Caption: Members of the Lacks family are pictured with author Rebecca Skloot. (Photo and book cover image are courtesy of Lyceum Speakers Agency.)
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s fall 2023 Common Read book will be “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” by Rebecca Skloot.
Two members of the Lacks family will present the Larry and Julie Poeppel Family…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University Honors Program student Alexandria Arndt has been accepted to law school through the new Honors Law Opportunity Program.
The program, a collaboration between Northern and the University of South Dakota, guarantees admission for up to five NSU Honors Program students into the USD Knudson School of Law.
Arndt, of Blue Springs, Mo., will be granted automatic acceptance into the Knudson School of Law.
Arndt is a criminal justice major with minors in…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University has named Drs. Shalini Mathew and Hannah Walters winners of this year’s Outstanding Faculty Awards.
Walters, Associate Professor of Marketing/Department Chair in the NSU School of Business, is the winner of the 2023 NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence Award. This award recognizes faculty for excellence in teaching and learning, a sustained commitment to faculty service, and achievements in research and creativity within their discipline.
Mathew, Assistant Professor of Counselor Education in the Millicent Atkins School of…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – On Saturday, May 6, 266 students will graduate at Northern State University’s spring commencement ceremony.
The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. in the Barnett Center. The event will be live streamed through the NSU Facebook page, the NSU Graduation and Commencement page, and locally through cable channel 12.
NSU alumna Nichole Bowman will deliver the commencement address. Bowman, who teaches math at T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre, is a 2007 Northern graduate and winner of the prestigious Milken Educator Award.
Northern’s spring graduates are…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University, Presentation College, Aberdeen Central and Roncalli High Schools will honor graduating service members and veterans at the American Legion Cording Ceremony.
The ceremony, hosted by NSU Military Veteran Affairs, will take place on May 3 from 6-7 p.m. in the lobby of Northern’s Jewett Regional Science Education Center.
At the event, the Aberdeen American Legion Post will present a red, white and blue cord to graduates to honor and celebrate their dedicated service to the United States and Aberdeen citizens. The students…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – A brand new Moving Imagery Lab has opened on the Northern State University campus that will allow for new academic offerings and expanded filmmaking capabilities at Northern.
Northern’s School of Fine Arts showed off the new NSU Moving Imagery Lab, located in Dacotah Hall room 209, with an open house on March 24.
The open house invited regional government officials, area educators and media representatives to view the new lab and learn about the opportunities it will provide.
“We had a wonderful turnout and were able to forge…
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Northern State University Concert Choir and Chamber Choir will present their spring concert, entitled “Stories in Song,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 30.
The concert will take place in the NSU Johnson Fine Arts Center’s Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater.
The Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Darci Bultema, will feature works by living American composers. Directed by Dr. Marla Fogderud, the Chamber Choir will perform a variety of works with a focus on a composition by NSU faculty member Dr. William Wieland.
Tickets will be available…
Pictured: Front row: Hsa Law Eh; Christine Garcia; Christen Kessler (holding NSU flag); Lennon Keller. Middle row: Chloe Carroll; Eh Poh; Nei Htoo; Colton Wicks; Kayla Natoli; Courtney Olson; Ella Kasuske; Izzy Hoiland; Maray Larson. Back row: Kinze Stradtman; Mackenzie Reiser; Josh Martin; Jon Burkhalter; Cadin Kallenberger; Shaylee Conner.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University students learned about career opportunities, experienced a different culture, and participated in a service project as well…
Caption: Pictured left to right, back row: Dan Shannahan, Hagen Clark, Kendra Hinz, Avery Schut and Chrissy Stoltenberg; front row: BriAnna Linn, Georgy Turner, Trista Henderson, Haley Wenger and Mackenzie Stoltenberg.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University FBLA Collegiate students received honors this spring at the North Dakota State Leadership Conference in Mandan, N.D.
Attending the conference were Hagen Clark of Aberdeen, S.D.; Kendra Hinz of Roscoe…
Grace Kramer and Kennedy Davis are pictured above and below with Dr. Jon Mitchell at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International Conference.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Two Northern State University Honors students presented their research at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International Conference, with one taking home top honors.
Grace Kramer and Kennedy Davis attended the conference in Seattle, Wash., March 25-28, along with NSU Professor of Biochemistry Dr. Jon Mitchell. The students…