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One of the technologically best universities in the Midwest is right here in the Dakotas - DSU offers students many ways to become technology-savvy graduates.  For example:

  • Technology is not just for computer majors: DSU students in all majors learn the technology they’ll need on the job. Technology has become a vital skill in a various careers including business, teaching, etc.
     

  • DSU graduates get good jobs: DSU’s reputation for technology helps students get jobs. For example, 2004 graduates in several majors enjoyed 100% job placement.
     

  • Technology = Better Learning: DSU faculty use technology to make learning more effective, easier and more fun!
     

  • Innovative Majors: DSU - South Dakota’s technology university - integrates technology in preparing students for various careers with innovative majors, minors and certificates such as Scientific Forensic Technology, Biology for Information Systems, E-Commerce and Computer Security, and more.
     

  • 1st Place: In a recent state Phi Beta Lambda competition in information technology, DSU students excelled - winning thirteen 1st place honors.
     

  • Your own portable computer: DSU students get wireless portable tablet computers that they can write on with a special pen. This gives them 24/7 computer access, plus high speed Internet access.
     

  • Help 24/7: Tech support is available 24 hours a day online, in a lab or face-to-face.
     

  • Real world experience: Students have internship and work-study opportunities that give them real world technology experience. For example, when SD legislators got tablet computers, DSU students taught them how to use them.
     

  • Faculty research & student projects: Faculty conduct interesting research and students are involved in cool projects.
     

  • State-of-the-art labs: DSU students learn in the state-of-the art Technology Classroom Building, which includes computer labs for multimedia-web development and information assurance/computer security applications.
     

  • Futuristic technology: The campus has biometric identification systems that can give you access to a  building by recognizing your fingerprint or the iris of your eye.
     

  • Cutting edge: DSU staff are technology leaders who conduct cutting edge technology workshops, provide web hosting and the email system for many SD high schools, and offer technology services to various employers.
     

  • National recognition: The government declared DSU a Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education.
     

  • Best Buy: DSU is a Best Buy for Online Computer Science Master's Degrees.
     

  • Plugged Into Technology Companies: DSU’s campus is adjacent to the new Madison Technology Center, which will house technology companies!
     

  • Bottom line: All this technology can make learning more fun and can make alumni more competitive in the job market or continuing their education in graduate school.

 

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