ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., announces its WolfPACT Scholarship winners for 2018-19.
The WolfPACT is the largest guaranteed, four-year scholarship in South Dakota. Students entering their freshman year at NSU are eligible for various funding amounts based on their ACT scores. Beginning fall 2019, Northern will consider high school GPA as well as ACT score when… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Mason Winship has always loved to hunt, and continuing that pastime as a college student has been made easier thanks to the brand new game-cleaning room at Northern State University.
“It’s really nice to have that for students that are not from around here,” said Winship, a freshman baseball player from Reno, Nevada.
The game-cleaning room is located on the first floor of the new Great Plains West residence hall, where Winship lives. A freshman baseball player from Reno, Nevada, Winship has used the room three or four times already to clean… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Lauren Bittner has joined the Northern State University Foundation as marketing and development coordinator.
Bittner will handle alumni relations, prospect research, special events and marketing for the Foundation.
Bittner received a Bachelor of Science in marketing and management from NSU in 2012, and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in management from the University of Mary in 2014. She previously worked for the NSU Foundation from June 2012 to March 2017.
“I am extremely excited to be back at NSU,” Bittner… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The “Northern Lights: Celebrating Grieg, Vinje and Krerulf” festival of Norwegian music and poetry will be held in the Northern State University Krikac Auditorium Nov. 8-9.
Two concerts, a lecture and a brown paper bag discussion will be held throughout the two-day festival featuring the NSU School of Fine Arts’ Drs. Darci Bultema and Marla Fogderud. Guest artists Paul Hindemith and Keith Teepen will also be a part of the festival.
The festival is being hosted by NSU and the Edvard Grieg Society of the Dakotas.
All events are… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University is being recognized nationally for its online degrees – including a No. 2 ranking for affordability among schools offering online master's degrees in finance.
The rankings by SR Education Group are compiled using factors such as annual tuition, accreditation and salary. Northern’s rankings were as follows:
ABERDEEN, S.D. –Northern State University Galleries presents the newest art exhibition of NSU Professor of Art and Department Chair, Sara Christensen Blair.
Christensen Blair’s new gallery “LEFTOVERS – PIECING IT TOGETHER” is a moniker and demonstration of the artist’s love of craft and craft processes such as quilting, as well as creating a home— both figuratively and literally—for her significant collection of leftover paintings. “LEFTOVERS” will also include Christensen Blair’s digital paintings… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The public is invited to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Northern State University’s new Athletic and Recreation Fields.
The ceremony will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, at the new fields, located east of the former Jerde Hall site.
The Athletic and Recreation Fields is one of three projects of the Educational Impact Campaign. The $45 million campaign, a collaborative effort between Northern and the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, has… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University School of Business’ Dr. Kalyan Chakraborty was recently chosen as the recipient of the 2018 Atlantic Economic Journal’s (AEJ) Best Article Award for his article, titled “Measuring the Impact of Socio-Economic Factors on School Efficiency in Australia.”
Chakraborty, NSU associate professor of economics, will receive the award at the International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES) conference, which will take place Oct. 11-14 in New York City. His award includes a plaque and waiver of conference… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s Dr. Tom Orr and Ms. Lori Bruns are receiving awards from the Society for Health and Physical Educators of South Dakota.
Orr has been selected as the 2018 SHAPE SD College/University Teacher of the Year. He is being recognized for his professional excellence, and his dedication and proficiency in teaching the youth of South Dakota.
NSU Instructor of Health and Physical Education Lori Bruns is also being honored by SHAPE SD this year. Bruns won an award for Health Teacher of the Year for the state of South Dakota,… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Dr. Steven Usitalo will speak at Wednesday evening's opening of the Great Plains Sociological Association Annual Conference on the campus of Northern State University.
Usitalo’s talk, "Roma and Racial Science (or the Fate of the Roma and Sinti Peoples during the Holocaust)," will take place at 5 p.m. in the Lincoln Gallery in NSU's Lincoln Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Usitalo, professor of history, has worked at Northern for 13 years. He earned his… more