Pictured: Gov. Kristi Noem sits at her desk with, from left: Legislator Al Novstrup; NSU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Michael Wanous; Heather Forney, SDBOR; NSU Foundation CEO Zach Flakus; Taylor Hanson, ADC; Robert Fouberg, Dacotah Bank; Katie Vetsch, ADC; Mike Bockorny, ADC; NSU School of Business Dean Dr. Doug Ohmer; NSU President Dr. Neal Schnoor; legislator Lana Greenfield; legislator Carl Perry; NSU President of Finance and Administration Veronica Paulson; Nathan Lukkes, SDBOR; lobbyist Julie Johnson; legislator Brock Greenfield; legislator… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University alumna Kaylee Babcock has joined the NSU Foundation as Chief Financial Officer.
Babcock, an NSU graduate with a degree in Professional Accountancy, started the first week of March as CFO of the Foundation.
“Kaylee is a great asset to the Foundation and University,” said NSU Foundation CEO Zach Flakus. “She is extremely intelligent and very professional. Her background and skillset will be helpful as the NSU Foundation continues to grow and find creative ways to support students and programs.”
Originally… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University School of Business faculty members Drs. Kristi Bockorny and Sal Villegas had a case study published in the Journal of Critical Incidents.
The study, “Operating when there are no rules: An HRM dilemma in changing guidelines,” appeared in the Winter 2021 edition. According to the abstract, the study discusses the impact COVID-19 had on staffing, human resource management policy, as well as one HR director’s difficult situation.
Bockorny, associate professor of management and Director of the Honors Program, has worked… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – A partnership involving Northern State University, the Aberdeen Development Corporation and the Center on Rural Innovation (CORI) aims to bring new technology—and new jobs—to northeast South Dakota.
CORI is a nonprofit organization that partners with rural leaders across the country to build digital economies in rural America. CORI recently announced the first round of American Connection Communities, including… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s spring 2022 Noon Forum series will kick off next week with featured speaker Dr. Jon Schaff.
Schaff’s presentation, titled “Why Presidential Election Reform Backfires,” will begin at noon on Wednesday, Feb. 16, in the Williams Library Rotunda.
Schaff is Professor of Government and Director of the new Center for Public History and Civic Engagement. The Center recently received a $35,000 grant from the Knight Foundation… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Gov. Noem announced support for a new Business and Innovation Center at Northern State University in today’s budget address. The facility will also provide a new on-campus home for South Dakota State University’s accelerated nursing program, which is currently housed in Northern’s Mewaldt-Jensen building, and a welcoming front door to campus for Admissions and the community.
The proposed center, which would replace Lincoln and Briscoe halls, was previously approved as a South Dakota Board of… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – On Saturday, Dec. 11, 94 students will graduate from Northern State University at its 2021 winter commencement.
The ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. in the NSU Johnson Fine Arts Center. Delivering the commencement address will be Dr. Kristi Bockorny, associate professor of management and marketing, the 2021 NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence Award. Student speaker will be Jacob Swanson, 2021-22 president of the Student Government Association.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s Dr. Hannah Walters has won a Sanford Faculty Professional Development Award for her research project, “Boutique Customer Loyalty: An Assessment of Store and Service Satisfaction.”
Walters, NSU Assistant Professor of Marketing, said her research studies the importance of store satisfaction compared to service satisfaction in local boutique businesses. Store satisfaction is related to the quality of retail merchandise, or the store itself, she said; service satisfaction represents the customer’s experience with the store… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s Dr. Amber Henderson has won a Sanford Faculty Professional Development Award for her research project, “Perceptions of Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Study Applied to Lakota Cultures.”
Henderson said her research aims to identify the perception of entrepreneurship among people of the Oceti Sakowin (People of Seven Council Fires, known to some as the Great Sioux Nation). She will virtually present the conceptual framework for the project at the International Conference on Ethnic Entrepreneurship and Ethnic Identity (… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University Assistant Professor of Management Dr. Daniel Shannahan has published a scholarly article in the journal, Organization Science.
Shannahan’s article, “The Theory and Measurement of Expertise-Based Problem Solving in Organizational Teams: Revisiting Demonstrability,” appeared in the journal’s online “Articles in Advance” feature on Oct. 6. It will appear in a future print edition as well.
The article by Shannahan and his co-authors… more