ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University has named Mr. Layton Cooper as the new Director of Admissions.

Cooper has served as interim admissions director for several months, and now the position has been made permanent, said NSU President Dr. Tim Downs.

“Layton has excelled in his position of overseeing the day-to-day operations of our NSU Admissions team,” Downs said. “His role is crucial for our university, allowing our vice president of enrollment to focus on our holistic enrollment strategy, and we’re thrilled Layton will continue in this capacity.”… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The NSU Counseling Center received a grant to aid in opioid misuse prevention from the Department of Social Service’s Division of Behavioral Health.

The $20,000 grant will help the NSU Counseling Center provide Generation Rx University Opioid Prevention and Education training to the students of Northern, as well as support social media and community campaigning to spread awareness.

The Counseling Center began their research to apply for the grant last year by… more

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ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Aberdeen University-Civic Symphony will present “The Wizard of Oz” on April 25 at 7:30PM and April 26 at 3PM in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater.

The performance will feature the original music of Harold Arlen and Herbert Stothart. The classic compositions will be performed live by the Aberdeen University-Civic Symphony, directed by Christopher Stanichar, with the re-mastered film projected on the big screen alongside the AUCS performance.

“This extraordinary… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Aberdeen University-Civic Symphony, under the direction of Dr. Christopher Stanichar, will continue the celebration of its 100^th season with its next concert, “Unfinished Business.”

The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, in the Northern State University Johnson Fine Arts Center’s Jewett Theater. A pre-concert conversation is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. in the JFAC Berggren Recital Hall.

The concert features great works left unfinished or incomplete, including Beethoven’s “Overture to Fidelio”; Schubert’s “… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The NSU School of Fine Arts presents Darci Bultema, soprano and Audrey Miller, clarinet in recital on Feb 20 at 7:30pm in the Krikac Auditorium on the NSU campus. 

The program features a premiere of the work “She Loves” by NSU music professor and Aberdeen University Civic Symphony conductor Christopher Stanichar. “She Loves” is a group of five songs based on poetry by poets Sara Teasdale, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 

This set showcases the many different emotions of love such as… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Elementary students in the Aberdeen area will join millions of their peers across the country to celebrate the 20^th annual National Education Association's (NEA) Read Across America Day on Tuesday, March 3.

Read Across America is a Dr. Seuss themed literacy night at the Aberdeen Mall. The event welcomes all children in the Aberdeen area from grades pre-school through 5th grade to come and have fun! 

There will be interactive literacy booths set up by different education organizations from Northern State University’… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., announces its fine arts scholarship recipients for the 2019-20 academic year.

Scholarship amounts for NSU School of Fine Arts students – including art, music, and theater – totaled more than $125,000.

Recipients are listed below by scholarship. Hometowns are listed behind the students’ names.

Aberdeen Rotary Club Scholarship

• Tanner Pietz- Aberdeen, S.D.

Adele and Harley Taylor Scholarship Endowment

• Roger Frank-… more

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ABERDEEN, S.D. – The sixth annual Lamont-Rhodes Lecture will be held in the Northern State University Johnson Fine Arts Center on Tuesday, March 31.

The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a social, and the lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. This year’s speaker is Damian Mason, a businessman, agriculturist, speaker, podcaster, writer and consultant. 

Mason speaks on the two subjects he knows best: business and agriculture. Since 1994, he has spoken to… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Northern State University Theatre Department will present the play "Lasso of Truth" in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre.

Performances will run at 7:30 p.m. nightly Feb. 27-29 and March 5-6.; and at 3 p.m. March 1. These dates have changed from the original poster.

“Lasso of Truth” unknots the secret origins of the world’s most famous superheroine, Wonder Woman. Poetically reimagined by playwright Carson Kreitzer, the story follows her creator, The Inventor (most well-known for creating the lie-detector), and his two loves… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – New students coming to college for the first time are looking for connections – for some, it can mean the difference between staying or leaving.

That’s where Northern State University’s First-Year Seminar Program comes in.