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Gabby Robbins, an incoming junior construction management major at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, has received the coveted Beavers Scholarship for students pursuing a heavy construction career. Created in 1977 by construction companies and individuals engaged in heavy engineering construction, the Beavers Charitable Trust will generate $1.8 million in grants in 2025. Some of that goes to support heavy construction education programs, such as the one at SDSU, and some goes directly to students like Robbins, who received a $10,000 award.

For the second consecutive year, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ finished just short of winning the International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition. The SDSU Quarter-Scale Tractor Team, competing as the Jackrabbit Tractor Company, finished in a tie with Kansas State for second place. North Carolina State defended its 2024 title, finishing 26 points ahead of its Midwest competitors scoring 2,316 points out of a possible 2,405. The 28th annual event was May 30-June 1 at the Expo Gardens Fairgrounds in Peoria, Illinois, with 23 teams competing from across the United States and Canada.

Representatives from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ and the University of Debrecen came together in Hungary last month to sign an academic cooperation agreement, making official a partnership that will connect the precision agriculture programs of both universities.

Students in the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ School of Communication and Journalism have been honing their skills both inside and outside the classroom through the Brookings Colorectal Cancer Awareness Program. This initiative aims to educate the community about colorectal cancer and promote preventive health measures.

A Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ pharmacy student organization has received three chapter achievement awards from the American Pharmacists Association’s Academy of Student Pharmacists.

Brookings has been ranked the No. 9 best college town in the Midwest in RentCafe’s 2025 Best College Towns in the U.S. report. The recognition places Brookings ahead of all other college towns in South Dakota and in neighboring states of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska and North Dakota.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s School of American and Global Studies announces the six students named to the inaugural cohort of the Mike Huether Public Service Academy.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ pharmacy students outdid themselves in the 2024 North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination. Dan Hansen, dean of the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, said 56 of the 59 Pharm.D. graduates took the exam in 2024, and all 56 passed on their first attempt, giving SDSU a 100% pass rate.

Two Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ students in the landscape architecture program competed in an international competition in Istanbul, Turkey. Jake Pytleski and Miranda Peck represented the SDSU School of Design in the International Federation of Landscape Architects conference Sept. 4-6.

Marina Hendricks, assistant professor and graduate program coordinator for the online Master of Mass Communication in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s School of Communication and Journalism, has been recognized as the David Adams Scholastic Journalism Division Educator of the Year.