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Kate Connor is only a junior at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ, but she already is developing quite a resume. The most recent entry is the receipt of a $5,000 scholarship from the American Society of Concrete Contractors, which was presented to her and a student from Middle Tennessee State at the association’s banquet in Indianapolis Sept. 10. In April, she was notified that she was the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship from another concrete group.

Caden Fischer, of Menno, is in his first year of graduate school, pursuing a master’s degree in mathematics. After his junior year, he participated in Research Experience for Undergraduates at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ. That lead to him becoming a Future Innovator of America during his senior year. That lead to a summer fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory this past summer.

Three alumni of the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences have received South Dakota Association of Career and Technical Educators Excellence Awards. Andy Jensen, Tanner Peterson and Charlene Weber were among eight award winners honored for their contributions in the classroom and student success.  

On there outside, Future Innovator of America Samara Overvaag looks like the typical 21-year-old ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ 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 ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ student to receive the $5,000 award from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. He also is only the second ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ 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.

precision agriculture during the 2nd annual Precision Ag Camp at ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ, July 10-11. Sponsored by Titan Machinery and hosted by ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, the camp drew primarily younger high schoolers from eastern South Dakota.

A study from an assistant professor in ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ's School of Education, Counseling and Human Development explored what motivated 28 teachers of English language learners to seek a master's degree in educational administration.

ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ has been selected by the American Association of Colleges and Universities to participate in the 2025-26 Institute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum.

A damaged wheel knuckle proved to be a knuckle sandwich for the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ team competing at the national Baja SAE competition in Maryland June 12-17. The wheel knuckle, which connects the wheel hub to the suspension and steering components, was damaged while the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ team was competing on the suspension course at Budds Creek Motocross Park in Mechanicsville, Maryland, according to Matthew Anderson, president of Desert Hare Offroad Club.

High school students interested in the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Data Science Camp don’t need to have completed Balloon Twisting 101 or Introduction to Coding to enroll. But they will get plenty of experience in both. This year’s camp, June 23-26, drew a full computer lab of 20 high schoolers who may have learned as much from the balloons as they did from their leaders — professor Xijin Ge and lecturer Bill Alsaker, both from the ÈÕ±¾avÊÓƵ Department of Mathematics and Statistics.