South Dakota State University
President Barry H. Dunn | | |
Provost | Dennis Hedge | |
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Academic staff | 622.81(2021-2022)[2] | |
Total staff | 2,034.41 (FTE)[2] | |
Students | 11,465[2] | |
Undergraduates | 9,717[2] | |
Postgraduates | 1,406[2] | |
Other students | 342 (professional)[2] | |
Location | , U.S. 44°19′05″N 96°47′00″W / 44.31806°N 96.78333°W | |
Campus | 400.69 acres (162.15 ha)[2] | |
Colors | Yellow and blue[3] | |
Nickname | Jackrabbits | |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division I Summit League MVFC Big 12 Conference | |
Mascot | Jack the Jackrabbit | |
Website | sdstate |
South Dakota State University (SDSU or SD State) is a public land-grant research university in Brookings, South Dakota. Founded in 1881, it is the state's largest and most comprehensive university and the oldest continually operating university in South Dakota.[4] The university is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, which governs the state's six public universities and two special schools.
South Dakota State University is a land-grant university founded under the provisions of the 1862
History
The university was founded in the Dakota Territory on February 21, 1881, as Dakota Agriculture College. The first building, with funding from the territorial legislature, was built in 1883, six years before the State of South Dakota was formed. Numerous expansions were funded in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The name was changed in 1904 to South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. In 1964, the name was changed to South Dakota State University. The name change was largely promoted by the Alumni Association. Initiated in 1962, this name change reflected the more comprehensive education offered at the university.[6]
In 1923, SDSU's instructional program was organized under five divisions: Agriculture, Engineering, General Science, Home Economics, and Pharmacy. In 1956, a Nursing program was established, and in 1957 a formal graduate school was formed. When the university changed its name in 1964, the colleges were renamed Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Home Economics, Nursing, Pharmacy, and the Graduate School. In 1974, the College of General Registration (now the College of General Studies) was formed. In 1975, the Division of Education was created. An Honors College was formed in 1999. Two colleges and seven departments combined in 2009 to create the College of Education and Human Sciences.
In 2017, the colleges which make up the university were revised and in some cases renamed to the following: College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences; College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; College of Education and Human Sciences; College of Nursing; College of Pharmacy & Allied Health Professions; Graduate School; Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; University College; and Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College.
Presidents
On May 23, 2016 (formal inauguration held September 29, 2016), Barry H. Dunn became the 20th President of South Dakota State University. Dunn and his wife are alumni of SDSU, and prior to becoming president, Dunn was the Dean of SDSU's College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences.
- George Lilley, 1884–1886
- Lewis McLouth, 1886–1896
- John Heston, 1896–1903
- James Chalmers, 1903–1906
- Robert Slagle, 1906–1914
- Ellwood Perisho, 1914–1918
- Willis Johnson, 1919–1923
- Charles Pugsley, 1923–1940
- George Brown, 1940
- Lyman Jackson, 1941–1946
- Fred Leinbach, 1947–1951
- John Headley, 1952–1957
- H. M. Crothers, 1957–1958
- Hilton Briggs, 1958–1975
- Sherwood Berg, 1975–1984
- Ray Hoops, 1984–1985
- Robert Wagner, 1985–1997
- Peggy Gordon Miller 1998–2006
- David Chicoine, 2006–2016
- Barry H. Dunn, 2016–present
Campus
Main campus
The Hilton M. Briggs Library consists of more than 635,000 bound volumes, 315,000 government documents, 79,000 maps, and 1,800 journal titles (with 28,000 additional titles available online). Within the Briggs Library is the Daschle Research Library dedicated to former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (SDSU BA 1969), which houses his Congressional papers.
The University Student Union is at the center of campus and houses many amenities for both students and the public.[7] The Union is the home to numerous meeting rooms, a ballroom, The Hobo Day Committee (homecoming committee), the University Program Council,[8] Greek life[9] the Students' Association,[10] The Collegian[11] student newspaper, Student Legal Services, KSDJ 90.7 FM, Dining Services, four eating facilities, the University Bookstore, Card Services, and International Student Affairs.
Academics
SDSU awards
Rankings
Forbes[12] | 471 | |
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U.S. News & World Report[13] | 317 | |
Washington Monthly[14] | 281 | |
WSJ / College Pulse[15] | 501–600 | |
Global | ||
U.S. News & World Report[16] | 1172 |
For 2021, U.S. News & World Report rated South Dakota State University as tied for the 144th best public university in the United States and tied as the 284th best university overall.[17]
Awards and Rankings. South Dakota State University.
Political Science Department
SDSU's Department of Political Science has been successful in forming many of the state's current and past congressional delegations. Currently, two of South Dakota's three congressional members are alumni in U.S. Senator
Department of Military Science
The Department of Military Science commissions officers into the United States Army and United States Air Force through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. The department's cadets complete the requirements for a bachelor's or graduate degree and are then commissioned as second lieutenants.
Some graduates have become general officers, including William E. DePuy, Jake Krull, Raymond W. Carpenter, Franklin J. Blaisdell, Mark A. Clark. Medal of Honor recipients Leo K. Thorsness and Willibald C. Bianchi attended the university.
Research achievements
South Dakota State University currently ranks among the Midwest's top research universities, notably in the fields of
The university operates the South Dakota state agricultural research stations around the state, such as the Antelope Range and Livestock Research Station near Buffalo. The Great Plains Writers Conference is a venue for significant regional authors or writers interested in the Great Plains. It was instituted at SDSU in 1976 for writing scholarship.[24]
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Stephen Foster Briggs '07 invented the Briggs & Stratton engine while a student at SDSU in 1906.
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Gene Amdahl '48 was the chief architect of the IBM 360 computer in 1964.
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The first ethanol production facility in the United States was established at SDSU in 1979.
Alumni from the university's research community notable for scientific achievements include:
- internal-combustion engine[25]
- Nobel Prize in Economics
- Paul Middaugh, B.S., established the nation's first on-campus research facility for ethanol fuel production in 1979[26]
- Amdahl's Law[27]
- Daktronics, Inc.[28]
- Carrie Buthe, B.S. Civil Engineering, served as a design engineer for the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System.[29]
Online programs
SDSU offers a variety of online programs. The university offers associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and certificate programs that students can complete online.[30]
Housing and residential life
The residential halls on the campus of SDSU make up the densest concentration of people in South Dakota.
Greek societies
Roughly a dozen fraternities and sororities exist at SDSU.
Student life
Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band
The SDSU Marching Band, "The Pride of the Dakotas," given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the
Homecoming
The homecoming celebration, Hobo Day, has been dubbed "The Biggest One-Day Event in the Dakotas."[34] The celebration is typically held in October, tracing its origins back to 1907.
Athletics
SDSU participates in athletics as a member of
Men's basketball
The Jackrabbits were NCAA Division II national champions in 1963; they have sinced joined the ranks of Division I.
Women's basketball
Head coach Aaron Johnston took over the program in 2000. After becoming the first school transitioning to Division I to earn a postseason bid, playing in the WNIT in both 2007 and 2008, SDSU turned its focus to dominating the Summit League. The Jacks have won nine of the 13 conference tournaments they have played in. The program has played in ten NCAA Division I Tournaments, winning four games, highlighted by a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 2018. The program also won first-round games in 2009 and 2015.
Men's football
As of January 7, 2024, the Jackrabbits have appeared in the
Dana Dykhouse buildings and facilities
A 19,340-capacity stadium opened in the fall of 2016. It is considered among the premier FCS Division I stadiums.
The Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center, located on the north end of the Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, is the home of Jackrabbit football. It opened prior to the 2010 football season and houses an academic center equipped with study areas, computers, tutors and other educational aids for all South Dakota State teams. The Sanford Jackrabbit Athlete Complex, a state-of-the-art indoor practice and competition facility, opened October 11, 2014. It is immediately north of and attached to the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center. The SJAC has bleacher seating for up to 1,000 spectators and can be used for track practice and track meets, football practice, softball and baseball practice, golf practice and other events within the SDSU athletic department. It includes 149,284-square foot facility and features an eight-lane, 300-meter track, one of only five collegiate indoor tracks of that size in the nation.
Notable alumni
Graduates have joined South Dakota's state government and Congress, including
In the federal cabinet,
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Nobel Laureate for Economics
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IBM 360
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Majority Leader of U.S. Senate
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U.S. Senator
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U.S. Ambassador to Singapore,
25th Governor of South Dakota
Academia, science, and technology
- United States National Museum
- Stephen Foster Briggs (1907), inventor of the Briggs & Stratton engine
- Chicago School of Economics
- Irwin Gunsalus, discovered lipoic acid, founder of United Nations International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, and chair of National Academy of Sciences
- Robert H. Burris (1936), National Academy of Sciences Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Cleveland L. Abbott, professor and coach of Tuskegee University and namesake of Tuskegee's Abbott Memorial Alumni Stadium
- Amdahl's Law
- John Mortvedt (1953), soils scientist
- Vern L. Schramm (1963), Professor of Biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Roger Zwieg (1964), NASA astronaut and flight instructor
- Cynthia Larive (1980), current Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Arts and literature
- Harvey Dunn (1902), painter
- Jeanine Basinger (1958), film historian
- James Pollock (1965), abstract and landscape artist
- Kang-i Sun Chang (1972), Chair of East Asian Languages and Literature at Yale University
Business
- Nizar Al-Adsani (1983), CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
- Leif Fixen, Pacific Northwest Conservation Program Manager for American Farmland Trust[36]
- J. Lohr Vineyards and Wines
- Dana J. Dykhouse, President of First Premier Bank
Government
- U.S. Representative from South Dakota and sixth Attorney General of South Dakota
- Clarence C. Caldwell (1902), ninth Attorney General of South Dakota
- Sigurd Anderson, 19th Governor and Attorney General of South Dakota
- Ben Reifel (1932), U.S. Representative from South Dakota, first Lakota Indian member of Congress
- Francis G. Dunn (1935), Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court
- Andrew Wendell Bogue (1941), Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of South Dakota
- Gordon Mydland (1944), 23rd Attorney General of South Dakota
- United States Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore and 25th Governor of South Dakota
- William Dougherty (1954), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
- Frank Denholm(1956), U.S. Representative from South Dakota
- Kermit A. Sande (1964), 24th Attorney General of South Dakota
- United States Majority Leader of the United States Senateand U.S. Representative from South Dakota
- Larry Long (1969), 29th Attorney General of South Dakota
- Randy Seiler, 41st United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota
- The American Legion
- David Gilbertson (1972), former Chief Justice, South Dakota Supreme Court
- U.S. Senator from South Dakotaand 31st Governor of South Dakota
- Stephen Censky (1981), current United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
- Carole Hillard (1982), Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota
- Kristie Fiegen (1984), Chairwoman of South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
- Gregory J. Stoltenburg (1984), current presiding judge, Third Circuit Court of South Dakota
- Mark Salter(1990), current Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
- Jason Frerichs (2007), former South Dakota Senate Minority Leader
- Kristi Noem (2012), U.S. Representative from South Dakota; first female Governor of South Dakota
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe Supreme Court
Military
- Willibald C. Bianchi (1939), World War II veteran and Medal of Honor recipient
- William E. DePuy (1941), U.S. Army General and first commander of TRADOC
- Leo K. Thorsness (1953), U.S. Air Force Colonel, Medal of Honor recipient; Washington state senator
- Jake Krull (1960), U.S. General; South Dakota state senator
- Raymond W. Carpenter (1970), U.S. Major General of the United States Army, Director of the Army National Guard
- Franklin J. Blaisdell (1971), U.S. Air Force General
- Mark A. Clark (1980), U.S. Major General of United States Marine Corps
- Gregory J. Stoltenburg (1984), U.S. Lieutenant Colonel
Sports
- Paul Miller(1936), NFL halfback and NFL Champion
- Mark Barber (1937), NFL fullback
- Paul Ellering, professional wrestling manager
- mixed martial artist[37]
- Doug Eggers (1955), NFL linebacker
- NFL Players Association
- Tom Black (1964), NBA center
- Wayne Rasmussen (1964), NFL safety
- Jim Langer (1970), NFL center, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, and 2× Super Bowl Champion
- Lynn Boden (1975), NFL guard
- Brad Seely (1978), NFL special teams coach
- Steve Lingenfelter (1981), NBA forward
- Rod DeHaven (1991), 2000 Olympic Marathoner and 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion
- Doug Miller (1993), NFL linebacker
- Adam Vinatieri (1996), NFL kicker and 4× Super Bowl Champion
- Adam Timmerman (1995), NFL guard, 2× Pro-Bowler, and 2× Super Bowl Champion
- Steve Heiden (1999), NFL tight end and special teams coach
- Josh Ranek (2002), CFL running back
- Parker Douglass (2009), NFL placekicker
- JaRon Harris (2009), NFL wide receiver
- Danny Batten (2010), NFL defensive end
- Colin Cochart (2011), NFL tight end
- The Bachelorette
- Tyler Oakes (2012), college baseball coach[38]
- Nate Wolters (2013), NBA guard
- Zach Zenner (2014), NFL running back
- Dallas Goedert (2018), NFL tight end
- Jake Wieneke (2018), professional football wide receiver
- Pierre Strong Jr. (2021), NFL running back
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