BROOKINGS, South Dakota, April 20 -- South Dakota State University posted the following news: The South Dakota Board of Regents at their March meeting acknowledged the outstanding support received from the South Dakota Legislature and Governor Kristi Noem during the 2023 legislative session. With this support, the board will be able to accomplish all its legislative priorities for the year, including its top priority, academic affordability. "Being able to offer tuition at the same rate for th  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 20 -- The South Dakota Department of Education issued the following news release: Huron High School and St. Francis Indian School will join the ranks of schools offering the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota (JAG-SD) program next year, bringing the total number of programs in South Dakota to 13. "JAG-SD has proven very effective in helping students persist in their education and make it through to high school graduation, and often these are young people who   more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 18 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem applauded the passage of the social studies standards revisions by the Board of Education Standards: "Today is a wonderful day for the students in South Dakota. They are our future," said Governor Noem. "Now, they will be taught the best social studies education in the country, one that is a true accounting of our history. We want our children to have honest and factual c  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, April 18 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: Elizabeth Robinson, assistant professor of music in the South Dakota State University School of Performing Arts, has released her debut album. "Aviary" was released by Aerocade Music in late March 2023. Flutist and educator Elizabeth Robinson is an active soloist, orchestral and chamber performer. Originally from rural Tennessee, she nurtured her music career by creating many of her own perfo  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, April 18 (TNSres) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news on April 17, 2023: The Spring 2023 Poll, conducted between March 18-27th 2023, is a survey of the South Dakota electorate by The SDSU Poll - a non-partisan research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. In this poll, 747 registered voters answered questions about political figures and policy questions of concern to South Dakota citizens. The  more

BROOKINGS, South Dakota, April 18 (TNSfund) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: South Dakota State University has received a $1.28 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. David Clay, a distinguished professor in the Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science, will serve as primary investigator for the project, which will demonstrate the benefits of agriculture conservation practices. "What are trying to do is get increased adoption of soil hea  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 19 (TNSjou) -- Trinity College issued the following news: The greater amount of Japanese barberry growing on a property, the greater amount of Lyme disease-carrying ticks you are likely to have. That is the conclusion of a recent study by Amber L. Pitt, Trinity College associate professor of environmental science and biology, Trinity alumna Bailey E. D'Antonio '18, and Krista Ehlert, South Dakota State University assistant professor, and published in the March issu  more

ABERDEEN, South Dakota, April 21 (TNSres) -- Northern State University issued the following news: Two Northern State University Honors students presented their research at the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology International Conference, with one taking home top honors. Grace Kramer and Kennedy Davis attended the conference in Seattle, Wash., March 25-28, along with NSU Professor of Biochemistry Dr. Jon Mitchell. The students competed alongside more than 2,500 international  more