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DSU’s 2016 in Review

December 28, 2016

2016 photo collageJANUARY 

  • Pam Rowland and Dr. Ashley Podhradsky kicked off their FemSTEM AAUW grant program at local schools
  • Art instructor Angela Behrends’ and art professor Alan Montgomery’s works  featured in regional, international shows

FEBRUARY

  • DSU hosts 1st Girl Scout Cookie University
  • Univ. of Mississippi physics professor Dr. Kate Dooley speaks on detection of gravitational waves

MARCH

  • DSU team “Ideamonk” named one of top 8 of global analytics competition
  • Education majors go to Belize on spring break, taking 1,100 pounds of books to donate to schools
  • Men’s basketball coach Gary Garner named NSAA Coach-of-the-Year 

APRIL

  • Sen. Mike Rounds speaks at 2016 DakotaCon 
  • DSU team wins 2016 North Central Collegiate Cyber Defense competition and advances to nationals
  • Five women’s basketball players break 9 records in record book
  • Men’s basketball team earns back-to-back NSAA titles

MAY

  • Senior Logan DeRungs receives NBEA award of merit
  • 3 DSU track runners compete in finals at NAIA national championship in Alabama

JUNE, JULY

  • Campus looks to future construction with celebration kick-off for Beacom Institute of Technology
  • GenCyber camps on campus, and STEAM camp for teachers
  • Nine DSU teams earn NAIA Scholar Team recognition

AUGUST

  • Cyclobs lab “MadLabs” launched by SD BOR grant
  • Demolition of former clinic building takes place on first week of classes, first step in renovation of new residence hall/learning engagement center. Also renovation of student union Trojan Center underway.

SEPTEMBER

  • Dr. Justin Blessinger and student Andrew Jorgenson’s beacon project receives $10K grant from SD Community Foundation
  • Fall Enrollment grows to almost 3,200
  • 135-year-old College of Ed celebrated at Trojan Day
  • DSU quarterback Jacob Giles garners several player-of-the-week awards

OCTOBER

  • Science Dept. kicks off pumpkin experiment fund raiser
  • Women’s basketball standout BreAnna Olson hits 1000-career point mark

NOVEMBER

  • Physical science student Hope Juntunen presents at international conference
  • Carly Rozell is 3-time NSAA volleyball all-conference recipient

DECEMBER

  • DSU becomes HIMSS approved education partner
  • College of Ed granted accreditation with CAEP