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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.

Working alongside college classmates isn’t a common experience, but for three South Dakota State University music education graduates, it’s become their everyday reality.

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.

South Dakota State University researcher Swas Kaushal is part of a new generation of scientists blending technology and agriculture — and his work is gaining global attention through two major travel awards.

South Dakota State University’s School of Performing Arts advisor Sam Gowen has received the 2025 Marcus Boesen Memorial Award from the South Dakota Higher Education Association.

Adeline Flaskey, financial program assistant for the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was SDSU’s Civil Service Employee of the Month for October. She has worked at SDSU since May 2018 and has shown exemplary performance, warm interpersonal skills and positive leadership, her nominators reported. They described her as a diligent worker with high attention to detail.

South Dakota State University senior Brooke Burnette has taken a major step toward her dream of becoming a storyteller and advocate for Indigenous communities.

More than 70 South Dakota State University undergraduate students will showcase their agriculture industry internship experiences at Precision Connect ’25 Thursday, Nov. 6, at the Raven Precision Agriculture Center.

Twenty South Dakota State University Professional Program in Veterinary Medicine students were honored at the annual Blue Coat Ceremony on Oct. 4. The first-year students were each presented with a personalized blue Carhartt work coat sponsored by a regional veterinarian to welcome them into the veterinary profession, and to South Dakota.

Nurses with bachelor’s degrees who are looking for additional paths for advancing their careers can find options in South Dakota State University’s College of Nursing.