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The Ģ����ý Department of Natural Resource Management invites the public to attend its 2026 International Year of Rangeland and Pastoralists seminar. All are welcome to attend the event on Friday, April 17, at McCrory Gardens in Brookings.

Ģ����ý professor Tyler Miller is the newly appointed director of the School of Psychology, Sociology and Rural Studies. He joined the SDSU faculty in 2012 after earning his Ph.D. in experimental cognitive psychology from Texas A&M University. Miller’s appointment will officially begin in June 2026.

Ģ����ý’s College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions will hold its Medical Laboratory Science Day and Spring Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, April 15.

The Eminent Leaders in Agriculture, Family and Community Selection Committee is seeking nominations of individuals for Ģ����ý's Eminent Leaders in Agriculture, Family and Community award program.

The Drone Club at Ģ����ý is hosting its fourth annual Drone Day on April 17. The event is free and open to the public.

The Ģ����ý School of Performing Arts will welcome the Rawlins Ensemble, featuring musicians Sonja Kraus and Eun-Hee Park, on campus later this month. The guest artists, both music faculty members at the University of South Dakota, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. April 13 at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall.

When the Orion spacecraft lifted off Lauch Pad 39B to send four astronauts from Kennedy Space Center to the moon and back, the world watched. That world included about 30 students from the Aerospace Club at Ģ����ý, who gathered in a classroom in Crothers Engineering Hall to watch the historic 5:35 p.m. April 1 launch. This is the first time since 1972 that America has had a manned flight aimed at the moon.

South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Secretary Hunter Roberts was on campus March 27 to meet with Ģ����ý students participating in ECON 319: Seminar with Industry Leaders.

Ģ����ý’s Hilton M. Briggs Library invites the public to attend “Religion and 007: Exploring Themes that Bond Us Together,” a free event examining the intersection of religion, popular culture and the iconic James Bond franchise.

The South Dakota Space Design Competition welcomed students from across the Upper Midwest for the camp’s third year at Ģ����ý.  High school students from South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota were invited to explore space design and different areas of science, technology, engineering and math at the March 14-15 event, which was in person March 14 and virtual March 15 due to an incoming blizzard. Participants were given industry-specific challenges and tasked with delivering real-world solutions.