South Dakota State University

The South Dakota State University 1/4 Scale Tractor Team was recently named champions of the 2022 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International 1/4 Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. This year's team competed against 24 teams from across the United States and Canada.

South Dakota State University student Jordan Rusche has been named to the Pulitzer Center's 2022 cohort of 53 Reporting Fellows. The Pulitzer Center awards fellowships to students at its campus consortium partners, which include liberal arts colleges, community colleges, state universities, historically Black colleges and universities, and graduate schools of journalism and public health in the U.S., Canada and Qatar. Each fellow is paired with an adviser-a Pulitzer Center grantee with special expertise in the fellow's topic or reporting destination. Pulitzer Center editors also provide mentoring in reporting, writing and multimedia. Rusche, a senior from Bancroft, will look at Native American education in South Dakota. Her reporting will examine legislative efforts to improve education in tribal communities and also systemic and political barriers faced by tribal nations. Rusche was the editor-in-chief at The Collegian, SDSU's student newspaper, for the 2021-22 academic year and will be the co-editor for the 2022-23 academic year. "This fellowship puts Jordan in elite company and it provides her with an excellent challenge that will make her an even better young reporter," said Jim Helland '86/M.S. '12, an instructor in SDSU's School of Communication and Journalism. "The topic she has chosen related to Native American education is a story that needs to be told. I can't wait to read her final product." "It's a great honor to be able to represent SDSU and South Dakota through my reporting this fall," Rusche said. "I'm excited to meet the other fellows and learn about the great articles they are going to share as well." As a fellow, Rusche will also take part in the center's Washington Weekend in October. Including Rusche, the last five SDSU fellows were: 2021 - Wren Murphy 2019 - Laura Butterbrodt 2017 - Palak Barmaiya 2016 - Makenzie Huber

The following students graduated after the spring 2022 semester at South Dakota State University. The more than 1,500 students listed below completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program and those requirements have been verified by the appropriate college. Overall, students from 33 states and 20 nations graduated following the spring 2022 semester. More than 100 students received two or more degrees or certificates from a college.

More than 3,000 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the spring 2022 semester at South Dakota State University by being named to the dean's list. To earn dean's list distinctions in SDSU's colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Students with F, I, U, RI or RU grades are not eligible regardless of system term GPA attained. Note that this report includes courses that were taken at other South Dakota institutions this term. A minimum of 12 credits within the 100-699 course range must be taken. A student who passes pregeneral education courses may still qualify, if the student has 12 other credits that do fall within the 100-699 range. Overall, more than 3,070 students from 35 states and 22 foreign nations are on the list. Nearly 1,400 students received a 4.0 and those are indicated with an asterisk. Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.