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The Chamber Winds of South Dakota, a faculty-led ensemble founded by ����Ӱ�� assistant professor of music Elizabeth Robinson, released its debut album “Moxie” in June.

The ����Ӱ�� colleges of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences and Education and Human Sciences honor Reid Christopherson, Garretson; Wallace Knock, Willow Lake; Jeff Lakner, Wessington, and Greg Moes, Goodwin, with the 2025 Eminent Leaders in Agriculture, Family and ����Ӱ�� Award.

The Child and Family Resource Network at ����Ӱ�� is hosting its next “Common-Sense Parenting” class series starting Sept. 4.

Three women in wide-ranging leadership positions and three men with extensive legal careers comprise the six graduates who have risen to the top of their fields and have been selected for the 2025 Class of Distinguished Alumni by the ����Ӱ�� Alumni Association. They are: • Sheryl Doering Meshke, Class of ’88, Garden City, Minnesota • Charles Gullickson, Class of ’77, Sioux Falls • Rich Helsper, Class of ’74, Sioux Falls • Jill Janecke, M.S. ’05, Pierre • Hon. Alan G. Lance, Sr., Class of ’71, Calwell, Idaho • Dawn Tobacco-Frank, Ph.D. ’10, Kyle

Maura Valburg knew SDSU was the right fit for her. "I wanted to stay in South Dakota, the campus was beautiful, and everyone was super welcoming," she said. But like many students, she didn't know exactly what transitioning to college involved.

precision agriculture during the 2nd annual Precision Ag Camp at ����Ӱ��, July 10-11. Sponsored by Titan Machinery and hosted by SDSU’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, the camp drew primarily younger high schoolers from eastern South Dakota.

Tony Filholm, general service supervisor for Facilities and Services, has been named ����Ӱ��’s Civil Service Employee of the Month for July.

The South Dakota Art Museum is celebrating the people and collections that made the museum possible with a summerlong exhibit and a reception planned for early August.

A damaged wheel knuckle proved to be a knuckle sandwich for the ����Ӱ�� team competing at the national Baja SAE competition in Maryland June 12-17. The wheel knuckle, which connects the wheel hub to the suspension and steering components, was damaged while the SDSU team was competing on the suspension course at Budds Creek Motocross Park in Mechanicsville, Maryland, according to Matthew Anderson, president of Desert Hare Offroad Club.

High school students interested in the ����Ӱ�� Data Science Camp don’t need to have completed Balloon Twisting 101 or Introduction to Coding to enroll. But they will get plenty of experience in both. This year’s camp, June 23-26, drew a full computer lab of 20 high schoolers who may have learned as much from the balloons as they did from their leaders — professor Xijin Ge and lecturer Bill Alsaker, both from the SDSU Department of Mathematics and Statistics.