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What’s Happening? SDSU Home Page Alumni Athletics Foundation Home President’s Message Features Briefly Stated Archives About STATE Magazine Back-to-Back Jackrabbits repeat as FCS National Champions. full storyA rodeo journey Jacey Hupp ’20 is now helping lead a college rodeo team in the Cowboy State. full storyThe man behind the mic Longtime public address announcer provided his final soundtrack for generations of South Dakota State football fans. full storyBack-to-Back Jackrabbits repeat as FCS National Champions. 1 full storyA rodeo journey Jacey Hupp ’20 is now helping lead a college rodeo team in the Cowboy State. 2 full storyThe man behind the mic Longtime public address announcer provided his final soundtrack for generations of South Dakota State football fans. 3 full storyFeatures Feb 29, 2024 Back-to-Back Jackrabbits repeat as FCS National Champions. Continue Reading Back-to-Back read more Foundation News Oct 13, 2023 $2.4 million for Jackrabbits In just 24 hours, alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students and friends worked together to fuel support, shatter records and uplift every corner of the university. Continue Reading $2.4 million for Jackrabbits read more Briefly Stated Feb 29, 2024 New dean named for College of Education and Human Sciences Evan Ortlieb was named dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences at South Dakota State University. Continue Reading New dean named for College of Education and Human Sciences read more Class Notes Feb 29, 2024 Alum helping to ‘build a better future’ for First Band & Trust Arena Miranda Dooley ’16 jumped at the opportunity to return to her alma mater as lead interior designer for the renovation of Frost Arena into First Bank & Trust Arena. Continue Reading Alum helping to ‘build a better future’ for First Band & Trust Arena read more Alumni News and Events Feb 29, 2024 Jackrabbits turn out for national championship game Reliving the fun at the FCS National Championship Football game. Continue Reading Jackrabbits turn out for national championship game read more Looking Back Oct 31, 2017 Move-in at South Dakota State Move-in day has changed quite a bit since students first arrived in the 1880s. Continue Reading Move-in at South Dakota State read more President’s Message Feb 29, 2024 Elevating SDSU as a research university Striving for R1 status will elevate our research and support our land-grant mission to help solve the multifaceted challenges we all face today related to food, agriculture, engineering, health, education, social sciences and much more. Continue Reading Elevating SDSU as a research university read more Fall 2018 Oct 9, 2018 SDSU Twins Night Approximately 2,500 Jackrabbits went and cheered on the Twins July 12. Continue Reading SDSU Twins Night read more Winter 2019 Feb 14, 2019 Remembering David Kranz Remembering Distinguished Alumnus David Kranz. Continue Reading Remembering David Kranz read more Summer 2019 Jun 9, 2019 Jackrabbit Pride From Oregon to Montana, Jackrabbits gather to show their school pride. Continue Reading Jackrabbit Pride read more Fall 2019 Sep 25, 2019 Remembering Dallas Tonsager Remembering Distinguished Alumnus Dallas Tonsager Continue Reading Remembering Dallas Tonsager read more Winter 2020 Feb 18, 2020 Mr. Mural Construction management grad now displays other skills Growing up on the family farm near Springfield, Robbie Jelsma ’15 admits he had plenty of time to dream. “I’ve just made do with what I had available my entire life, which wasn’t much growing up on a small farm in South Dakota,” he said. “I’m grateful for… Continue Reading Mr. Mural read more Summer 2020 Jun 24, 2020 Finding Hope When the sun rises—and it will—what do we want to be remembered for? Continue Reading Finding Hope read more Fall 2020 Oct 26, 2020 Students of State We asked and Jackrabbits answered. Continue Reading Students of State read more Winter 2021 Mar 23, 2021 Ready for World Stage Two students awarded prestigious national scholarships. Continue Reading Ready for World Stage read more Summer 2021 Oct 24, 2021 Veterans honored Six military veterans receive a quilt of valor. Continue Reading Veterans honored read more Fall 2021 Oct 12, 2021 First Bank & Trust provides lead gift First Bank & Trust commits $20 million that will serve as the lead gift for the complete renovation of Frost Arena. Continue Reading First Bank & Trust provides lead gift read more Winter 2022 Jul 11, 2022 Bergs named SDSU Family of the Year For three generations and 60 years, the Berg family from Pipestone, Minnesota, has been making South Dakota State University a second home. Continue Reading Bergs named SDSU Family of the Year read more Summer 2022 Jul 12, 2022 Wokini Graduates The first cohort of Wokini Scholars graduated from SDSU this spring. Continue Reading Wokini Graduates read more Fall 2022 Oct 20, 2022 Diet Coke, Colorado Trail and Chemistry Ryan Johnson M.S. ’18 was named 2022 Chemistry Teacher of the Year by the American Association of Chemistry Teachers. Continue Reading Diet Coke, Colorado Trail and Chemistry read more Winter 2023 Apr 4, 2023 National Champions Jacks dominated archrival North Dakota State University, 45-21. Continue Reading National Champions read more Summer 2023 Jul 21, 2023 Wacipi Student-run Wacipi has tradition of success. Continue Reading Wacipi read more Winter 2024 Feb 29, 2024 Back-to-Back Jackrabbits repeat as FCS National Champions. Continue Reading Back-to-Back read more Fall 2023 Oct 13, 2023 SDSU Twins Night SDSU alumni and friends gathered in Minneapolis July 25 for SDSU Night at Target Field. Continue Reading SDSU Twins Night read more About Me Topics Chuck Cecil David Chicoine Gene and JoAnn Goodale Goodale-Renz ROTC Confidence Obstacle Course Harold Bailey Hobo Day Impact 2018 It Starts with STATE: Jack the Jackrabbit Jim Sutton Morrill Act President David L. Chicoine Pride of the Dakotas Ron Skovly SDSU Foundation South Dakota Art Museum Terry Woster About STATE Magazine What’s Happening? SDSU Home Page Alumni Athletics Foundation Designed by Direct Business...