Dakota State University will hold their annual scholarship banquet Monday, November 16 in the Dakota Prairie Playhouse. The banquet brings together students who have received scholarships and the donors who funded the scholarships. Guest speakers at the banquet will include Mike Begeman, Vice President of Public Service at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, Chris Olson, DSU instructor in the College of Business and Information Systems, and DSU scholarship student recipients Kari Michel and Tyler Van Peursem.

Dakota State University’s Department of Digital Arts and Design is noted for its cutting edge approach to the arts and technology, but their students will be going “back to their roots” as they practice traditional storytelling skills for Madison 4th graders.

DSU’s academic advising program exceeds students’ needs, according to the 2009 Survey of Academic Advising. During the spring 2009 semester, students were offered the opportunity to complete a comprehensive online survey evaluating their advising experiences at DSU. Students were asked to rate their satisfaction with their advisor’s assistance in areas such as scheduling and registration procedures, coping with academic difficulties, and meeting graduation requirements. Students were also asked to rate their impressions of their current academic advisor in areas such as helpfulness, listening skills, effectiveness, and knowledge of academic discipline. DSU’s ratings are compared to other students from four-year public universities around the country.

Dakota State will host Native American artist Roger Broer Wednesday, November 4 in the DSU Art Gallery in the Mundt Library. A reception will begin at 5:00pm, with a gallery talk from Broer at 6:00pm. At 7:00pm Broer will demonstrate his printing process.

Dakota State University will host Nanocon on the DSU campus November 6-8. Events will take place at the Dakota Prairie Playhouse. This the 7th year the gaming tournament convention has been held at Dakota State. Entrance to the event is free and open to the public. A few of the actual gaming tournaments have small participation fees to cover equipment and prizes.

Dakota State University faculty member Dr. Andrew Shim and student Jamie Welter were presenters at the “be active ‘09” conference October 14-17 in Brisbane, Australia. The conference brought together speakers from around the world to present a comprehensive scientific forum on elite sports performance to community participation in physical activity and their impact on individual and public health.