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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Jackrabbits Forensics team capped another landmark season with a historic showing — including two students’ national championship and another’s All-American honor — at the 2026 American Forensic Association National Speech Tournament.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s respiratory care program has been recognized with two major awards from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.

The Music Teachers National Association has honored Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Mark Stevens as the recipient of the 2026 Gary L. Ingle State Leadership Service Award.

CHS Chief Executive Officer and President Jay Debertin will visit SDSU on April 24 to speak at the ECON 319 Seminar with Industry Leaders class.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ’s annual Student Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ, Scholarship and Creative Activity Day will feature a wide range of student projects on April 14, including 14 undergraduate research projects funded by the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences for the 2025-26 school year.

Since 1986 the Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation has presented awards to support talented college sophomores and juniors who aspire to become this nation’s next generation of researchers in science, engineering and mathematics. This year Mason Pulse became the 12th recipient from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ. The following Jackrabbit have been selected.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ math and physics double major Mason Pulse of Salem has become only the 12th SDSU student to be selected as a Goldwater Scholar. This is the 40th year in which the Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation has presented awards to support talented college sophomores and juniors who aspire to become this nation’s next generation of researchers in science, engineering and mathematics. There are 454 awards being presented for 2026-27. The students were selected from a field of 1,485 students nominated by 482 schools. Pulse becomes the first SDSU recipient since Timothy Paris in 2020.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ's Oceti Sakowin language minor is the only such program in the South Dakota Board of Regents system, but it is one of many language revitalization programs nationwide.

For Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ pharmacy student Abigail Pape, the path toward becoming a pharmacist has been shaped by equal parts curiosity, connection and the desire to make a meaningful difference.

Despite being the recipient of numerous awards over the years, including this year’s F.O. Butler Award for Excellence in Teaching, Tadd Hellwig, a professor of pharmacy practice in SDSU’s College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, didn’t always picture himself as an educator.