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Fast approaching is one of Northern State University’s biggest fundraising events of the year… GiveNDay! GiveNDay is an online fundraising marathon taking place from April 3rd to 4th. The Director of Development at the NSU Foundation, Aimee Roy, was kind enough to speak on what GiveNDay is about and what it will look like this … More GiveNDay 2024: Pie and Publication
Many new changes are coming to the residence halls in the fall of 2024. New options for living are being provided in McWelsh, Steele, and Wolves Memorial Suites. According to Marty Sabolo, Director of Residence Life and Dining Services, “McWelsh Hall is probably the biggest change.” All of the rooms in McWelsh will be turned … More Changes to NSU Residence Life
Kayla Jensen, a Northern State University senior, shares her struggle with burnout, the warning signs, and helpful mental health resources. Jensen started college like many, actively getting involved in anything that interested her. Jensen has been a part of the Honors program, the fine arts, CAB (Campus Activities Board), SGA (Student Government Association), and has … More PSA: Student Burnout
NSU students Isaac Johnson (Middle), Kadyn Turnbow (Left), and Kara Weiss (Right) volley in Dacotah Hall gym Northern has a large and diverse group of clubs for students to participate in. However, some of these clubs are smaller or recently founded. One of these clubs is the brand new Wolves Pickleball Association (WPA). This club … More NSU Pickleball Club
Most people from and/or in Aberdeen know it for being home to Storybook Land, Northern State University, and of course an absurd amount of car washes and coffee shops. In 2019 though, Aberdeen was also home to the set of the movie Tales of an American Hoodrat. The movie takes place in Aberdeen and follows … More Tales of an American Hoodrat
November 15, 2023, marked Northern State University’s first annual Technology and Entrepreneurship Summit. The event began at 9 a.m. and lasted until approximately 4 p.m. with nearly 20 speakers from a range of diverse areas of expertise. The event covered a range of topics and ideas from podcasting to the impacts of individual entrepreneurship on … More AI and Podcasting: First Annual Tech & Entrepreneurship Summit
November means it is Native American Heritage Month! But as students in the Circle Program state, “It’s not just in November. We live it every day.” Lara (Oglala, Lakota) a former NSU student who runs the circle room, has dedicated her life to “building bridges between Native and non-native students”. During her time as a … More Native American Heritage Month
Northern State University’s Criminal Justice program is a huge asset to the university’s College of Arts and Sciences. Its curriculum is based on four to five required classes and a plethora of electives. Although students are concerned about why the staff size is so small, Dr. Christopher Near (Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice) and Dr. … More Criminal Justice Program Staying Strong
Emily Wollschlager, Staff Writer Residential Assistants (RAs) are familiar faces around campus and in the residence halls. These individuals are oftentimes very involved on campus and are good people who work hard at their jobs. Their commitment and dedication positively contribute to Northern’s supportive campus community. Two current RAs, Maggie Neeley and Ivan Martin, created … More Petition for Monthly Stipend
Reagan Bierschenk, Staff Writer Those who enjoy staying up to date on what is happening on campus may have heard the news of the Theater major being cut from the Northern curriculum. Kane Anderson, the Assistant Director of Acting and Directing, as well as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Mike Wanous, were contacted … More Majors and Minors: The Future of Theater at Northern
Emily Wollschlager, Staff Writer On October 5, Kayla Jensen and Clayton Randall II were voted as Northern State University’s 2023 homecoming king and queen. The students of Northern State University selected them from a panel of eight other candidates. Maray Larson, who was voted as Northern’s 2022 homecoming queen, returned to Northern to hand off … More 2023 Homecoming Royalty
Emily Wollschlager, Staff Writer Last year, Jason Knowles challenged freshman Xavier Scott to put on Northern State University’s first radio play. Now, one year later, the radio show play is continuing, but this time as part of a podcasting and sound design class. In the fall of 2022, Xavier Scott took Knowles’ Intro to Digital … More Podcasting Class Preps for Second Annual Radio Play
Xavier Scott, Managing Editor Northern State University’s School of Business has never really had a home. But finally, after a 31-million-dollar appropriation and long-awaited change, Northern State will be starting work on the new Business and Health Innovation Center. The project will destroy the current Lincoln Hall, which was built in 1917, as well as … More What to Expect from Northern’s Upcoming Business and Health Innovation Center
Reagan Bierschenk, Staff Writer Megan Frewaldt, the former Director of Student Involvement at Northern State University, recently left the university staff at Northern for a position at Clemson University in South Carolina after many years spent as part of the campus community both as a student and a faculty member. Ashley Bruzek, current Assistant Director … More Frewaldt Leaves Lasting Legacy at Northern
Chad Hatzenbuhler is the new Director of Communications and Marketing at Northern State University. From being a web developer for Dakota Glove and other companies to a marketer for several businesses and banks, marketing and advertising have been in Hatzenbuhler’s background for the last sixteen years. Hatzenbuhler claims that marketing and communications are something he … More New Communications and Marketing Director
Those of you who have been reading my columns about Speech and Debate for a while now will know that I have had the privilege and pleasure of serving as the President of Speech and Debate this year. This was also the first year that I was debating without my long-time competition partner. She finished … More Speech and Debate
Weather emergencies and shutdowns are a normal occurrence in South Dakota, but this year the changing weather conditions have led to whole weeks being moved online for students and causing classes to be canceled completely as well. With these ever-changing weather conditions, it is no wonder students are struggling to keep up with their schoolwork. … More Spring Semester Weather Creates Issues for Students, Faculty
New changes are coming to Northern Lights following their 2023 launch party. Northern Lights is Northern State University’s literary magazine. Every year, Northern Lights hosts a launch party to present the yearly edition of their magazine, celebrate the submissions made by NSU students and the work of the organization’s editorial staff and faculty advisors. This … More A Season of New Leadership Approaches Northern Lights
Northern State University is introducing a new accessibility services app launching at the end of April called ACCESS Northern. NSU’s Assistant Director for Student Accessibility,. ACCESS Northern is a software system where students will be able to request accommodations from the office of Kelly Weismantel, NSU’s Assistant Director for Student Accessibility. Accessibility Services had been … More NSU To Launch New Accessibility Service
It’s that time of year again: gradually warmer temperatures, end-of-school preparations, and Student Government Association (SGA) Elections. There are two more-than-qualified tickets for SGA President and Vice President, including Presidential candidate Alex Arndt and Vice Presidential candidate Alexis Martin. Arndt participates in many campus activities ranging from being a starter on the softball team to … More SGA President & Vice President Nominees: Alex Arndt & Alexis Martin
Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections for the Student Government Association (SGA), are coming up fast. One of the teams that are running consists of SGA senate member Dylan Eckart and incumbent SGA Vice President Kayla Jensen. SGA is the student body’s voice and addresses anything that could affect students. For example, the South Dakota Board of … More SGA Candidate Dylan Eckart
As the years go by, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has continues to expand its abilities exponentially. In recent years, A.I. tools such as DALL-E, which creates images based on a searched word description, or tools like Bard A.I. and Chat GPT, which use instruction to form text like an email paragraph, became popular for public use. … More The Impacts of A.I. on the Future of Higher Education
In the fall of 2022, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Northern discussed ways that they could connect with students, staff, faculty and alumni. In years prior, the CAS had sent out a newsletter to keep people posted about the happenings within the CAS.There were concerns about the limited space of the newsletter … More The Wolftrax Podcast is in Full Swing
On January 27, Northern State University announced a teach-out agreement with Presentation College to help current PC students complete their degrees at Northern. Later that week, Northern held a teach-out fair on PC’s campus where Saints students browsed the options Northern has to offer in the agreement. Lasting three hours on both days, Associate Provost, … More NSU Launches Teach-Out Agreement with Presentation College
On Wednesday, November 9, Northern State University students put on the first-ever radio play on Northern’s campus. Under the direction of NSU freshman Xavier Scott, students spent just under a month preparing for the show. For Scott, this preparation consisted of researching plays, applying narration in place of stage directions, and placing foley or staged … More NSU’s First Ever Spook Spectacular Radio Play: Is This Just the Beginning?
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