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Michelle Rook has been named the 2025 recipient of the �ձ�av��Ƶ Friend of the Beef Industry award for her contributions to the South Dakota beef industry.

Jackrabbits in all 50 states and across 12 countries united to tackle historic philanthropy on Sept. 4 during One Day for STATE. In 24 hours, 6,126 donors united to raise $3,207,938 from 7,824 gifts to transform lives at SDState.

�ձ�av��Ƶ announced today that its total headcount for the fall 2025 semester is 12,139 students, the university’s largest enrollment since 2017.

The �ձ�av��Ƶ School of Design is hosting artist Anna Schenker as the Stuart Artist-in-Residence Sept. 2-26.

South Dakota native Dan Kane, a photographer who spent decades living abroad, will return this month to the South Dakota Art Museum to reflect on a lifelong career that was sparked by a simple gift.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin got a firsthand look Saturday at how �ձ�av��Ƶ is leading the future of technology in the agricultural industry. Zeldin visited campus to discuss the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences’ precision agriculture program and how �ձ�av��Ƶ is making technology accessible for farmers.

On there outside, Future Innovator of America Samara Overvaag looks like the typical 21-year-old �ձ�av��Ƶ student. But when she starts describing her research project that involves negative kinetic energy and ghost systems, one realizes she is quite unique.

Renaissance man could well describe William Karels. So could groundbreaker. At the close of the past school year, the mechanical engineering senior learned he would receive the Duane Hanson Scholarship, becoming the first �ձ�av��Ƶ student to receive the $5,000 award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He also is only the second �ձ�av��Ƶ student to receive a scholarship from the international society of more than 50,000 heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning professionals. For the 2013-14 school year, Mitchell Hoesing received a $5,000 general award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

Industry’s plea for specialized training in the field of surface mount technology has been heard, and the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering rolled out a new program last spring. It gained momentum this summer with the formation of an industry advisory council and then the milestone of having its first graduate.

�ձ�av��Ƶ’s College of Nursing has welcomed two new employees to its programming in West River South Dakota.