ABERDEEN, S.D. – Nyssa Duffield, Colton Schaefer and Lexi Becht will hold a senior recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29, in the Northern State University Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater.

Duffield, the daughter of Dennis and Peggy Duffield, grew up in Browns Valley, Minn., graduating from Sisseton High School in 2014.

Schaefer, the son of Robert Schaefer and Marlys Schaefer, grew up in Wilmot, graduating from Wilmot High School in 2014.

Becht, the daughter of Doug and Myrna Becht, grew up in Clear Lake, graduating from Deuel High School in 2014.… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – On Oct. 18, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., in honor of Native American Day (Oct. 9), a free public viewing of “AWAKE, A Dream From Standing Rock,” will be held in Northern State University’s Krikac Auditorium.

This film is being sponsored by the NSU Native American Student Association and NSU Department of Student Affairs.

“AWAKE, A Dream from Standing Rock” captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed the fight for clean water, our environment and the future of our planet. The documentary premiered… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Northern State University Department of Music will hold its 2017 Clarinet Day on Oct. 24 at the Johnson Fine Arts Center. 

More than 40 middle school, high school and community clarinetists from the region will participate in a full day of masterclasses, lectures, rehearsals and a culminating clarinet choir performance. This is the second year Northern has held a Clarinet Day, and attendance doubled from the first year.

Organized by NSU Assistant Professor of Clarinet/Music Dr. Audrey Miller, the event will feature guest artist… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – After studying abroad in South Korea, Northern State University student Taylor Bice knew he wanted to pursue a career teaching English overseas.

Now, Bice will begin that career as the recipient of the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Bice, an Aberdeen native, will return to South Korea this July for a year-long English teaching assistantship program.

Bice is only the third NSU student in recent… more

What started out as an idea in an honors thesis class for NSU senior Maris Grewe became a reality when she became a recipient of the Undergraduate Competitive Research Grant in 2015.

Inspired by a hall council recycling project started in fall 2011, Grewe became interested in how she could make Northern and its students more environmentally conscious. Little did she know that less than two years later, she would’ve created a campus-wide recycling program, run alongside the Environmental Club, that continues to grow and gain attention.

Her goals were simple: make it easier… more

Dr. Jon Mitchell and his team of Northern State University students trapped mosquitoes around Brown County this summer – and that meant finding the spots these pests prefer.

“You’ve got to think like a mosquito,” said Mitchell, assistant professor of biology.

Mosquitoes prefer places protected from the wind, but still sunny, with tall grass and moisture. So those are some of the criteria the team sought when setting up their traps.

This was the third year NSU has participated in South Dakota’s mosquito surveillance project, aimed at identifying and testing… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – When Sienna Marcott’s fiancé proposed to her, it was in a field of sagebrush – a romantic gesture to Marcott, as the plant is an integral part of the research she’s conducting this year at Northern State University.

Marcott turned her love of plants into a research project that won the 2015 NSU Undergraduate Competitive Research Grant. She’ll be devoting much of this academic year to her research, and NSU’s new greenhouse is crucial to her work.

Her project is titled “Fungicidal Properties of Essential Oils and Secondary Metabolites… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – Alison Byrd remembered visiting the Omaha zoo as a child and decided to take a chance – she contacted the zoo to ask if it had any summer internships.

“I knew it might be a long shot because of the amount of students from bigger schools that are in the area, but you never know unless you try,” said Byrd, who will be a senior this fall at Northern State University.

That leap of faith paid off. Byrd has been working at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha since May. Her internship lasts through July 28.

Now, Byrd’s summer… more

ABERDEEN, S.D. – “Germany Making Choices: A Celebration of Business Relations Between Germany and South Dakota” will be held at Northern State University from Oct. 23 to 26. The events are being funded primarily by the Federal Republic of Germany.

Events being held during this conference include the South Dakota German Business Summit, Round Table Discussions, Internship/Study Abroad in Germany Info Fair, as well as a student field trip to AKG Northern American Operations in Mitchell.

Schedule:

Monday, Oct. 23: Internship/Study… more