Pride of the Dakotas performs at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The South Dakota State University Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band performed on a national stage in 2022 during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, entertaining more than 2 million people who lined the streets of New York City, as well as the millions watching on television.
SDSU Connect brings higher education and the Sioux Falls community together
Started as the Sioux Falls Academy in July 2021, SDSU Connect creates meaningful connections to individuals, organizations and communities in the state’s largest and fastest-growing city. The Sioux Falls Academy began with a 40-member task force that included campus partners for several areas of the university.
Wokini Initiative and Innoskate Festival partner to bring invention and creativity to Native students in South Dakota
The Wokini Initiative partnered with Levitt at the Falls to bring a free four-day, two-city Innoskate festival that included stops on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Sioux Falls.
Rita Hillman Foundation Grant to support Native American health care in the Black Hills
A $50,000 grant from The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation will help to identify the health care priorities and needs of the Lakota community in Rapid City, while working with the Woyatan Lutheran Church and the Wambli Ska Teen Center to develop a culturally responsive, trauma-informed program to train and support community health workers.
Student-athletes inspire young girls to participate in sports
Myah Selland and Tori Nelson, both exercise science/community and public health majors, will be part of Jackrabbits women’s basketball lore for years. Careers that included winning conference championships, playing in NCAA tournaments and winning a WNIT championship are only part of their story.
$80 million Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Initiative grant among largest USDA awards
$80 million partnerships for climate-smart commodities initiative grant among largest USDA awards.The 2022 calendar year provided many highlights for research, scholarship and creative activity at South Dakota State University.
Entrepreneurial ecosystem to drive commercialization of discoveries
Researchers on South Dakota State University's campus will now have a framework to help turn innovative discoveries into viable commercial products through a five-year, $14 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Great Plains Innovation Corps.