ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University School of Business student Ty Dillabough recently took first place in Sales and Marketing Executives Inc. of Sioux Falls’ (SME) 2018 scholarship competition.

Dillabough is a sophomore business marketing major from Cochrane, Alberta, Canada.

Dillabough received first place honors and a $2,000 scholarship after competing in a sales role-play, judged on creativity, presentation skills, interaction skills of the product or service, sales, persuasion and ability to respond to questions and objections.

Dillabough… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Several Northern State University students received honors at the 2018 NSU Undergraduate Research Forum on April 12.

Oral Presentation Winners:

Tyler Bowen of Robbinsville, N.J.; Lindsay Aman of Aberdeen; Kenneth Hix of Aberdeen; and Dakota Feller of Blunt, received first place for their presentation on “Diversity of American Music,” with Dr. Kristi Bockorny as their mentor.

Annika van Oosbree of Maple Grove, Minn., received second place for her presentation on “ABIRD5B Expression and Knockdown is Investigated in… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Two Northern State University students have been named finalists in the South Dakota’s Governor’s Giant Vision competition.                                                                                              

Ty Dillabough and Olaf Hanson both qualified to compete… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Four Northern State University alumni will be honored at NSU’s first-ever spring Distinguished Alumni Banquet.

The event will take place on May 4 starting at 6:30 p.m. at Aberdeen’s Ramkota Convention Center. One graduate from each of Northern’s four schools will receive a Distinguished Alumni Award, which are given to individuals who have distinguished themselves through personal successes and civic contributions, while bringing a sense of pride to the college community.

The 2018 NSU Distinguished Alumni… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Drs. Allen Barclay and Doug Ohmer of the Northern State University School of Business have co-written a scholarly article that will be published in the Journal of Management Policy and Practice (JMPP).

The article, titled “Using Appreciative Inquiry to Manage Generation Y” will be published in volume 19, issue two of JMPP.

According to the abstract of the article: Organizations and their managers constantly look for various approaches to improve, energize, and engage employees, including Generation Y. As a… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The fourth annual Lamont-Rhodes Lecture will be held in the Northern State University Johnson Fine Arts Center on Wednesday, March 21.

The event begins with a breakfast buffet at 7:30 a.m., with the presentation at 8:30 a.m. This year’s speaker is Eric Snodgrass, director of undergraduate studies for the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who will deliver the talk, “Weather Risk - Predicting Chaos.”

Snodgrass has been a featured speaker at numerous state bankers associations, as well as the… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Northern State University Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Chapter/Business Club will be hosting a business attire clothing drive throughout the week of Feb. 5.

PBL/Business Club is asking NSU faculty and staff, as well as the Aberdeen community to donate any gently used dress clothes that they no longer want to their clothing drive.

From Feb. 5 to 9, collection boxes will be put out on the NSU campus in Lincoln Hall Room 101 and Spafford Hall Room 204.

Collection boxes will also circulate around local businesses in the Aberdeen community… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Dr. Robert Preston, assistant professor of banking and financial services of the Northern State University School of Business, recently published a scholarly article in the Northwestern Financial Review.

The article, titled “Will next generation move banks beyond challenges?” was published last month.

The article identifies and assesses the challenges currently facing the banking industry. Preston goes on to highlight the influence of the millennial generation and the challenges they, too, may present to the future of the banking industry… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s first class of Delta Mu Delta scholastic honor society graduates was inducted into the organization for December 2017 graduation.

Graduating seniors awarded this scholastic distinction, and their hometown, include:

Dylan Amdahl, Summit, S.D.

Jake Anderson, Aberdeen, S.D.

Adam Bounaim, Orlando, Fla.

Kayla Carpenter, Aberdeen, S.D.

Bridgette French, Milbank, S.D.

Mariah Mikkonen Heine, Frederick, S.D.

Taylor Melius, Faulkton, S.D.… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – A paper co-authored by Northern State University School of Business Dean Dr. Tim Mantz has been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Business Strategy™ (IJBS).

The paper is titled “Brand Recall Within Advergames and the Effect of the Hand Held Controller on Flow State in India.” The research, which is part of a larger study involving several countries, demonstrates the higher value of advertising within Xbox games.

Mantz co-authored the paper with Kiran Muthabatulla of Microsoft, one of the inventors of the Kinect,… more