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developed procedures to reduce the amount of urine cultures ordered by physicians. Their work earned them the Network Star Award for the Veterans Integrated Service Network for the five-state, upper Midwest region. The team of clinical pharmacists and one infectious disease physician included Mike Lemon, Andrea Aylward and Kaitlyn Latour.

Adeline Flaskey, financial program assistant for the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has been named �ձ�av��Ƶ’s Civil Service Employee of the Month for October.

Through two delayed flights, rescheduling, two pieces of lost luggage, a government shutdown, and a transportation strike that halted movement across France, two �ձ�av��Ƶ students persevered to compete — and place second — in the 2025 Nantes Charrette Design Competition.

Gordon Niva was honored with the Jerome J. Lohr Award for Volunteer Leadership in recognition of his involvement and support of the �ձ�av��Ƶ Foundation.

Woodbine Productions and the �ձ�av��Ƶ School of Performing Arts are bringing a world-class opera experience to campus. Teatro Lirico D’Europa, one of the world’s most active touring opera companies, will present its fully staged production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” in Brookings at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

The �ձ�av��Ƶ Plant Diagnostic Clinic has earned accreditation as a “Core Accredited Lab” from the National Plant Diagnostic Network. It is one of only four accredited labs at land-grant universities in the country.

The South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and South Dakota State Foundation Seed Stocks Division have released a new wheat variety to seed producers. The new hard red winter line will be available for farmers to purchase for fall 2026 planting.

The �ձ�av��Ƶ Alumni Association and �ձ�av��Ƶ Foundation will consolidate into one organization based on a unanimous vote in the first-ever joint meeting of their respective boards.

In the early 2000s, �ձ�av��Ƶ used the tagline “You can go anywhere from here” in a number of ads to feature students and alumni who used �ձ�av��Ƶ as a launching pad to a variety of study abroad locations and high-profile careers. One of the featured students was Ryan Lefers, a farm kid from Corsica studying agricultural engineering, who had participated in a study abroad program in Egypt. The North African country would be just the start of Lefers’ Middle Eastern adventures.

Look for more programs and events in downtown Sioux Falls soon from the Ness School of Management and Economics at �ձ�av��Ƶ. That’s Paul Rann’s role — and he’s excited to get started.