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Bibek Adhikari, a graduate teaching assistant in biology and microbiology, received the 2024 John E. Miller Research Award from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at �ձ�av��Ƶ.

The public is invited to “An Evening with Jeffrey Rosen,” set for 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Larson Memorial Concert Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the �ձ�av��Ƶ campus. Rosen, a noted legal scholar, is president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. At �ձ�av��Ƶ, he will present “The History and Future of the American Idea.”

�ձ�av��Ƶ President Barry Dunn bestowed �ձ�av��Ƶ Presidential Medallions upon four individuals, including one posthumously, Sept. 7 for their contributions to the university.

�ձ�av��Ƶ recently paid tribute to the university’s newest endowment holders. The third annual University Leadership Honors investiture ceremony — honoring six holders of endowed positions across three different colleges and �ձ�av��Ƶ Athletics — was held Sept. 19 in Founders Recital Hall in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

Faculty and recent graduates from the �ձ�av��Ƶ College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions published six manuscripts over the summer months.

A record first-year class and record retention moved enrollment at �ձ�av��Ƶ to 12,065 students for the fall 2024 semester, the highest enrollment at �ձ�av��Ƶ since 2018. Enrollment figures were released earlier today by the South Dakota Board of Regents.

Marina Hendricks, assistant professor and graduate program coordinator for the online Master of Mass Communication in �ձ�av��Ƶ’s School of Communication and Journalism, has been recognized as the David Adams Scholastic Journalism Division Educator of the Year.

Laura Diddle, the Paul E. and Doris J. Moriarty Endowed Professor of Choral Activities in the �ձ�av��Ƶ School of Performing Arts, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the South Dakota American Choral Directors Association. Shawn Stemsrud, a 2022 �ձ�av��Ƶ graduate, received the association's Encore Award, as did 2002 �ձ�av��Ƶ alum Janice Gilbert.

The South Dakota Art Museum at �ձ�av��Ƶ has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded to the nation’s museums.

Rosemarie Nold, professor and assistant head of the Department of Animal Science at �ձ�av��Ƶ, has been named an American Society of Animal Science Teaching Fellow. She received the honor at July’s American Society of Animal Science annual meeting in Calgary, Alberta.