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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.

�ձ�av��Ƶ, Black Hills State University and Monument Health celebrated the grand opening of the newly renovated and expanded nursing facility at BHSU-Rapid City on Sept. 30. The event marked a significant milestone in a collaborative effort to strengthen health care education and workforce development in western South Dakota.

Before South Dakota was a state, before the Dakota Agricultural College became �ձ�av��Ƶ and even before the United States Weather Bureau, the precursor to the National Weather Service, was formed, there were people who recognized the value of collecting weather data. The first iteration of a weather station in Brookings began recording daily temperature and precipitation totals on July 1, 1888.

South Dakota Board of Regents released fall enrollment figures for the state’s public universities and it brought great news for the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering. Undergraduate enrollment reached 1,507, an increase of 228 students since fall 2022, reflecting a steady increase of almost 18% in the last three years.

For the second consecutive year, student visits at the Engineering Career Fair topped 1,000, this time being a record 1,086 visits. The 2024 mark was 1,001. The Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Career Fair was Sept. 17-18 at Club 71 and loge-level spaces in Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium on the �ձ�av��Ƶ campus.

Four new faculty members have joined the Lohr College of Engineering this fall.