Caption: Students enjoy the comforts of home and social spaces in Northern’s residence halls. 

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University has been well known as a teacher college since its inception in 1901. It continues to excel at preparing future teachers. Northern’s education program was ranked the best in the state by Niche.

That’s not the only area that Niche has Northern leading the state. Northern was also ranked first in the state for its residence halls, which were recently updated to be modern, with comforts of home including pod-style…

Caption: Previous Huron Community Campus cohort on a gallery walk.

HURON, S.D. – Elementary and secondary teachers looking to expand their expertise, while engaging face-to-face with their peers, are encouraged to enroll in the Northern State University Master of Education in teaching and learning program at the Huron Community Campus (HCC).

The next cohort begins August 2024. Spaces are limited and the cohort is filling fast. Those interested in participating are encouraged to apply online. 

Dr. Christian D. Pirlet,…

Caption: Alexandria Arndt, center left, and Sam Tremelling, center right, were presented with $500 checks for their winning ideas at Northern’s Idea Pitch Competition. The judges were, from left: Kelly Weaver, Small Business Development Center; Tim Hanigan, Banner Engineering; Mike Bockorny, Aberdeen Development Corp.; and Olaf Hansen, Dacotah Bank.

ABERDEEN, S.D. –  The judges had a tough decision at Northern State University’s Idea Pitch competition. Five finalists had five minutes to pitch their idea, shark-tank style, with a chance…

ABERDEEN, S.D. – After providing nursing workforce for the Aberdeen community for more than a decade, South Dakota State University will discontinue its accelerated Bachelor of Science in nursing in Aberdeen in Dec. 2026, as Northern State University begins graduating students from its recently approved bachelor’s of nursing program.

Through an agreement between SDSU and Northern, SDSU has been offering the Bachelor of Science in nursing program on Northern’s campus to students who had completed Northern’s pre-nursing courses. The launch of the BSN program at…

Caption: From left, Debate Coach Dr. Justin Gus Foote and students Alex Arndt and Abiah George were in New York for the Off-Broadway Swing speech and debate competition. 

ABERDEEN, S.D. –  Last weekend Northern State University Speech and Debate sent a small but mighty crew to New York City to compete in two styles of debate at the Off-Broadway Swing competition. This year marked the largest in the tournament’s long history, as 22 schools from 16 states brought over 400 students total entries to the tournament.

On Dec. 2, Alex Arndt, a senior…

ABERDEEN, S.D. –  This Saturday, Dec. 9, 117 students will graduate at Northern State University’s winter commencement.

The public is welcome to attend and honor our new Wolves alumni. The commencement ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Jewett Theater. It is expected to last approximately 90 minutes.

Dr. Hannah Walters, Associate Professor in the School of Business and 2023 NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence Awardee, will deliver the commencement address.

The event will be livestreamed through the Northern Facebook page, the Northern…

Caption: Jaeden Shaving, middle, presents his Honors research poster to Dr. David Grettler, far right, at Northern State University. Honors students presented their research to the university community before heading to Chicago. 

ABERDEEN, S.D. – A Northern State University student has placed highly at the National Collegiate Honors Council annual conference for the third year in a row. Jaeden Shaving brought home a first-place win in the diversity poster category for his research titled “The Sacred Rites: The Meaning…

Caption: From left, Brock Hoyle, Dr. Mike Wanous, Blake Day, Michael Bockorny, Dr. Neal Schnoor, Bea Smith, Dr. Hannah Walters, Dr. Erin Fouberg, Heath Johnson, Veronica Paulson, and Dr. Alyssa Kiesow. 

ABERDEEN, S.D. –  The Northern Innovation and Startup Center has received a $100,000 grant from Knight Foundation’s Aberdeen Fund in the South Dakota Community Foundation. The Knight Foundation’s Aberdeen Fund is facilitated by the Aberdeen Area Community Foundation. This grant mirrors the one the Fund gave last year,…

Beginning Dec. 11, 2023, Northern’s Student Health Services will be provided at Avera St. Luke’s State Street Medical Square, 105 S. State St. With this, the Clinic in the Avera Student Center will close.

The change will allow Avera to better serve you with:   
                                                      
•    Guaranteed same-day appointments for Northern students.
•    Students…

Northern State University Professor of History, Art Marmorstein, will give a talk on the rise of anti-Jewish sentiment in Nazi Germany at 7 p.m. Nov. 29, in Johnson Fine Arts Center, Room 181. The talk is highly relevant to the recent rise of anti-Jewish sentiment and violence in America and around the world.

Marmorstein will present “It Couldn’t Happen Here: The Rise of Anti-Jewish Sentiment in Nazi Germany,” which will discuss how an advanced, educated, highly literate and cultured people could descend into a regime define by anti-Jewish hate.

“Germany had a relatively good…