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The facility has been named the Helmsley Center to show appreciation for the support and funding, Gravholt says. “Avera wanted to thank them for not only this project, but for all they have done for people in rural South Dakota when it comes to health care,” he says. “Naming the new facility in Pierre the Helmsley Center was the right thing to do for a partnership of this size and scope.”
Residents and Avera stakeholders in and near Pierre identified cancer care as one of the three prominent needs in the 2016 Community Health Assessment conducted by Avera St. Mary’s, alongside chronic conditions associated with obesity and mental health.
“The Helmsley Charitable Trust has made a distinct commitment to strengthen health care in rural locations, and improved cancer care is a welldocumented need in the Pierre area,” says Walter Panzirer, Trustee for the Helmsley Charitable Trust. “Pierre is unique in that it is our state capital and an important city in our state, and yet its geographical location isolates it from more populated areas by hundreds of miles. We see bringing a cutting-edge cancer center to Pierre as a very worthy project that will help improve the future health of this community and the surrounding area. We are excited to see this project take shape.”
LISA GIBSON Editor, Prairie Business 701.787.6753 lgibson@prairiebusinessmagazine.com
By Kayla Prasek
The University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University are collaborating on a project that will become the state’s first spacecraft.
Students and faculty from the two universities’ computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering departments, among others, are working together to complete and test the CubeSat spacecraft. The OpenOrbiter Small Spacecraft Development Initiative at UND is expecting to launch the CubeSat in December.
“The program is a tremendous opportunity for students at both schools,” says Jeremy Straub, an assistant professor at NDSU who also launched and directed the program at UND. “As part of the program, students from numerous areas of both campuses have been involved in everything from designing and building the satellite to considering the impact of small satellites on national space policy.”
The CubeSat also will demonstrate the ability to make a