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Students in the �ձ�av��Ƶ School of Communication and Journalism have been honing their skills both inside and outside the classroom through the Brookings Colorectal Cancer Awareness Program. This initiative aims to educate the community about colorectal cancer and promote preventive health measures.

On Friday, May 9, Jessica Pfeifer will join 53 of her classmates in receiving their hoods at the 2025 Doctor of Pharmacy Hooding Ceremony. Pfeifer, who will graduate the Doctor of Pharmacy program this year, has been a recipient of the Avera Wokini Scholarship throughout her time at �ձ�av��Ƶ. The scholarship has enriched and influenced Pfeifer’s education and career as a future pharmacist.

�ձ�av��Ƶ’s School of Communication and Journalism has once again earned reaccreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The prestigious distinction affirms the school's excellence in both its undergraduate programs in advertising, journalism and public relations and its online Master of Mass Communication program.

The Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center at �ձ�av��Ƶ has renewed its learning center certification through the International College Learning Center Association, reaffirming its commitment to student success and high-quality academic support services.

Interior design students in the �ձ�av��Ƶ School of Design are getting hands-on experience, including a top 28 finish at an international competition, all thanks to a generous donation from an �ձ�av��Ƶ alum.

The �ձ�av��Ƶ theatre and dance program received four awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for its production of “Fuddy Meers.”

The �ձ�av��Ƶ Foundation honored three generations of the Wintrode family as this year’s Philanthropic Family of the Year.

America’s newest concrete industry management academic program is continuing to turn heads as a result of student achievement. The latest feather in the cap for the program at �ձ�av��Ƶ is a $10,000 scholarship won by sophomore concrete industry management major Kate Connor of Winfred. She was notified April 7 that she was the recipient of the Advancing Organizational Excellence Fellowship, which is awarded through the Concrete Industry Management trade association. She is the fourth student in the program to win a national award this semester.

A �ձ�av��Ƶ pharmacy student organization has received three chapter achievement awards from the American Pharmacists Association’s Academy of Student Pharmacists.

Brookings has been ranked the No. 9 best college town in the Midwest in RentCafe’s 2025 Best College Towns in the U.S. report. The recognition places Brookings ahead of all other college towns in South Dakota and in neighboring states of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota.