excellence celebration at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at the Isaac Lincoln Gallery in Lincoln Hall.
