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

Pictured: Dylan Rausch, left, and Morgan Mewes, right.

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University students Morgan Mewes and Dylan Rausch will hold their senior recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Jewett Theater.

Mewes, who plays the trombone, will perform “Sinfonia in F” by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi; “Trombone Concerto” by Launy Grondahl; and “On a Cloud” and “Cat Affairs,” a set of duets by Anna Baadsvik. She will be accompanied by Dr. William Wieland.

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Pictured: Abbigayle Quinn (left) and Naomi Jean Davis (right)

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University students Naomi Jean Davis and Abbigayle Quinn will hold their senior recital at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20, in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Jewett Theater.

Davis, who plays saxophone, will perform “Fantasia” by Heitor Villa-Lobos; “Blue Caprice” by Victor Morosco; “Second Prelude” by George Gershwin, arr. Sigurd Rascher;… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University student Abigail Arhart will hold her senior recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Jewett Theater.

Arhart, a soprano, will perform pieces by John Dowland, Carl Maria von Weber, Edvard Grieg, Alfred Bachelet and Roger Quilter. She will be accompanied by Kay Fischer.

Arhart, the daughter of Diane Arhart of Rapid City, grew up in Fort Pierre, graduating from Stanley County High School in 2018.

A music education major, Arhart has studied with Dr. Marla Fogderud at Northern and said… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony, conducted by Dr. Christopher Stanichar, will open its season on Nov. 6 with a concert at Northern State University.

The concert, which will begin at 7:30 p.m., will take place in the NSU Johnson Fine Arts Center Jewett Theater. 

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University is looking for participants to join the NSU Film Crew for the Four Points Film Project.

A strategy meeting for the film project team will take place Thursday, Nov. 11, on the NSU campus. The event will be held at 6 p.m. at Dacotah Hall room 205 and online via Zoom, led by Assistant Professor Jason Knowles from the NSU Art Department.

This event is open to all Northern students, faculty, staff and Aberdeen community members –anyone interested… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – On Thursday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 p.m., the Northern State University Department of Music will present a jazz concert.

Performing will be the NSU 1 O’ Clock Jazz Ensemble directed by Instructor of Percussion James McKinney, and the NSU 2’ O Clock Jazz Ensemble directed by Dr. Grant Manhart.

The date of the concert is near the end of the annual fall bird migration, and “Fly into Jazz” is the theme for this concert. The 2 O’ Clock Jazz Ensemble will perform many jazz tunes that reference birds in the title. 

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ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University campus organizations joined local and regional entities in commemorating Free Speech Week.

NSU Student Affairs worked with the Student Government Association, Faculty Senate, the city of Aberdeen and Brown County to officially proclaim Oct. 18-24 as Free Speech Week.

“I commend our students, faculty and staff for their civic engagement, commitment to the First Amendment and collaboration with community partners,” said NSU President Neal Schnoor.

As part of Free Speech Week, the NSU Student Government… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University student Dylan Unruh will hold his senior recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7, in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Jewett Theater.

Unruh, who plays saxophone, will perform “Suite Hellenique” by Pedro Iturralde; “Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major K 191” by Mozart; “On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss” by David R. Holsing Arr. Dylan Unruh; and “Diametrically the Same” by Nick Heilborn.

He’ll be accompanied by Aldous Ulvog, piano; Tabitha Schmidt, piano, marimba and… more