ABERDEEN, S.D. – The South Dakota Jazz Festival Concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Northern State University Johnson Fine Arts Center.The concert will feature performances by the Two O’Clock Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Grant Manhart. Guest artists will include Ron Parker, piano, and other local talent.Featured guest artist will be Summer Camargo, a trumpet student at The Juilliard School and Jerome Greene Fellowship recipient. Originally from Hollywood, Florida, Camargo recently won first place in the International Trumpet Guild’s Ryan Anthony Trumpet Memorial…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – For Itzel “Izzy” Sanchez, a first-time mom and full-time student at Northern State University, scholarships are a big help—including the South Dakota Freedom Scholarship.“Being able to have that help from the community just helps a lot, to not have to pull from savings that we can use for day care, or when medical stuff comes up,” said Sanchez, a junior elementary education major. “It makes a big impact.”The Freedom Scholarship is a needs-based, public-private scholarship fund. NSU Financial Aid has $340,000 to award to scholarship recipients like Sanchez for the 2022-23…
Pictured: Kane Anderson and Emilia Bauer ABERDEEN, S.D. – A Northern State University team received honorable mentions at the 2022 Four Points Film Project Awards.Northern’s team earned two honorable mentions for their short film, “The Final Thread,” in the following categories:• Best Use of Genre• Best Supporting Actor for Kane Anderson, NSU Assistant Professor of Theatre, as Bernie (The Mentor)The Four-Points Film Project is an international competition. This is the first time Northern has participated, competing against over 80 teams, said Jason…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University faculty members have been awarded the third annual Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) Pedagogy Grants.Grant recipients are: Dr. Kane Anderson, assistant professor of acting and directingDr. Nicole Schutter, teacher education department chair, assistant professorThe team of Mr. Jason Knowles, assistant professor of art, and Dr. Kristen Brown, assistant professor of EnglishEach year, CETL Pedagogy Grants of up to $1,000 are awarded to faculty and staff for projects that focus on active learning, high-impact practices and…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – This Saturday, Dec. 10, 128 students will graduate at Northern State University’s winter commencement.
The commencement ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Jewett Theater. Dr. Elizabeth Haller, Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and 2022 NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence Award winner, will deliver the commencement address.
The event will be live streamed through the NSU Facebook page, the NSU Graduation and Commencement page, and locally through cable channel 12.
Graduates are listed below, grouped…
Pictured, left to right: Doug Ohmer, Michael Wanous, Heath Johnson, Michael Bockorny, Hannah Walters, Erin Fouberg, Blake Day, Pat Gallagher, Alyssa Kiesow and Veronica Paulson.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University has received a $100,000 grant from the Knight Foundation’s Aberdeen Fund in the South Dakota Community Foundation to help launch the Northern Startup Center, which will support local entrepreneurship and innovation.
The Knight Aberdeen Fund grant complements a Venture Challenge grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Build to…
Pictured: Jaci Mollman, left, and Hunter Russell, right
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Jaci Mollman and Hunter Russell will hold a reception for their senior art exhibition at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Northern State University.
Their exhibition will be on display through Dec. 18 in the NSU Johnson Fine Arts Center Gallery.
Mollman’s artwork features all Christian themes. She said she is driven by the need for beauty in the world that draws people back to God; she does this across a wide variety of mediums including: oil, charcoal, colored pencil, ink and gouache.…
Pictured: Bockorny, left, and Giannavola, right
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Two Northern State University School of Business faculty members have received a top award at a recent national conference.
Drs. Kristi Bockorny and Theresa Giannavola won a Best Paper Award at the Academy of Business Research Conference, held Oct. 3-5 in Las Vegas. They received the award for their paper, titled, “Gratitude, Psychological Capital, Intent to Stay, and Satisfaction with Life: Toward a Conceptual Model.”
In their paper, Bockorny and Giannavola propose that gratitude will positively impact an…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s Dr. Keun Lee will publish a scholarly book as well as a peer-reviewed journal article.
Lee’s book, “Economics of Keynes: Common Sense in Theory,” is forthcoming from Cambridge Scholars Publishing LTD, Newcastle, United Kingdom.
Also, his scholarly article, “Inflation Targeting Monetary Policy and Stock Prices,” will appear in the Journal of Business and Economic Policy Vol. 9, No.4.
Lee, professor of economics in the NSU School of Business, has worked at Northern since fall 2001. He earned his B.A. in Economics at the…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Northern State University Winter Choral Concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at the First Presbyterian Church of Aberdeen, 318 S. Kline St.
The concert will feature performances by the NSU Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Early Musick Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Timothy Woods.
On Nov. 30, the choirs will tour high schools in the region in preparation for the event, including visits to Aberdeen Central High School and Langford High School.
There is no cost to attend the Dec. 1 concert, but attendees are asked for a freewill…