MADISON, South Dakota, Feb. 11 (TNSawa) -- Dakota State University issued the following news: Jose-Marie Griffiths, President of Dakota State University in Madison, S.D., has been awarded the Chief Executive Leadership Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VI. The Chief Executive Leadership Award is presented annually to an outstanding president, chancellor, headmaster, or system head of a District VI member institution. "CASE District VI is thrilled   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Governor Kristi Noem has signed several bills into law. Today, Governor Noem signed the following 26 bills into law: * SB 7, clarifies emergency commitments of severely mentally ill persons by appropriate regional facilities; * SB 27, places certain substances on the controlled substance schedule and to declare an emergency; * SB 28, revises and repeals obsolete provisions r  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 8 (TNSper) -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem announced that she will appoint Steven (Steve) Perkins to the South Dakota Board of Education Standards, effective immediately. He will take the seat previously occupied by Becky Guffin. "Steve has grandkids of his own, and he realizes that their future is of the utmost importance," said Governor Kristi Noem. "He will always put the future of our next generation fi  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Feb. 11 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following news release: As South Dakota prepares to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth, Rep. Leigh Finke (DFL - St. Paul) and Sen. Erin Maye Quade (DFL - Apple Valley), supported by the legislature's Queer Caucus, condemned the action while highlighting efforts of the caucus to establish Minnesota as a refuge for gender-affirming care. "Gender-affirming care is vital, life-saving health care, b  more

NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Feb. 10 (TNSpar) -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news: Growing up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Katherine Pardy wasn't one of those young people whose college plans began and ended with the University of Notre Dame. She was, however, sure of her career plan: to follow in her parents' footsteps and become a doctor. Funny how life works sometimes. Now a junior at, yes, Notre Dame, Pardy is majoring in neuroscience and behavior with minors in theology an  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 7 (TNSjou) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: A team from the Community Practice Innovation Center at South Dakota State University has recently published a manuscript detailing the results of a campaign to raise awareness of pharmacist and pharmacy-related services for patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Soon after being published, the manuscript was featured in a story in the online publication, Pharmacy Times. The manuscr  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Joe Santos, director of South Dakota State University's Ness School of Management and Economics where he leads the Dykhouse Program in Money, Banking and Regulation, was invited to discuss economic conditions for South Dakota at the 2023 Regional Economic Conditions Conference. The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis hosted the January event. Representatives from each of the states in the Minne  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 10 (TNSfund) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: The robotics club at South Dakota State University is better equipped to enter a collegiate combat robotics contest this spring after receiving a $10,000 grant. The SDSU Robotics Club received notice Jan. 27 that it was among 100 college robotics organizations receiving a $10,000 award from the Norwalk Havoc Robot League in Norwalk, Connecticut. The grants are designed "to help inspire innova  more