Pictured: Drs. Elizabeth Haller and Benjamin Harley
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University has named Drs. Elizabeth Haller and Benjamin Harley winners of this year’s Outstanding Faculty Awards.
Haller, the 2022 NSU Foundation Faculty Excellence Award winner, is professor of English; department chair of Languages, Literature and Communication Studies; and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Harley, the 2022 Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award winner, is… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – The first five Northern State University Honors Program students have been accepted to law school through the new Honors Law Opportunity Program.
The program, a collaboration between Northern and the University of South Dakota, guarantees admission for five NSU Honors Program students into the USD Knudson School of Law. Those five students are:
These students will… more
Pictured - top: Brynne Larvie’s family, left to right: twin sister, Emma; dad, Joe; brother, Joseph; Brynne; and older sister, Britney.
Pictured - below: Tyra Biever’s family, left to right: dad, Bryan; mom, Jody; Tyra; and brother, Bo.
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University is proud to support the nearly 40 percent of its students who are the first in their families to attend college—from the first day of classes through graduation.
We spoke to NSU first-generation… more
ABERDEEN, S.D. – U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds will deliver the spring commencement address on Saturday, May 7, at Northern State University.
A lifelong South Dakotan, Rounds has served in the United States Senate since 2015. Previously, Rounds served as the 31st governor of South Dakota (2003-2011) and was elected five times to the S.D. State Senate, including six years as Senate Majority Leader.
On May 7,… more
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
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.
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.
… morePictured: 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