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The �ձ�av��Ƶ School of Performing Arts has been tapped to host the North American Saxophone Alliance Region Three Conference March 7-9. �ձ�av��Ƶ saxophone and jazz lecturer Yiqun Chen is the conference organizer.

The Department of Dairy and Food Science at �ձ�av��Ƶ hosted the 2025 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge Midwest Regional Competition this month, welcoming 113 students from 14 universities and technical schools in collaboration with a regional dairy.

Bradley Snyder, �ձ�av��Ƶ’s instructor of low brass, will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 3, in Founders Recital Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

The annual �ձ�av��Ƶ Celebration of Faculty Excellence recognized 28 faculty members, researchers and scholars Tuesday. The event honors faculty members in the university's colleges for outstanding research, teaching and service.

The �ձ�av��Ƶ School of Performing Arts will present cultural historian Joseph Horowitz and French classical pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet in a lecture-recital titled “Ravel and Jazz” on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

The �ձ�av��Ƶ School of Performing Arts and the School of American and Global Studies are partnering with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra of Sioux Falls to present a forum titled “Music as an Instrument of Diplomacy” on Monday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

High school students wanting to keep their feet on the ground while still getting a good feel for what it would be like to live on Mars are encouraged to participate in the South Dakota Space Design Competition at �ձ�av��Ƶ March 8-9. The contest is part of an international event sponsored by Industry Simulation Education, which has been designing aerospace engineering contests since 1984, and is being hosted in South Dakota by �ձ�av��Ƶ’s Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering.

The Office of Career Development strives to be a premier career development resource for �ձ�av��Ƶ students, alumni, faculty and staff, and the first choice for organizations seeking to make quality hires. The office offers a variety of services designed to bring students and employers together. Its services include:

�ձ�av��Ƶ will host the In-Service Music Conference on campus Feb. 13-15. The conference will bring music educators from across the state to the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center for a series of workshops and concerts.

First hosted in 1958-59, the Meadow Brook Seminars at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, served as an historic forum for thought leaders to ensure higher education was meeting the demands of the nation and of the world.