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Deirdre Cross is a Human Biology major at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ, also pursuing minors in Chemistry and Health Education. She is on a Pre-Physician’s Assistant track, with plans to become a PA after graduation. In addition to pursuing her major, two minors, and being an Honors student, Cross has also earned a Phlebotomy Certificate.

Myah Selland and Tori Nelson, both exercise science/community and public health majors, will be part of Jackrabbits women’s basketball lore for years. Careers that included winning conference championships, playing in NCAA tournaments and winning a WNIT championship are only part of their story.

The ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Foundation’s public launch of Bold & Blue came in October 2021, and since then the momentum of the campaign has been felt throughout South Dakota and beyond. With a goal of $500 million, the campaign is more than 87% of its way toward reaching its half-billion-dollar mark. Bold & Blue is the third and largest comprehensive campaign in ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ history, focusing on people, traditions, places and innovations.

Bold & Blue is the third and largest comprehensive capital campaign in ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s history with an ambitious goal of $500 million.

Started in 2016, the Wokini Initiative is ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s collaborative and holistic framework to support American Indian student success and Indigenous nation-building. The initiative builds upon current tribal partnerships and the American Indian Student Center services to enhance cultural programs and support for American Indian students while increasing research and outreach partnerships with tribes, tribal colleges and other organizations.

$80 million partnerships for climate-smart commodities initiative grant among largest USDA awards. The 2022 calendar year provided many highlights for research, scholarship and creative activity at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ.

Started as the Sioux Falls Academy in July 2021, ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Connect creates meaningful connections to individuals, organizations and communities in the state’s largest and fastest-growing city. The Sioux Falls Academy began with a 40-member task force that included campus partners for several areas of the university.

The National Institutes of Health will fund work in the newly created Center of Biomedical Research Excellence through a $10.9 million, five-year federal grant. Led by Adam Hoppe, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, the center aims to expand existing partnerships with South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and the Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network at the University of South Dakota.

Congested roads, highways and interstates are a frustrating result of traffic incidents that can cause longer-than-expected travel times for motorists.

What goes up must come down. That is the interesting dilemma for a group of ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ engineering students whose project has been selected as one of six finalists in a NASA competition.