NEWS

  • ABERDEEN, S.D. – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds will deliver the spring commencement address on Saturday, May 7, at Northern State University. 

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  • Pictured: Back row, left to right: Ai Qiang, Melissa Ulber, Taren Tschetter, Drew Veflin, Garret Thompson and Dr. Kristi Bockorny. Front Row, left to right: Kayla Jensen, Mayson Sheldon, Mia Fursedonne, and Olivia Rud.

     

    ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University Honors Program students recently presented at the 2022 Upper Midwest Regional Honors Conference.

    Nine NSU students attended the conference, held April 1-3 at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Of those nine, three… more

  • ABERDEEN, S.D. – Dr. Benjamin Harley, director of Northern State University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, was part of a panel discussion with the national publication The Chronicle of Higher Education on Thursday April 21, 2022.

    The panel, which focused on reconnecting students to learning, included discussion of Harley’s recent scholarship on critical thinking as well as Northern’s upcoming HyFlex Pedagogy Graduate Certificate.

    This graduate certificate is a three-course sequence providing expertise in the theory and application of… more

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  • ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University student Stephanie Vanden Hoek is having an art exhibition reception on April 24, 2022, at 3 p.m. in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Gallery.

    Vanden Hoek will display digital illustrations and graphic design work, along with some photography work. The exhibition will be on display from April 17-30. 

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  • ABERDEEN, S.D. – When it comes to campus improvement projects, Northern State University has taken numerous steps toward sustainability.

    All campus buildings have the latest in LED lighting, with the exception of Steele Hall, Kramer Hall, McArthur-Welsh and a portion in Williams Library that will be done soon, said NSU Facilities Manager Monte Mehlhoff.

    Northern also has six new solar-powered exterior fixtures—two in the Newman Center parking lot, two in the McArthur-Welsh lot and two on the south side of the Mewaldt-Jensen Building, Mehlhoff said.

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  • Pictured: NSU alum Tim Schut, left, sits in the NSU Avera Student Center during filming of his upcoming South Dakota Public Broadcasting documentary. At right is interviewer Lon Stroschein.

     

    ABERDEEN, S.D. – Every year, Northern State University alumnus Tim Schut picks one word that will be his theme for the year—and last year, that word was courage.

    “I had no idea what courage meant in 2021 when I picked it,” said Schut, of Chester, S.D.

    The word took on a new meaning for Schut in June, when he was diagnosed with… more

  • ABERDEEN, S.D. – The Northern State University Annual Spring Choral Concert will take place at 3 p.m. May 1 in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater.

    The concert will feature the NSU Concert Choir, Early Musick Ensemble and Chamber Singers.

    The Concert Choir will open with three 20th century American classics—Robert Page’s arrangement of Leonard Bernstein’s “The Best of All Possible Worlds,” James Erb’s arrangement of “Shenandoah,” and Randall Thompson’s “Alleluia.”

    The Chamber Singers will then perform two double… more

  • I am excited to share the individuals who have been selected to participate in the working groups that will help develop Northern's first Strategic Enrollment Management… more