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START-SD-Impact hosts innovative learning workshop

The South Dakota State University Collegiate Crop Judging Team brought home numerous high scores at recent regional and national collegiate competitions.

More than 125 scholarships totaling more than $650,000 were awarded last week as part of the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Scholarship and Recognition Banquet. The annual celebration of student achievement honored students representing every department within the college.

South Dakota State University undergraduates showcased their agriculture industry internship experiences at Precision Connect 2025.

South Dakota State University instructor of low brass Bradley Snyder will present a faculty recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in Founders Recital Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.

South Dakota State University held its ninth annual Swine Day at Club 71 in Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium on Nov. 4. Organized by university swine research and extension personnel, the daylong event offered attendees a full day of learning and connection.

As part of a tradition that is uniquely South Dakota, the 2025 Dean’s Pheasant Hunt took place last week. The annual event highlights the relationship between agriculture and conservation, two topics important to the South Dakota State University College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, but also two of the main contributors to the South Dakota economy.

The South Dakota State University Soil Judging Team made an impressive showing at the recent National Collegiate Soil Judging Region 5 competition, garnering first-place awards in both the team and individual categories. Helping to bring home the team’s overall first-place score was individual top winner Luke Desmith, a senior agronomy major from Walnut Grove, Minnesota.

Catherine Maddock of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, will present her BFA thesis exhibition at South Dakota State University from Nov. 10-21.

The Joint Engineering Council in the Lohr College of Engineering for 2025-26 carries a strong taste of mechanical engineering. All five members of the executive committee are mechanical engineering majors. It is led by senior Connor Matthies of Hartford, who has an aerospace emphasis. He previous served as secretary.