ABERDEEN, S.D. — Dr. Amber Henderson, associate professor of management in Northern State University’s School of Business, has published new research examining how leaders can shape organizational systems to help knowledge and learning endure over time.
Henderson’s research, published in the Journal of Strategic Innovation and Sustainability, explores leadership beyond interpersonal influence or leadership style. Instead, it considers how leaders shape the systems through which organizations make decisions, share information, evaluate performance and reflect on their experiences.
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ABERDEEN, S.D. — Research co-authored by Dr. Eman Momeni, associate professor of accounting at Northern State University, has received national recognition from the American Accounting Association (AAA) for its contribution to fraud and forensic accounting education.
Momeni and co-author Mahmood Behnampour of the University of New Mexico received the 2026 KPMG Teaching Innovation Award from the Forensic Accounting Section of the AAA. The award recognizes their research article, “A Study of Modular Contents and Related Teaching Techniques in Fraud & Forensic Accounting Education from…
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Northern State University associate professor of marketing Dr. Hannah Walters has been named a 2026 Marketing Management Association Fellow, recognizing her sustained service and contributions to the organization.
Walters was one of two individuals selected for the honor this year. She received the recognition during the Marketing Management Association Fall Educators' Conference, held Sept. 23-25 in New Orleans.
The Marketing Management Association Fellow distinction recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional and sustained service to the association.…
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Northern State University reached its highest enrollment in university history this fall, welcoming 3,890 total students. The achievement was driven by 470 new undergraduate degree-seeking students. The freshman class numbered 370, representing a 28% increase over fall 2025, and the largest since 2013. 100 transfer students also enrolled.
Of the 370 freshmen, 36% come from Northeastern South Dakota. Across the entire degree-seeking undergraduate population, 69% are South Dakota residents, and 80% of all enrolled students call South Dakota home.
The surge is visible…
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Northern State University is proud to announce that Dr. Kristi Bockorny, Dacotah Bank dean of the School of Business, has been selected as a participant in the Leadership South Dakota Class of 2027.
Leadership South Dakota is a statewide leadership development program that immerses participants in six regional sessions across South Dakota over the course of a year. Each session takes participants into a different region of the state for 48 hours, where they tour local operations, hear from community and industry leaders and experience each place firsthand. The program is…
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Three Northern State University students completed an undergraduate research project analyzing judging data from the 2025 BIG Idea Competition, delivering their findings and recommendations directly to the BIG Idea Working Committee.
Emma Beavers, Louise Meyer and Natalia Szybinska each contributed to different aspects of the project under the guidance of Dr. Aaron Scholl, assistant professor of economics and department chair of accounting, agricultural business, banking and finance. The research examined scoring patterns from student business pitch submissions to better…
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Northern State University's Business Club recently gave students a firsthand look at professional life beyond the classroom, organizing a trip to Fargo in April 2026 that included visits to WDAY News and Eide Bailly.
The trip, planned and coordinated entirely by Business Club students, focused on professional networking and career pathway exploration. Students secured funding, contacted businesses directly and made all travel arrangements — putting their business skills to work before they ever arrived.
"I'm very proud of the Business Club students' work to plan and…
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Northern State University assistant professor of accounting Dr. Eman Momeni has published a peer-reviewed article in the Asian Accounting Review, a journal published by Emerald Publishing and indexed in Scopus, one of the world’s largest abstract and citation databases. The journal is ranked Q2 in finance and Q3 in accounting within the Scopus index.
The article, “Audit Report Lag and Its Contemporary Issues: A Comparative Review of Literature,” examines the factors that influence the time between a company’s fiscal year-end and the release of its audited financial…
ABERDEEN, SD — Northern State University invites the public to celebrate the opening of its new Business and Health Innovation Center with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., with the ribbon cutting ceremony taking place at 4 p.m. The event will conclude at 5 p.m.
The Business and Health Innovation Center is the new home for NSU's School of Business and the College of Arts and Sciences' new Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Inside, the building features advanced collaborative classrooms, the Avera Nursing Simulation Center,…
ABERDEEN, SD – Northern State University is pleased to announce the incoming freshmen who have been selected to receive the Dacotah Bank 4-year scholarship for Fall 2026.
The Dacotah Bank scholarship supports students pursuing programs within Northern State University’s School of Business. According to Recipients must be full-time students majoring in a School of Business program, and the scholarship is renewable for up to eight semesters if students continue to meet eligibility requirements, including maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.
The Fall 2026 incoming freshman…