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Carie Green, ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ's Profilet and DeJong Family Endowed Director of Early Childhood Education, designed a project to expand the experiences of early childhood and elementary education teacher candidates.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ is expanding its graduate offerings with the launch of a new social science Ph.D. program, an interdisciplinary program designed to address complex challenges facing rural communities and society at large.

Elizabeth Fox, government documents librarian at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Hilton M. Briggs Library, has been named the 2025 South Dakota Librarian of the Year by the South Dakota Library Association.

A controlled feeding study led by Moul Dey, professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ, shows that older adults who ate fewer ultra-processed foods naturally consumed fewer calories and lost weight and abdominal fat. They also showed improvements in insulin, nutrient-sensing hormones and inflammation.

More than 125 scholarships totaling more than $650,000 were awarded last week as part of the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Scholarship and Recognition Banquet. The annual celebration of student achievement honored students representing every department within the college.

Working alongside college classmates isn’t a common experience, but for three ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ music education graduates, it’s become their everyday reality.

The ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Soil Judging Team made an impressive showing at the recent National Collegiate Soil Judging Region 5 competition, garnering first-place awards in both the team and individual categories. Helping to bring home the team’s overall first-place score was individual top winner Luke Desmith, a senior agronomy major from Walnut Grove, Minnesota.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ researcher Swas Kaushal is part of a new generation of scientists blending technology and agriculture — and his work is gaining global attention through two major travel awards.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s School of Performing Arts advisor Sam Gowen has received the 2025 Marcus Boesen Memorial Award from the South Dakota Higher Education Association.

Adeline Flaskey, financial program assistant for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s Civil Service Employee of the Month for October. She has worked at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ since May 2018 and has shown exemplary performance, warm interpersonal skills and positive leadership, her nominators reported. They described her as a diligent worker with high attention to detail.