State magazine 2010

FROM THE PRESIDENT

Accreditation affirmed In the last issue of STATE magazine, I commented about some of the challenges facing higher education in South Dakota and the importance of alumni and friends as champions of the University.

This issue of STATE includes a story on the Jackrabbit Advocates, a network of alumni across South Dakota who have been engaged with the SDSU Alumni Association for the past year, talking to legislators about the role of public higher education and the value of South Dakota State University and public universities to the state, to all citizens, and to business and industry.

The core of any university includes its academic integrity and excellence. Daily conversations may revolve around the budget and legislation—not the University’s excellent academic quality—while the Legislature is in session. Yet, generations of students have come to State for a best-of-class education from South Dakota’s landgrant university. Expectations of academic excellence and continuous improvement are the norm.

Three days before Christmas, the University received a nice present—the draft report from the Higher Learning Commission review team that has recommended a ten-year reaccreditation for South Dakota State.

An eight-member team from several universities, including Purdue, The Ohio State, Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State, spent parts of four days on campus in early November reviewing our institutional selfstudy. The visiting team of evaluators toured facilities and met with hundreds of faculty, staff, students, alumni, the SDSU Foundation, Brookings leaders, and friends. Their conclusions from the draft report affirm what many of us proclaim regularly: South Dakota State University is “an institution that has a clear mission and acts with integrity.”

Campus leadership participated in an exit session with the reviewers as they concluded the visit. The review team cited several positive attributes that also are reflected in the draft of the written report. These include: • Excellent relationships with regents and outstanding leadership from SDSU within the Board of Regents system; • Current leadership that is collaborative and engaging with campus groups; • “Very dedicated” faculty and staff; • Robust learning assessment and student support programs; • “Remarkable” and “sophisticated” ongoing student leadership; • “Exceptional” fund-raising; • “Extraordinary” facilities development; • Partnerships with the city that “represent the very best in town-gown relationships;” • Skillfully handled NCAA Division I transition that has prompted more students on campus during weekends; and the • Jackrabbit Advocates program as an innovative way to advance the University.

Collectively, these comments are a source of great pride, particularly for the 200 faculty and staff who led the two-year self-study effort. The Higher Learning Commission’s review is a source of great pride for the entire SDSU family as well.

In closing, I welcome two academic leaders to key positions at State—Barry Dunn, a fellow alumnus, as the next dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences and Brian Rex as department head for the new architecture program. You can read more about them on the following pages.

Thank you for your continued support. Best wishes for the new year!

David L. Chicoine, Ph.D. President Class of 1969

STATE Winter 2010, Vol. 99, No. 1 SDSU President David L. Chicoine ’69 Alumni Association Board of Directors Chair Rusty Antonen ’83 Alumni President and CEO: Matthew Fuks ’89

Editor: Andrea Kieckhefer ’99 University Relations Contributing Writers Dave Graves, Dana Hess, Kyle Johnson, Cindy Rickeman University Relations Sherry Fuller Bordewyk ’87 SDSU Foundation

Designer Virginia Coudron University Relations Photographers Eric Landwehr University Relations Alumni Association Staff

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DEPARTMENTS University Condensed 28

STATE FEATURES

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Foundation news 30 Notes from Nick’s 36

One of the Lost Boys of Sudan returns to build a school in his village.

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Class news 38 Calendar of events 39

Distinguished alums ponder our question Members of the Class of 2009 answer a question in their area of expertise.

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Alumni Association events 43 Looking back 44

One student’s ambition

Life in the press box No luxury boxes are at the stadium; the splendor is in what is delivered.

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Soy granola delights Hidden in sweets, soy nuts, and vegetable proteins are packed into cookies.

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Thought your kid’s room was a mess?

Physics Professor Larry Browning raises office clutter to an art form.

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Paul Farmer Overflow audience listens to message of doctor to the international poor.

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Buffalo Roundup The appeal of an Old West buffalo roundup grows in popularity.

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Words from Woster There’s good reason that State’s athletic teams are called Jackrabbits.

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Grape research breaks new ground Anne Fennell’s grape research has worldwide implications.

ON THE COVER Photographed in Yellowstone National Park, this white-tailed jackrabbit is similar to those found in South Dakota and is the inspiration for SDSU’s athletic mascot. In his article Lepus on page 25, SDSU alum Terry Woster ’66 delves into the similarities between the actual rabbit and those who wear its colors of yellow and blue.

—Photograph courtesy of Joel Berger, professor and John J. Craighead Chair of Wildlife Conservation, Division of Biological Sciences, and the Northern Rockies Field Office, Wildlife Conservation Society, University of Montana

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O ne student’s ambition Lost Boy of Sudan rebuilding his community

s a boy, Moses Joknhial II recalls a simple life of raising cattle, growing corn, and listening to his father tell stories at family gatherings. Not much different than the memories of many South Dakota farm boys. But Joknhial (pronounced jock-nile) didn’t grow up in South Dakota. He grew up in South Sudan, and in 1987, at age nine, he returned to his village of Pajut to find it on fire, a casualty of Sudan’s civil war.

From that day until flying to North America on September 11, 2001, Joknhial became a refugee and one of the Lost Boys of Sudan.

Traveling in small groups, an estimated 40,000 children, some as young as five, walked through dangerous territory in Sudan. Thousands died at the hands of the northern Sudan army, at the mouths of wild animals, or from the unrelenting foes of starvation and dehydration.

The boys walked for three months across Sudan to refugee camps in Ethiopia, where they stayed for four years.

Then in 1991 Ethiopian government tanks and armed soldiers sent the boys fleeing for their lives.

The boys crossed the Gilo River, but many drowned, were eaten by crocodiles, or were shot. After more than a year, the survivors made it to a Kenyan refugee camp in 1992.

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Moses Joknhial plans to drill wells in addition to completing a school so village daughters don’t have to fetch water from the river.

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Joknhial was among the 16,000 survivors. In 1993, at age 14 in Kakuma Refugee Camp, he had his first day of school.

Education changed his life

Contrasts

There are no power tools used in construction at Pajut. “Our electricity at night is the moon,” Joknhial says.

Food is simple in the village—rice and sometimes chicken, with tea for breakfast. “I told my brother, if you give me tacos, hamburger, and Mountain Dew, I would stay longer than three months,” Joknhial says.

“People in Sudan think if you have a car in America, it’s like being a millionaire. . . . Villagers have one piece of clothes. I come back to my apartment in Brookings and there are lots of books, lot of clothes,” he says.

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Today, Joknhial holds two vocational degrees and is a junior at SDSU with majors in aircraft mechanics and aircraft management.

“With my education, I have an opportunity to decide which job I want to do,” says Joknhial, who holds an electrician’s license as well as being a private pilot.

Education also is what will “change the lives of those boys and girls” in Pajut, a village of 22,000 people, Joknhial says.

Toward that aim this 31-year-old college student is raising funds to build a school for Pajut. Work was begun last year, when he returned to his home for the first time in twenty-two years. It was an emotional reunion with his father, whom he hadn’t seen since fleeing the village.

His mother was killed when the village was attacked, a fact he was told after four years as the boys kept on the move.

Joknhial and his father, also named Moses, each assumed the other was dead, not learning otherwise until 2005. That’s when the elder Joknhial was in Kenya for an eye operation and workers there connected them by phone. Dad told the son to bring something for the village when he returned.

A permanent contribution Initially, Joknhial thought he would bring paper, pencils, and pens. “Then I thought why not supply the [school] building?”

That doesn’t fit in a suitcase and the financial and logistical challenges in making it happen have been epic, unless your perseverance has been honed by walking for a year across a worntorn country. In 2008, some $80,000 was raised to begin the work.

To date, fund-raising has topped the $100,000 mark and continues in 2010, according to project coordinator Rhonda Morse.

Morse, of Sioux Falls, helped found Rebuilding South Sudan Through Education, a project sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of South Dakota.

The Episcopal denomination had mission work in the Kenyan refugee camp.

So, when Moses and many other Lost Boys settled in Sioux Falls, the Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles opened its doors to having them as a parish in their church.

An American perspective When Morse accompanied Joknhial back to his village, she became the first American to stay in Pajut.

During her month in Pajut, Morse found the people to be “very welcoming, very generous to us. They’re lovely people that just have very little. They’re open to seeing changes. They’re very excited to have the first school in the village and very open to having the girls being educated.”

A hurdle to educating girls is the role they play in families. Girls fetch water from the river and grind the corn by hand.

To overcome that, Rebuilding South Sudan Through Education is drilling water wells and installing corn grinders. Mothers that don’t allow their daughters to go to school won’t get their corn ground. If they do, the girls can take the ground corn home with them after school.

A Sudanese challenge Construction is only done during the dry season—December through April.

So worked halted when Joknhial left in April 2009.

He returned to Pajut December 13.

Morse and four others from the Sioux Falls area are headed there the first of March, hoping to witness the opening of the school as well as help teach the children hygiene, sanitation, and first aid, Morse says.

They will hold a training workshop for the school’s teachers, who are Lost Boys

that have returned to the village from the Kenyan refugee camp, where they learned English and received teaching certificates.

On the first trip, the school’s foundation was dug and laid, and 4,000 heavy cement blocks were manufactured on site.

During this construction season 4,000 additional cement blocks will be manufactured, the block walls must be laid, and the metal roof built. While erecting the 4,000-square-foot school would be a simple matter in the United States, in Joknhial’s remote village there are no roads, electricity, or building supply stores.

It cost $10,000 to truck in equipment and supplies from Uganda with drivers taking two weeks to reach Pajut.

Morse says rutted walking paths, narrower than a vehicle, serve as roads.

Joknhial notes, “If somebody would just give me I-29 or I-90, I would be good to go.” Because it was the dry season, drivers could cross rivers and drive in dried up stream beds. Small trees were simply driven over.

A friend Joknhial made at the Kenyan refugee camp arranged for Kenyan contractors to be trucked in to help locals with construction of the school.

unbelievable,” says Joknhial, who became an American citizen in 2007.

As a fleeing refugee, the goal was daily survival. “I was not even thinking about education,” he says.

Today Joknhial is working to educate the children in his homeland, where he received a hero’s welcome in December 2008 with the people hoisting Joknhial on their shoulders. “It was not in my mind that something like that would happen.

People were so excited,” he shares.

When the school opens, the water flows, and the corn is ground, Joknhial will have provided a story villagers can tell the next generation.

Dave Graves Far left: Moses Joknhial sits in the cockpit of a plane at the Brookings Airport. Already a private pilot, the Sudanese refugee is majoring in aircraft mechanics and aircraft management. Photo by Ethan Swanson, SDSU Collegian.

Above left: Joknhial holds the pole of a corn grinder while Rhonda Morse of Sioux Falls, talks with two girls from his village of Pajut, where girls grind corn and fetch water instead of going to school.

Above: Joknhial (kneeling) inspects bricks made during his trip to Pajut in 2009. A total of 4,000 cement blocks were made last year and another 4,000 must be made during the current trip.

The object of adoration When Joknhial went to school at the Kenyan refugee camp, students wrote in the dirt because there was no paper. “Someone wrote the letter A in the dirt. I asked what is that?” Moses remembers. He learned the Roman alphabet, how to count to 100, and names of objects like dog and cat.

But not when it was raining; then it was too muddy.

Now as an SDSU student he is typing on computers and seeing lessons projected on video screens. “When I compare the situation then to what I have now in America, it’s completely

Taking action To witness life in Pajut, go to: www.gallery.me.com/rhondamorse To learn more about Rebuilding South Sudan Through Education: www.SouthSudanEducation.com, rpmorse@sio.midco.net, 605-334-2557.

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Distinguished Alumni ponder the

question

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when you know all the

answers, but nobody bothers

to ask you the questions.”

This year’s Class of 2009

Distinguished Alumni don’t

claim to have all the answers, but their experiences do give

them quite a knowledge base—

one that we thought our readers would like to tap.

Following a brief

introduction, here are the alums’ responses to a question tailored

to their area of expertise.

—Compiled by Dave Graves

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Jim Booher, Brookings, Class of 1969 (MS), Service to SDSU Booher’s resume goes on for pages, but he only needs one line for work experience: SDSU—1967-2009.

Booher was the first person that SDSU hired specifically as an athletic trainer, and he literally wrote the book on his profession. His two books— Athletic Injury Assessment and Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries—have become the standard textbook at many institutions.

He was one of the founders and the first president (1977-82) of the South Dakota Athletic Trainers Association, so we asked—

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Have today’s bigger, faster athletes resulted in more debilitating and careerthreatening injuries?

There is no doubt that today’s athletes are bigger, faster and stronger than they have ever been. This certainly has led to more athleticrelated injuries including more serious injuries, more surgeries, and the possibility of injuries being more debilitating and career threatening.

However, there are a few other factors to consider in this formula.

Sports medicine practices, surgeries, rehabilitation techniques and conditioning methods have also all improved greatly. These factors allow athletes to return to athletic activities much quicker following an injury.

But this also allows athletes more exposures to possible injury-producing athletic activities. Athletes, hopefully, return to athletic activity following proper rehab. Some athletes return to athletic activity with less than ideal rehab and may be subjected to additional harmful stresses.

Carrie (Lambertz) Buthe, Sioux Falls, Class of 2004, Outstanding Young Alumni Buthe, a civil engineer with Banner Associates, caught the eye of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which named her one of the “Top Ten New Faces in Civil Engineering” in 2009.

She serves as a design engineer for the $500 million Lewis and Clark water system, which will move water from the Missouri River via 337 miles of pipeline to allow drinking water to flow out of the taps for an area the size of Connecticut, so we asked—

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What feat of engineering does South Dakota most need to see happen?

The Lewis and Clark Regional Water System is bringing new infrastructure to an area with a significant need for it. However, oftentimes the most important impact civil engineers can have is maintaining, repairing, and rebuilding existing infrastructure that is no longer capable of serving its original purpose.

The American Society of Civil Engineers recently released its Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. The top infrastructure concerns for South Dakota are roads, dams, energy, bridges, and mass transit.

Civil engineers and community leaders must focus on not only building new infrastructure as needed to continue growth, but also on the maintenance of the existing infrastructure. It is a very delicate balance that requires the work of civil engineers to do both.

Mark Clark, Lithia, Florida, Class of 1980, Professional Achievement Until recently, Clark, a brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps, served in the Pentagon, assisting a three-star general in policy for joint commands established by the president of the United States. He is now with special operations command at McDill Air Base near Tampa.

Originally of Dell Rapids, he has served as director of the Strategy and Plans Division in Marine headquarters since June 2007.

The 1980 economics major received his commission as second lieutenant after completing Officer Candidate School in June 1981, so we asked—

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Would America be better served by combining the military branches into one entity?

Each service provides a unique and required capability that is complimentary to the other services. The Army is tasked with fighting our major land battles; the Air Force with protecting our airspace; the Navy with protecting our seas; and the Marine Corps with being a 9-11 force from the sea.

Merging all four services into one would still require the one large combined service to be segmented in order to provide these unique capabilities. This would be too large of a task for one service to manage effectively. Bottom line—you would still have four servicelike entities under the one large service, so nothing gained and possibly something to lose.

Glenna (Schauer) Fouberg, Aberdeen, Class of 1968 (MS), Service to Education Fouberg, originally of Ashley, North Dakota, has become synonymous with selfless dedication to education.

She worked directly in education for thirty-seven years, teaching English for twenty-five years and directing the Alternative Learning Center in Aberdeen for twelve years.

Fouberg was chosen as South Dakota Teacher of the Year in 1994.

When she left the classroom, she never left education. Fouberg has served on the South Dakota Board of Education since 1998 and was the chair for three and one-half years, so we asked—

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Is tax dollars per student a valid way to measure the quality of education?

I do not believe dollars-per-student measures the quality of education. There are better measurements of a quality education. First of all is an academic measure that tells us if a person can read with comprehension, compute with accuracy, and write with fluency. This would be the most important measure.

Another measure is if a person can support him/herself and his family. Last of all, if a person has had a quality education, he is able to make contributions to his community whether it be through service or by contributing monetarily.

Sonya (Anderson) Irons, Lincoln, Nebraska, Class of 2001, Outstanding Young Alumni Since December 2004, Irons, originally of Huron, has been a physical therapist at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, where she is one of only 130 nationally board certified cardiopulmonary physical therapists.

She also is an assistant clinical professor at Creighton University.

At SDSU she received a bevy of scholarships that fully paid her tuition for her athletic training major and was selected for a half-dozen honor societies, including Phi Kappa Phi, which selects only 5 percent of the junior class nationwide, so we asked—

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How will greater government involvement in health care affect enrollment in medicaltraining programs?

As of this writing, there were multiple proposals in the U.S. Senate for health-care options; furthermore, many aspects of exactly how the government would run a national health-care plan are still being decided. Regardless of whether or not we are under a national healthcare plan, this country will continue to have dedicated and passionate students that are determined to pursue health-care careers. There will always be a need for health-care workers. At this point, although there are many uncertainties with the future of our health care, I do not think government involvement will change enrollment in medical training programs.

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Teri (Robinson) Johnson, Brookings, Class of 1986, Service to Home Community Johnson, senior pastor at First United Methodist Church of Brookings, was praised by nominator Tim Nichols as being “a driving, positive force in the community.”

Nichols, dean of the SDSU Honors College, hailed Johnson for founding the Harvest Table, a hot, nutritious meal served once a week to 150 people at the church. Despite detractors, Johnson was tenacious in her efforts to build support for the concept and made the program a reality about ten years ago, Nichols stated, so we asked—

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During your time in the ministry, have you seen South Dakota become more compassionate or more callous?

South Dakotans have become more compassionate. There is a true sense of engagement instead of turning away from our neighbors. I have witnessed people embracing others, living in generosity and compassion, asking the question, ‘How can I help you?’

Yes, there will always be those who will continue to blame the poor for their condition but I have found the majority of people want to participate with compassion. It is hopeful to watch and be a part of a movement where ‘we’ are all in it together, where there is no more ‘us’ and ‘them.’

Majorities normally don't change things; creative minorities do, and the majority just goes along in the end.

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Jim Langer, Anoka, Minnesota, Class of 1970, Professional Achievement A 1987 inductee into the NFL Hall of Fame, Langer signed with the Miami Dolphins as a free agent in 1970. He became a starter in that perfect 1972 season, when he played every offensive down and needed help on just three of 500 blocking assignments for Coach Don Shula’s club.

An all-pro and all-AFC selection for five straight seasons, the center played in three Super Bowls and six Pro Bowls, so we asked— How would the 1972 Dolphins fare against today’s top teams?

Assuming the current team would play by the same rules we did would be the biggest hurdle.

Remember, back in the ’70s, receivers could be knocked down anywhere on the field if the ball was not in the air. Today, you can't touch them after five yards—big difference.

Another rule: We could actually hit the quarterback.

Another rule: Crack back blocks and cut blocks were an accepted part of the game.

Remember the head slap? That was legal also.

I would have to think the current team would be bigger and faster overall, and that’s a big thing to overcome. If we played by the current rules, the ’72 team would probably lose. If we played by the old rules, it might be interesting to find out. Personally, if I could be 25 years old today, I would love to try it.

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Jim Morgan, Brookings, Class of 1969/70, Professional Achievement Chief executive officer of Daktronics since November 2001, Morgan has worked with the scoreboard and programmable sign company since 1970, when he was an SDSU graduate student seeking a master’s degree in electrical engineering.

By 1971 he was head of engineering at the developing company. He held that post until being appointed president and chief operating officer in 1999. Prior to then he was named company vice president (1976) and executive vice president (1996), so we asked—

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What would corporate America look like if more publicly traded industries were headed by engineers?

It’s noteworthy that there are a number of very successful public companies whose CEO is an engineer. For example, 3M’s current CEO has a PhD in electrical engineering, and Texas Instrument’s CEO also has an electrical engineering degree. I consider both of these well-run public companies.

The fact we put a specific title on an engineer’s degree implies a specialty, but at its core engineering training is training on analytical thinking with a curriculum built on mathematics and the application of mathematics to the sciences.

This analytical thinking skill provides a very broad foundation to build on for continued lifelong learning as well as a tool to use in decision making as a CEO.

Esther (Haber) Preszler, Roscoe, Class of 1988/95/98, Service to South Dakota While working as a nurse in Bowdle, Preszler recognized the need for an additional clinic. John Byers, president of First State Bank of Roscoe and Bowdle, explains, “Because of dwindling numbers in the surrounding communities, there was no financial backing for another clinic.

So at her own expense, she moved a building to Roscoe, invested in equipment and supplies, and opened the Roscoe Family Care Center.”

Roscoe is forty miles from the nearest medical doctor in Aberdeen.

In addition to owning her own clinic since 2004, Preszler also travels to see patients at Hosmer Nursing Home and Roscoe Assisted Living Facility, so we asked—

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As health-care systems continue to consolidate, what dynamics are needed to make a small operation successful?

The success of a small, independent practice is a result of teamwork. Patients are treated with kindness, respect, and appreciation of their unique expectations and we treat the whole person. Trust relationships are developed and we are keenly aware of confidentiality in small communities.

I have a philosophy—and am not afraid to share this with families—that I will treat each person as if they were my family. I am fortunate, having been part of the medical community in Aberdeen prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, of having wonderful collegial relationships with specialists, who are willing to collaborate with me.

I do have concerns with the impending health-care reform changes, of which reimbursement issues may impact the feasibility of independent practice in rural communities.

Vern Schramm, New Rochelle, New York, Class of 1963, Professional Achievement Schramm, originally from Howard, is one of the world’s leading authorities on enzyme transition state chemistry.

For his pioneering work in this area he was recently elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, which is the highest honor that can be given to U.S. scientists. The academy has membership of 2,000 out of a million academic, governmental, and industrial scientists and scholars.

Since 1987 he has been at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York, so we asked—

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How do you explain your occupation when someone at a cocktail party asks, “What do you do?

I am a professor and lead the Department of Biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Part of my job is to run a research laboratory. My career-long interest is discovering a deeper understanding of how enzymes work and using this information to design new drugs.

Every living organism contains thousands of enzymes. Blocking specific enzymes in bacteria is how antibiotics work. Blocking enzymes in cancer cells is how cancer chemotherapy works. Our application of transition state theory to drug design has led to promising anticancer agents without side effects and antibiotics that prevent the development of antibiotic resistance.

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Press box Life in the

hat is game day like in the press box at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium? The casual fan probably isn’t sure, however, for those in the know the goings-on are greatly appreciated.

Resembling a long mobile home on stilts with a slight sway from large crowds, the scene inside the rectangular-shaped form perched high atop the stadium’s concrete bleachers is misleading for what soon takes place.

“I don’t think people have a clue,” says Ron Lenz, who retired in 2006 after serving as State’s sports information director for twenty-nine years.

Steve Imming, WNAX radio sports director and Voice of the Jackrabbits, observes, “While radio broadcasters are doing their thing and now with more television broadcasts, we don’t get to see the busy workers keeping stats and relaying information.

“We just know there is a lot going on and it takes more people than some might think to carry if off,” adds Imming. “Sometimes people probably do think we are just sitting up there eating hotdogs and drinking soft drinks.”

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Look is deceiving The press box and stadium opened September 1962. Compared to other press box facilities in the country, particularly in the Division I era, there is an obvious need for physical improvements.

While space is limited and other venues have heating and cooling systems along with elevators and rest rooms, SDSU’s press box is totally modern when it comes to services rendered.

Headed by Sports Information Director Jason Hove, press box personnel provide vital information to print and broadcast media members and coaches.

“There’s a lot more that goes on in the press box than probably meets the eye,” says Hove, “because it truly is the nerve center for game day operations.”

Pregame information packets, assembled the day before, are distributed to sportswriters, radio personalities, and television broadcast crews.

The packets contain all sorts of information: team profiles, game preview, starting lineups, numerical and alphabetical team rosters, two-deep depth charts, pronunciation guides, conference schedule with updated season scores, and other general information. The 10 STATE

Coughlin-Alumni accommodations no Hilton, but service rates first class

packets are inserted inside “The Bum,” a fifty-six-page game program, which is a reduced version of the 120-page regular-season SDSU football media guide.

As the game clock winds down to kickoff, the press box is buzzing with action.

Radio announcers settle in, go over game notes, and air pregame pieces. Sportswriters find their seats and they, too, scan pregame information while readying laptop computers for game story entries.

Conference representatives arrive as well as scouts from the National Football League. Moments before kickoff, coaching staff members scramble up the stadium steps to their respective coaching booths.

Public address announcer Tom Manzer and clock operators Jay Larsen and Dennis Micko—all three with years of service—gather in their respective areas, making sure all systems are go for kickoff.

In an office across the way in the Athletic Department, a Daktronics team prepares for scoreboard operations.

For everyone involved, organization is key, especially for the sports information staff.

“Fortunately, most of our work is done ahead of time allowing things to run smoothly once the game begins,” says Hove.

“Besides serving as the working area for our sports information staff, stats crew, and media, we work with others on the athletics staff to ensure the needs of the public address announcer, scoreboard operator, and coaches in the press box are met,” he adds.

Friendly, working scene Press box camaraderie is clearly evident from the get-go.

Handshakes and greetings are exchanged, with old media pros renewing war stories and newcomers making friendships.

Enhancing the scene is food—all courtesy of local businesses.

Prior to game time, it’s Papa John’s pizza, and during halftime, Burger King continues its longstanding tradition of double cheeseburgers. From time-to-time, Hove’s wife, Laura, makes sure “we mix up the menu” with homemade chili or barbecues, “especially when the weather turns colder,” he notes.

Sioux Falls Argus Leader sportswriter Terry Vandrovec, who has been covering the Jacks since October 2006, describes the time before the game as “the most fun.”

“It’s when everyone is talking about other games and score updates,” he says. “I usually show up about two hours beforehand, talk to people like Jason, visit with other writers, and grab some food, which is always important!”

Once the opening kickoff arrives, though, the atmosphere turns serious, which is how it should be, Hove points out.

“Before the game it’s usually relaxed, providing we haven’t had any technological glitches in setting up for the game,” he says. “When the game starts, the mood turns businesslike since it is a working press box.”

Experience at work No press box can function without an efficient and loyal stats crew, and in that department, State’s team has very few peers.

The core stats volunteers have worked football games for nearly 100 combined years led by Scott “Wags” Wagner’s twenty-five plus seasons. Dave Boline and John Gustafson are close behind, followed more recently by Travis Fenske and Anna Atteberry.

“Our stats crew takes a great deal of pride in their work and does a great job,” cites Hove. “I often hear that reaffirmed by visiting media and sports information directors.”

Although game statistics are generated through a computer program, stats are still recorded by hand as a backup in case of computer malfunction.

Each play follows an assembly-line approach with a spotter calling out the result of a play and yard line to the computer operator. Another member of the stats crew records the tackle or defensive play, and others track miscellaneous items like first downs, player participation, and penalties.

“There is constant chatter between various members of the stats crew,” relates Hove. “They all do a tremendous job.”

After each quarter, game stats and play-by-play summary are printed and distributed. At halftime and after the game complete team stats and individual team leaders are handed out. In addition to stats, everyone is continually updated with scores from other college games.

Old, but still the best Receiving game stats in seconds is of course valued by print and media personalities. However, even before the computer age, hand-driven stats were still compiled and mimeographed off in plenty of time for radio announcers to inform listeners before signing off.

Imming has traveled the countryside with the Jacks and still appreciates the benefits of home.

“Having been to a lot of places, the SDSU sports information crew is among the best I’ve run into and I think visiting media would agree,” he says. “Other sports information departments we visit do a good job, but I would put the SDSU staff near the top of the heap.”

In his eighteenth year covering the Jacks, Imming wouldn’t trade Coughlin-Alumni’s press box where action is viewed about seventy-five feet above the ground.

“The jump to Division I has found us playing at newer facilities, but nevertheless, Coughlin remains the best when it comes to sight lines,” he says.

“It is the right distance from the field and the right level above the field,” Imming adds. “Often the bigger venues put you up in the clouds and the players look like ants down below.”

Vandrovec agrees, adding, “It’s not the most luxurious accommodations, but it’s the best seat in the house.”

The Football Writers Association of America once issued awards for excellence in press box services, a citation SDSU received three times; if maintained, more awards would surely have followed.

“The bottom line is that if the mission of the press box is to provide services for the media covering the game, which is what it is, then we do a pretty darn good job,” says Lenz.

Crawford Architects of Kansas City, Missouri, has been hired by the Athletic Department to present ideas on updating or replacing Coughlin-Alumni Stadium, including the press box, as well as looking at other athletic facilities.

Kyle Johnson

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Soy granola delights part of promoting a healthy diet re they cookies or a deceptively delicious healthy snack?

Whatever the case, these mound-shaped treats are filled with ingredients that are good for a person.

Actually, they are called soy granola delights. The creations, made primarily with soy products, are produced in the Department of Nutrition, Food Science, and Hospitality’s hightech food processing laboratory and test kitchen facility.

The fact that the treats are both tasty and good for a person’s health makes them a constant temptation for one’s palate.

“We normally eat desserts for the pure enjoyment and without the pretense of nutrition,” says Professor Padmanaban Krishnan.

“In our lab, we replaced the guilt by sneaking in some ingredients that are nutrition rich and health promoting as well.

“Like all desserts one has to be mindful of the serving portion,” he adds. “We want to make them as tasty as possible, so we don’t cut corners with the formulation.”

Making new soy food items stems from a longstanding relationship the department has had with the South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council.

For a long time the council has been promoting the importance of soy foods through creating awareness and educating consumers on the health benefits of soy.

Soy products have known heart health benefits and complex sugars that function as prebiotics in the human gut. Prebiotics are compounds that promote gut health as food for beneficial gut bacteria.

The soybean, which is increasingly found in foods across the globe, is a versatile seed that is high in protein and low in carbohydrates. While it has been part of the diet in Asia for centuries, it is a relative new ingredient in U.S. diets. As American taste buds become more sophisticated, a more widely traveled U.S. population is demanding new flavors and accents in foods.

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Cold, not baked Soy granola delights consist of roasted soy nuts, oatmeal, corn syrup, white chocolate chips, honey, and How to make soy granola delights cookies and cream 1 ½ cup (5.1 oz) Textured Vegetable Protein Oreo® cookies.

(TVP) The mixture also 3/4 cup (3.1 oz) chopped soynuts (roasted contains textured and unsalted) vegetable protein 3/4 cup (2.9 oz.) oatmeal more commonly 1/4 cup (3 oz.) heated honey 2/3 cup (4.7 oz.) sugar referred to as TVP in 1/8 cup (1 oz.) low fat margarine the vegetarian world.

1/4 cup (2.87 oz.) light corn syrup The ingredient is 1 ½ cup (9.9 oz) white chocolate chips commercially 3 Tbsp (1.8 oz) water available and is an 12 Oreo® cookies

unflavored version of Bac-Os® (imitation bacon bits) that one sprinkles on lettuce salads.

“Soy proteins give them freeze-thaw stability, desired chew profile, and aesthetics that we demand in commercial products as consumers” says Krishnan.

“They are formed cold, not baked, and are quite good,” he adds, noting that nutrition students Stephanie DeGelder and Susan Wiken developed the soy granola delights in the SDSU test kitchen.

“As a food scientist, I provide the science behind the ingredients and then stand back and allow the students to work their magic,” he says. “New food product development is part science and part creativity. It’s amazing what students come up with in our test kitchen.”

Soy granola delights are a visible and sensory example of collaboration with industry, according to Krishnan.

“This keeps us connected to the industry,” he says, adding that support from the council fulfills the role of educating students and implementing solutions to society’s nutrition challenges.

Another outcome of the collaboration has been an annual soyfood contest coordinated at SDSU by Senior Microbiologist Mary Gengler. Students win cash prizes for creative uses of soy ingredients. In addition, there is a gourmet soy cookbook, Favorites From the Heartland, 2nd Edition, featuring award-winning recipes.

“The soybean has come a long way from an underutilized agriculture product to a nutritious gourmet ingredient with public appeal,” remarks Gengler.

Can be made at home Soyfoods are found in most supermarkets and natural health food stores.

“You can find soyfoods that match practically any need or taste,” says Krishnan. “People can purchase these items and make soy products themselves just like our soy granola delights right at home.”

He points out that the soybean council has looked to the department’s labs and students for talent and ideas.

In a medium bowl, combine TVP, soynuts, “The council has oatmeal, and honey. Mix well. Spread onto supported our food cookie sheet and bake for six minutes at 300 seminars, research, and F. Set aside and cool. In saucepan over equipment needs,” adds medium heat, combine sugar, margarine, corn Krishnan.

“New food syrup, white chocolate chips, and water. Cook products such as soy until melted, being sure mixture does not boil. Crumble cookies into small chunks and granola delights are just add to granola mixture. Pour liquid over one outcome of our granola and cookie chunks and stir until ongoing and mutually evenly coated. Scoop with #100 scoop onto beneficial relationship.” wax paper and cool.

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The Avenue of Flags, consisting of the fifty-six states and territories, represents the country, which the presidents of Mount Rushmore symbolically look over. –Photograph by University Photographer Eric Landwehr

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office

décor

No room for tidiness in physics professor’s office

f you’re noted for having a messy desk, for being less than tidy in the workplace, not to worry. There’s a place on the third floor of Crothers Engineering Hall that absolves you of any guilt you may feel about your messy office.

There you’ll find Professor of Physics Larry Browning who has raised office clutter to an art form.

No matter how messy your office may be, Browning has you beat. Big time.

But before you start to feel too smug, be advised that there is a method to his madness.

Tucked on a corner of his chalkboard, under what is, perhaps, the world’s largest slide rule, is a magnet displaying Mr. Spock from Star Trek. Spock’s quote: “Around here nothing is logical.”

That’s not the case in Browning’s crowded office where the demonstration items for his classes in physics and astronomy are stored. That explains the models of Mars and the solar system, the jet engine made from a jam jar, the baking soda, the space exploration play set, and the welder’s helmet he uses for observing the sun.

No word yet on the scientific uses for the two-ton jack, the tri-pod, the Toy Story bubble blower, the skateboards, the Viking horn, or the margarita glasses.

But chances are pretty good that they’re all used in Browning’s physics and astronomy demonstrations, which he is noted for.

Each year during the Engineering Expo he dons a wizard costume and brings physics to life for high school students.

“I entertain while they set things up,” Browning says. “That’s the nice thing about physics, you can show and do.”

Before he can “show” and “do,” Browning must “find.” And he can do that.

“I know where a lot of stuff is,” he asserts.

Browning has been in the Physics Department since 1990 and in his current office since 1994. Knowing the history of the office, Browning seems amazed when he says, “Hard to believe I shared this office with someone for awhile.”

When the officemate moved out, more bookshelves moved in and Browning’s random collection of demonstration equipment continued to grow.

Browning doesn’t need to take inventory to know when something’s missing from his office. And that’s happened when items have been “borrowed” in the past.

“That’s another reason for having my own stuff right here,” Browning says.

The jumble that Browning calls an office is nothing that a good sturdy storage unit couldn’t cure. And that’s what he’d like.

“A lot of this stuff should be in a storage locker or kept near a classroom,” Browning says.

Until that day comes, he’s happy in the chaos, enduring good-natured jibes from colleagues and looks of wonder from people who are new to Crothers Hall.

Even a casual observer can see that Browning’s office is a place where teaching happens. And, if he needs prisms to demonstrate the principles of optics, a pinwheel to explain color mixing, or a leaf blower to illustrate the Bernoulli effect, it’s right there at hand.

Well, it’s in there somewhere.

Dana Hess

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Paul Farmer

TELLS SDSU AUDIENCE TO RETHINK HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS

What does it take to make a difference? Living in a city?

Having wealth? Being a celebrity?

A celebrity of sorts, who students found to be genuine and personable during his visit, told a South Dakota State University audience that it takes passion, persistence, and partners to be effective.

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hen Dr. Paul Farmer, the renowned physician who has worked passionately and tirelessly to rid the world of infectious disease, spoke to an overflow crowd of 1,340 people for the SDSU Griffith Honors Forum Lecture last November, his audience sat rapt listening to his three essential factors necessary for making a difference.

Many in the audience had read Tracy Kidder’s book, Mountains beyond Mountains: the Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, as part of a campuswide Common Read. More than 1,100 students talked about Farmer’s impact in light of the book and their study of pharmacy, nursing, bioethics, or other University course.

Aaron Sattler, a Spanish major, sociology and psychology minor from Worthing, read the book for Intro to Pharmacy class and his Honors College Colloquium. “The book gave me some inspiration to act on some dreams of mine,” he says. The sophomore spent six weeks in Guatemala and left feeling much like Farmer, who began passionate work in Haiti twenty-five years ago. Sattler says “your heart never fully comes back with you. He (Farmer) was always thinking of what could be done. He said we should find what we love to do, and then do it.”

Farmer’s work in Haiti led to his cofounding Partners in Health, a nonprofit agency that provides community-based care in places like Haiti, Peru, Rwanda, and the United States where he says many of the lessons can be replicated.

Change-makers, according to Farmer, need to look for a problem or issue being neglected and examine it not only for what’s at hand, but also for its root cause. That might stem from a poor water system, the result of deforestation. “You don’t have to be doctors to break the cycle of poverty and disease,” Farmer said. Looking for underlying reasons is vital to bring about comprehensive change.

Civil Engineering Department Head Bruce Berdanier has gone to Haiti at least fifteen times to work on building sustainable water systems. He was thrilled to finally meet the man whose impact he has observed for decades. “For me,” according to Berdanier, “it was comforting to see that Paul Farmer experienced setbacks initially along the path to his many successes.” The professor, who has returned to Haiti with engineering students and graduates to build water systems under extreme environmental challenges, takes inspiration from Farmer’s model to “stick with it; to keep trying.”

Farmer told his listeners that teams working in concert solve problems. Living in a big city or being rich isn’t necessarily a prerequisite to finding solutions, but working with non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and government agencies bring synergy to move authority and bring action. Partnering with others makes efforts even stronger.

Sara Pepper, a senior biology and premed student from Geddes, found that out during her summer in Guatemala.

She took Kidder’s book with her to unwind from “an overload of Spanish. As soon as I started reading, I knew I was hooked.”

Time spent working in a local clinic gave her the opportunity to see some of what Farmer saw regularly. When she came back to State to be a teaching assistant in the class University Experience for Pre-Professionals, she used her intimate understanding of Farmer’s story.

His story also says difference-makers must work to build infrastructure so that those in need can deliver solutions without relying on others. “We’re not going to make change,” he said, without implementation and delivery.” Building roads to deliver goods and reforesting the land may be as important to fighting disease as delivering medical care.

“It makes us a better species to support a framework of human rights,” Farmer said.

SDSU students absorbed his message from reading and discussing Kidder’s book and listening to his speech.

“It made me realize that anyone, no matter what their background, can make a difference if they apply their own skills and put in the effort,” says Marin Plumb, an undeclared freshman from Piedmont.

Faculty say it will take time to see what impact Farmer’s visit has on their students, but most agree a seed has been planted.

“Reading Kidder’s book coupled with the visit of Paul Farmer had an enormously positive impact on the students who got the point loud and clear that one committed person can really make a difference in a world like that of Haiti where the poorest of the poor have virtually no chance of a better life without people like Paul Farmer,” says Global Studies Department Head Nels Granholm.

“I believe the process has been started in all of the students, and others who read the book, that one individual can make a big difference in guiding change,” says Dean of Nursing Roberta Olson.

Before Farmer addressed an audience far removed from the oppressed environments he serves, Journalism Assistant Professor Doris Giago, an Oglala Lakota tribal member, and Charles Bourel, an SDSU agronomy student from Haiti, presented him with a star quilt. Lakota tradition says the quilt protects its receiver, according to Landon Lupi, a HPER student from Pine Ridge who sang an honor song for Farmer.

“His visit was a wonderful event for SDSU, for students and for the community to come together to listen, learn, and be in solidarity with one of the most powerful thinkers and doers of our time,” says Honors College Dean Tim Nichols who spearheaded the Common Read and Farmer’s visit.

Jeanne Jones Manzer

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BUFFALO ROUNDU provides thousands once-in-a-lifetime experience

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fter thirty-two years developing programs for visitors at Custer State Park, one might expect to take its 71,000 acres of prairie habitat, outdoor recreation, and assorted wildlife a bit for granted.

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Not so for Craig Pugsley. His public won’t allow it.

Pugsley, always a lover of the great outdoors, particularly of hunting and fishing, graduated from State in 1975 with a degree in geography and an environmental option that included wildlife, recreation, forestry, and park management classes.

He joined the staff at Custer in 1977 as a park planner, the first ever to serve in the newly minted role of developing an interpretive park naturalist program. His title and responsibilities have changed over the years—he’s now the program manager of visitor services—but he’s always been part of the park’s effort to draw people in and show them such a good time they’ll not only come back themselves, they’ll tell all their friends.

Part of Pugsley’s job involves special park activities, one of which is the Buffalo Roundup.

Held the last Monday in September and, since 1994, preceded by two days of an arts festival, the roundup has grown immensely over the years, thanks, in part, to Hollywood.

“The roundup really started taking off following the [1990] movie Dances with Wolves,” Pugsley says. “There was a resurgence of interest in the Old 22 STATE

West. I can remember when we had 200 people.

Last year, we had around 14,000.

“The Buffalo Roundup Arts Festival once had seventeen booths. Now it has 140, nonstop entertainment under the big top tent, a chili cookoff, and activities for kids. The arts festival attracts

about 12,000. The people aspect has just mushroomed.”

Buffalo handler While Pugsley deals with the people side of the roundup, another alum, Gary Brundige, resource program manager, deals with all things buffalo.

“The roundup is all about managing the herd,” says Brundige, who earned his master’s in wildlife management from State in 1985 and has been with Custer State Park since 1991. “We have projections of what kind of forage we’ll produce so we know how many we need to cull off.”

Some are culled during a limited hunt. Others are sold at the live auction in November.

Buyers run the gamut from “individuals looking to put a buffalo in their freezer,” to people starting or expanding an existing herd, to feeder market producers.

“The buffalo market is a growing industry,” Brundige says. “There’s a lot of Custer State Park buffalo out there.”

After they’re rounded up, the animals are identified and weighed and new calves are branded and vaccinated. Veterinarians test for fertility and

pregnancy. Surplus animals are sorted for sale and the herd animals go right back into the park. Three years ago, this work was done right after the roundup. Today, they give the buffalo a week off to relax in their new surroundings.

“We used to work them sooner,” Brundige explains. “They were under stress for five continuous days. When we had a

particularly hot drought year, we lost some animals to pneumonia. So we reworked the whole thing to be less stressful. Now we work a small show group Monday afternoon for people to watch. We turn the rest into a holding pasture for a week just to let them calm down so they don’t have the chronic stress. It’s a kinder, gentler approach.”

They’ve also discontinued forced weaning and the automatic sell-off of buffalo cows when they turn 10.

“We let them age,” Brundige says. “They’re like the matriarch of the group. We let the social grouping of mother-daughter continue so family groups form. It’s the normal buffalo way of things.”

This method makes for a happier, healthier herd of buffalo, whether they’re staying put or bound for new pastures.

“Family groups are under less stress,” Brundige explains. “They adapt better and more quickly than just individuals because they don’t have to be socialized.

“All of these things are designed to improve conditions for the buffalo.”

People person On the human side of things, Pugsley works with visitors, the media, and a variety of tourism groups. His education at State, he says, served as valuable preparation.

“One thing I always look back on as a cornerstone for me as an

individual is getting involved in the Geography Convention,” Pugsley says. “It’s the largest student-run convention in the United States; it was spearheaded by Dr. [Ed] Hogen back in the day. I got involved, then I got to cochair it. It was one big event, three to four days, with lots of planning and coordination.

“If I had to point my finger at one thing in the college experience, it was getting involved in that activity.”

Pugsley, who lived on campus all four years, was also active in residence hall government.

As president of Young Hall and the Inner Resident Hall Council, he served along with Mike Rounds, the current South Dakota governor and a staunch supporter of tourism.

“Our goal was to make campus life more enjoyable while fostering events and activities that drew students together to enhance their overall college experience,” Pugsley says.

Previous page: Traditional and modern horsepower is used in herding 1,225 head at the annual Buffalo Roundup at Custer State Park.

Above: Craig Pugsley, visitor services coordinator for Custer State Park, says nearly 11,000 people attended the 2008 roundup, based on a ratio of four people for each of the 2,360 vehicles, plus twenty-nine motor coaches full of people.

In 2009, Pugsley says the roundup drew at least 3,000 vehicles plus forty motor coaches for an estimated 14,000 people.

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Craig Pugsley ’75, program manager of visitor services.

Gary Brundige MS ’85, resource program manager at the park.

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We’d put on etiquette classes, social events, pigs roasts. I enjoyed the interaction with a lot of different people over the years. I forged a lot of good friendships and memories at SDSU.” Among the entities Pugsley works with are the South Dakota Office of Tourism; the Custer Area Chamber of Commerce; the Rapid City Convention and Visitors Bureau; and the Black Hills, Badlands, and Lakes Association.

“Our objective has been to work with all these other organizations to expand our business longer and longer into the year,” he says. “For events like the roundup and arts fest, we fill up the entire park and many of the surrounding communities. Last year, we had forty motor coaches to the roundup. Those coaches are staying somewhere in the Black Hills; the roundup is just one part of their stay.”

Besides increasing visitors, the park season has grown.

Years ago, people assumed the park season ran from Memorial Day to Labor Day. “Our goal has been to expand the shoulder seasons,” Pugsley says. “We open some of our facilities full service in April and keep them open all the way through December. Camping is offered on a limited basis throughout the year. We’re doing what we can to increase business to the park and ultimately to the Black Hills through the off-season.”

It’s working. Custer State Park, one of the largest State parks in the U.S., is one of South Dakota’s primary tourism destinations, second only to Mount Rushmore. Every year, 1.7 million people visit the park and its prairie habitat, ponderosa pine forest, granite outcroppings, hiking trails, campgrounds, lodges, lakes, streams, and variety of wildlife.

Though Pugsley sees these “fabulous resources” every day, the very park visitors he serves keep his vision in focus.

“Years back, I was standing on the road [where the public and media gather to view the roundup] and a lady from Massachusetts was there,” he says. “She said, ‘You probably get to do this every year, but to me, it’s a once-in-alifetime opportunity.’

“For a lot of people, it’s a very emotional and heartwarming experience to be a part of, to be able to watch and witness. It is a scene out of the Old West, cowboys herding up to 1,500 head of buffalo. You get a glimpse of what it would have been like in the old days.”

Another time, when Pugsley was returning from a board meeting, in a hurry to get back to the office, he came upon a huge, familiar roadblock.

“Here in the middle of the road stands a big bull buffalo,” he recalls. “This happens almost every day. They even lay in my yard, right in front of our picture window.

“I was following a car from Illinois full of kids.

This bull was standing feet from their vehicle.

The kids were pitching around to look out all the windows. Then they saw me behind them and this one little boy pointed at me, then pointed at the buffalo; he didn’t want me to miss this oncein-a-lifetime experience he was witnessing.

“It reminded me of just how important that opportunity is for the guests who come to Custer State Park. We might get to see it every day, but it’s such a unique experience. That’s why we’re here, to provide guests the opportunity to take home some great memories that they can share throughout their lives.

“Custer State Park is a unique and treasured resource for our resident, nonresident, and international guests to enjoy, and I have had the privilege of being a part of this treasure for over thirty years.”

Cindy Rickeman

Lepus t’s no coincidence that one of my alltime favorite horror movies is from the 1970s and features a story line about a band of huge, fiercely aggressive rabbits—I’m pretty sure they were Jackrabbits—that roll over any opponent foolish enough to get in their way.

I guess my attraction to the movie simply foreshadowed the South Dakota State University move to Division One. The movie I’m hooked on is titled Night of the Lepus. It came out in 1972, and it contained a hidden message that suggested to me the first time I saw it that the script writer was familiar with SDSU. One of the characters in the film is named Gerry Bennett, who says in one of my favorite lines, “Rabbits aren’t your bag, Roy.’’ I can tell you for sure that many a distance runner who faced State in the early 1970s found that a character— not Gerry Bennett but Garry Bentley—wasn’t their bag. Bentley, who placed nationally a couple of years in a row in races from 1,500 to 5,000 meters, sped past his competitors like a prairie Jackrabbit outruns a fox or, it must be said, a Coyote.

Anyone who has spent any time at all in South Dakota farm country knows how elusive a Jackrabbit can be. Those of us who attended South Dakota State know how quick and powerful the “Rabbits” are.

But don’t take my word for it. Go to the experts. It’s all right there in the publications of the state Game, Fish and Parks Department. Consider this:

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“The jackrabbit, which is actually a hare, sports powerful hind legs with which it escapes its enemies, running as fast as 3040 miles per hour and clearing 17 feet in a leap. The larger, more common whitetailed jackrabbit is found statewide. The black-tailed jackrabbit is found in south central counties. The best of them all, the SDSU Jackrabbit, is found wherever discerning people gather for a great education and an incredibly varied extracurricular experience.’’

You’re right. I added the last sentence, but it’s the truth, and I suspect it was simply an oversight that it wasn’t included in the official material.

Think of it. A jackrabbit can reach speeds up to 40 mph and leap 17 feet in a single bound. Incredible, you say? Really? I guess you’re one of the unfortunate ones who never saw Sid Bostic rebounding for the Jacks back in 1963 when they won the Division II national basketball title. I guess you missed the speed of Heather Seiler on the basketball court and Kim Forham or Heather Wollman on the track.

And I guess you’re one of the unfortunate ones who never saw the late Lee Colburn wow the crowds that overflowed the bleachers in the old Barn.

Not for nothing was he called “Leaping Lee,’’ and if you didn’t see him play the game of basketball in a blue and yellow uniform, you missed a remarkable talent.

Oh, he was a Jackrabbit, all right.

“White-tailed jackrabbits prefer open grasslands but thrive in pastures and

fields,’’ says a passage on the Web site www.thejump.net. “This species can also be found in forested areas up to high alpine tundra.’’

That sounds a lot like a description of South Dakota to me, from the pastures and fields of the eastern part of the state to the grasslands in the middle of the country and the higher elevations of the Black Hills to the west. If you’re thinking to yourself, “Why, that means we’re everywhere,’’ you are correct. We can go anywhere and everywhere from here.

Long-time SDSU professor John Miller’s pictorial history of the University retells the tale of the newspaper cartoon back in 1905 that showed a Jackrabbit slamming into a wall that was supposed to represent the University of Minnesota. In truth, just this past fall, the Jackrabbits did quite a lot of damage to that vaunted U of M gridiron wall.

Jackrabbits can be as versatile as Jenn Warkenthien, as speedy as Jeff Tiefenthaler or JaRon Harris and as elusive as Kyle Minett or Josh Ranek. Jackrabbits can be pretty darned powerful, too.

The first South Dakota State football game I ever saw featured a running back from Beresford named Joe Thorne, who died a few years later in Vietnam. On the field the evening I saw Thorne, he ran over tackler after tackler. He could have been the prototype for the Jackrabbit in that favorite movie I was telling you about.

Terry Woster ’66 Photograph courtesy of Michael Yost ’80

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State’s, world’s

vineyards benefit from Fennell’s research

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nne Fennell’s wine cellar has a little bit of everything. There are Midwestern wines mixed with bottles from California, France, and New Zealand. So, if you’re thinking of opening a winery in South Dakota—and there are fifteen of them in the state at last count—then you certainly want her on your side.

Fennell, a professor of horticulture, and her colleagues at the University of Nevada-Reno and Iowa State University are in the midst of research on dormancy in grapes that’s funded by a $3 million National Science Foundation grant.

The research project has exploded, much like the South Dakota wine industry that Fennell has championed since its very beginning.

The project gained worldwide importance due largely to the herculean effort of postdoctoral researcher Jérôme Grimplet. While he was a postdoc in Fennell’s laboratory, Grimplet conducted an expert annotation of the grape genome and built molecular networks so researchers could integrate gene, protein, and metabolite expression (products of protein activity such as glucose) into a series of maps. When he was finished, he had a molecular network database of 219 maps containing 13,145 genes, more than 40 percent of the grapevine genes.

Information formerly included in miles of spreadsheets can now be viewed in these maps allowing grape researchers to search for pathways and genes related to flavor, drought resistance, or in Fennell’s case, dormancy.

“We can put all of this data into maps,” says Fennell who notes that the maps also can be used to study other plant species. “It’s a first for large-scale visualizations of three different types of data at once. This major tool is freely available worldwide for systems biology.”

A growing number of businesses in South Dakota will benefit from Fennell’s research as wineries are spread across the state. Fennell has been part of South Dakota’s wine industry since its infancy, testifying before a legislative committee in 1997 in favor of a farm winery bill.

Few people would naturally tab South Dakota as the home of a growing winery industry, but its growth was no surprise to Fennell.

“I knew it was a possibility,” Fennell says, recalling that she watched Minnesota go through a similar vineyard growth spurt while she was doing postdoctoral research at the University of Minnesota. “I could see how the industry develops and its contribution to the state.”

Money grows on vines Trained to hone in on plants at the molecular level, Fennell also can see the big picture of economic development and agritourism.

Fennell notes that vineyards and wineries can have a broad economic impact. “It’s not just grapes,” Fennell says.

Vineyards often partner with local artists and producers of other South Dakota-grown products to create tourism destinations. “It’s a very good economic generator.”

As a relatively new industry—as compared to the 200 years of wine-making in California—South Dakota’s vineyards have yet to find an identity.

“I firmly believe in a region identifying their niche and developing a style,” Fennell says.

While that niche develops, Fennell’s research will help the state’s vineyards produce the best possible wine.

“It’s our job to contribute to quality,” Fennell says, “and that’s a moving target. You’re always working to identify the grapes and fruits that are the best for the region.”

Dana Hess

Unlocking the mystery of dormancy Fennell’s own work has worldwide implications for grape growers. Her research centers on dormancy in V. riparia, a grape native to the region. However, unlocking the mysteries of how and when grapes break from dormancy to start a new growing season is of interest at any vineyard.

Fennell explains that identifying genes that determine dormancy can help breeders as they search for new lines and help growers make decisions about which varieties are best for the growing season at their vineyard.

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UNIVERSITY CONDENSED

Dunn named next ag dean at South Dakota State Dr. Barry Dunn, an agricultural academic administrator with South Dakota ties, has been named dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at South Dakota State University.

Dunn’s appointment takes effect May 22, 2010.

An SDSU alumnus, Dunn has been the executive director and the Kleberg Endowed Chair at the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management at Texas A&M University-Kingsville since 2004. He is also an associate professor of agronomy and resource sciences. Prior to that, he was on the SDSU faculty.

Dunn understands the comprehensive relationship between a land-grant university and agricultural producers, according to Laurie Stenberg Nichols, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs.

“I am pleased Barry Dunn has agreed to return to South Dakota State as the next dean,” Nichols says. “He is a visionary leader who is grounded in South Dakota agriculture.

“He has demonstrated the ability to support faculty and students while also working cooperatively with producers and commodity groups. This is a critical position for our University and state, and I am confident that Barry Dunn is the right person to lead us into the future.”

The new dean completed three degrees from SDSU—a Bachelor of Science in biology in 1975, a Master of Science in animal and range sciences in 1977, and his Doctor of

Philosophy, also in animal and range sciences, in 2000.

He has produced 169 refereed articles or presentations.

Dunn is considered an expert in beef production and ranching systems, particularly on the northern Great Plains. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the Society for Range Management since 1996, the American Society of Animal Science since 1996, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association since 1981, and the Texas Southwestern Cattleraisers Association since 2004. He is a past member of the South Dakota Beef Industry Council, South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association, South Dakota Stockgrower’s Association, and South Dakota Grasslands Coalition.

The dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences oversees academic programs, budgets, and activities, including the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service. More than 2,500 students currently pursue undergraduate degrees through seventeen major fields of study offered by ten departments. An additional 300 students are pursuing graduate degrees.

University proposes changes for NW entrance to campus Land now used to graze cattle and horses north of the SDSU campus could become adult housing, a hotel/conference center, student apartment rentals, and a new South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum if a proposal presented by the University in November 2009 becomes reality.

An overall cost estimate has not been announced for the project on University land on both sides of Medary Avenue south of U.S. Highway 14.

The Northwest Quadrant Mixed-Use Development Feasibility Study was prepared by the Chicago-based architectural and planning firm Antunovich Associates in collaboration with the Washington, D.C., planning firm Brailsford & Dunlavey after being hired by the University in January 2009 and after four trips to campus.

Since being hired, the consultants have met with the Brookings mayor and city manager as well as bankers and property developers.

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The proposal calls for a 300-bed student housing development with two- and fourbedroom apartments renting for $535 to $642 in 2012. The total cost is pegged at $16.9 million. A retail component of 33,500 square feet could include a grocery store, a fitness center, a coffee house, and a convenience store.

The study calls for an 11,000-square-foot conference center but makes no specific recommendation on the size of the hotel.

Likewise, details for a university-affiliated retirement facility are not spelled out. Options include a continuing care retirement community with a range of services from independent living to dementia care or an independent living community that targets ages 55-70 and doesn’t include health-care services.

The plan can be accessed at www.sdstate.edu/about/nwneighborhood/index.cfm. The Briggs Library has a hard copy.

Union expansion under way Four years after a nearly $10-million expansion and remodeling project, The Union is under construction again.

Work began in October 2009 on a $6.6million expansion that has been fueled by ever-expanding enrollment. Work is to be complete October 1, 2010, and will add 350 seats in two new dining areas as well as extend the Campanile Room, part of which will allow for housing of the famed Bummobile.

One of the dining areas will be a sports grill offering late-night options and the other will be a bagel shop with healthy food choices.

Most of the financing comes from $3 million provided by Aramark, the food service contractor, and $3.2 million from the University Food Services account. Peska Construction Company of Sioux Falls is the general contractor for the expansion, which is being built at the northwest corner of the Union, originally built in 1971.

The new space will complement the opening of three new residence halls being built in the nearby Campus Green that will house 408 students. The site was cleared for the $20.3-million project this summer with work to be completed in time for fall occupancy.

Rex to lead SDSU’s new Department of Architecture The new architectural program at South Dakota State University moved one step closer to reality with the naming of Brian T. Rex as department head.

Rex is associate dean for academics and chair of instruction in the College of Architecture at Texas Tech University in Lubbock where he also holds an appointment as an associate professor.

“Professor Rex’s experience in the profession and as an educator makes him an especially good fit for SDSU and this new program,” says Jerry Jorgensen, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “His

background, including the recent reaccreditation efforts at his current university, will allow him to bring his experience with the latest architectural accreditation standards to his new position.”

The architecture program was approved by the Board of Regents in June. Rex will arrive at SDSU in March and will develop curriculum for the undergraduate and graduate program and will teach the program’s first classes in the fall semester of 2010. As department head, he also will lead the University’s application for program accreditation through the National Architecture Accrediting Board.

Performing Arts Center expansion on drawing board University officials want to add an 850-seat theater to the northeast side of the Performing Arts Center and are seeking financial help from the City of Brookings to do so.

At a July 28 City Council meeting, University President David L. Chicoine detailed plans for a $30-million expansion with a request for $11.8 million in secondpenny sales tax receipts. The council did not include funds in its 2010 budget. The city contributed $6 million to help fund construction of the original building, which opened in 2003 and is used for numerous community events.

To make the addition a reality, the University must gain funding commitments

and approval from the South Dakota Board of Regents as well as the Legislature.

Construction is estimated to take a minimum of eighteen months.

Theater officials are planning a proscenium theater, in which the audience directly faces the stage, as a replacement for Donor Auditorium, which had its capacity dropped from 832 to 507 when safety concerns resulted in closing the balcony of the 1912 building in May 2008. It’s handicapped accessibility also is quite limited.

The proposed expansion also would accommodate music and theater offices, which are now in Lincoln Music Hall.

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Play, Learn,

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Preschool playground makeover makes campus space unique

The Fishback family—Pat, Bob, Tom, Barbara, and Van—along with SDSU President David L. Chicoine cut the ribbon on the new Outdoor Learning Laboratory at the Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education September 18, 2009, amid the release of brightly colored balloons. They are helped by the Jackrabbit and children who attend the preschool and kindergarten.

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o the Fishback family of Brookings, it’s a special playground.

For two generations of Fishback youngsters, the playground served as a stage for imagination, creativity, and amusement.

On a sun-splashed September day this past fall, the playground sparkled with a renovation that represents a promise from the Fishbacks to guarantee its enjoyment for future generations.

The revitalized Outdoor Learning Laboratory at the Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education at South Dakota State University was dedicated September 18, 2009. The transformation added a village of brightly colored child-size buildings, a cowbell Campanile, a huge sandbox, a grass-covered rolling hill, a tricycle track, and a flowing stream.

The Outdoor Learning Laboratory is a series of connected outdoor learning environments that is designed to stimulate the imagination of the students who attend preschool and kindergarten at the Fishback Center. The playground renovation began in June 2009 and was open for children to enjoy when the fall 2009 semester began.

The newly finished playground completes a nearly ten-year facility improvement of the preschool at Pugsley Center.

Barbara and Van Fishback and Pat and Bob Fishback provided the lead gift for the newly renovated playground. Their gift was used as a match to encourage others to donate to the $292,000 project, which was funded entirely by private money.

“This amazing family, time and time again, has stepped up to lend their support,” Laurie Stenberg Nichols, provost and vice president

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of Academic Affairs, told the crowd at the dedication. In 2006, the Fishback family provided the lead gift to complete an expansion and renovation of the indoor facility.

The Fishback Center provides early childhood education students with hands-on teaching and research experience with students ages fifteen months through kindergarten. The Outdoor Laboratory is a key component for early childhood development students, says Nichols.

“The preschool is where (SDSU) students learn how to become good early childhood educators,” says Nichols, whose daughters Jordan and Hannah, now teenagers, attended the preschool. “We rely on an outstanding outdoor facility where students can observe children running, playing, using large equipment, and exercising their imaginations.”

Bob Fishback, a 1940 SDSU nursery school graduate, says playing outdoors is part of growing up.

“Playing outdoors develops your muscles. It encourages your imagination and curiosity. It’s part of learning how to be healthy,” says Bob. Although it was many years ago that he attended the preschool, Bob says he and his wife, Pat, were eager to contribute to the renovation. The couple’s two children, John and Ann, are also alumni of the preschool.

“It provides enriched experiences for the children where college students can observe as the children develop different skills outdoors than they would indoors,” says Pat (Sebastian) Fishback, a 1966 French and sociology graduate of SDSU. “I was very impressed with the fact that the design incorporated ideas from the children.”

Before designing the Outdoor Learning Laboratory, students in the early childhood education program partnered with students in landscape architecture to ask the children what elements they would like to have in their new outdoor space. A hill to roll down, a stream, and a sandbox topped the list, says Kay Cutler, director of the Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education and an associate professor of human development. Taking the children’s wishes into account, the landscape architecture students then developed preliminary designs as their senior projects.

Along with providing preschool students with a fun place to play, Cutler says, the Outdoor Learning Laboratory provides many unique learning opportunities for the children.

“They are always asking questions—about where the water in the stream disappears to, about the insects or birds that they see,” says Cutler. “Our student teachers learn how to use these questions to create learning experiences.”

Van Fishback, who prides himself on being a 1950 SDSU preschool graduate, says that only positive results can come from providing student teachers with a safe and supervised environment to learn. “It gives student teachers the opportunity to gain confidence and become good teachers in an environment where they can ask for guidance,” says Van. His wife, Barbara (Berkland) Fishback, remembers studentteaching in the SDSU preschool lab. A 1973 family and consumer sciences graduate of SDSU, Barbara says she gained a lot from the experience. Her three children—Tom, Paul, and Jay—all attended the SDSU preschool program, providing yet another reason she was eager to help fund the renovation.

“The SDSU preschool offers the best in early childhood education,” says Barbara, who taught home economics at Brookings High School after college. “Prior to the renovation, the playground looked like it hadn’t been updated since our children were preschoolers. It really needed it.”

The Outdoor Learning Laboratory is a project of It Starts with STATE: A Campaign for South Dakota State University. It is the largest University fund-raising drive in state history, with a working goal of $190 million. The campaign is in response to campuswide strategic planning that developed a vision for future growth on campus.

Playground invites hands-on learning Young children learn best from inquiry and questioning, says Laura Gloege, coordinator of the SDSU Preschool Laboratory, and the renovated Outdoor Learning Laboratory provides many opportunities for that style of learning.

“It provides for inquiry and investigation. Children learn and remember what they learn when they are part of a process and they are a part of answering their own questions about the world they live in,” Gloege says.

The Outdoor Learning Laboratory is part of the Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education—South Dakota State University’s on-campus preschool, which provides hands-on experience to Early Childhood Education students. The Outdoor Learning Laboratory completes a ten-year facility update and renovation of the Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education located in Pugsley Center.

“The playground is an extension of the classroom. It’s neat to see the children take ideas from the classroom and bring them outdoors,” says Amy Ballou, a graduate teaching assistant who has her degree in early childhood education and is currently pursuing her master’s degree.

Ballou says the Outdoor Learning Laboratory provides the students with more learning opportunities than a traditional playground.

There are no swings or slides in the space. But there is plenty of green space, plants, and structures to spark the imagination.

“This outdoor setting provides them more opportunity for imaginative play than if they had monkey bars and swings.”

Photo above: Bob Fishback, a 1940 SDSU nursery school graduate, poses with his classmates on the slide at the nursery school playground.

Fishback is standing on the slide’s steps. The playground was then situated on the north side of the former East Men’s Hall on Medary Avenue across from the Campanile.

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food laboratory provides a healthy start Love for SDSU, background in food industry lead former student to gift

Faye Tyler Wade at the September 11, 2009, dedication of the new food laboratory named after her.

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$100 scholarship won at the 1939 Minnehaha County Fair brought Faye Tyler Wade to the Brookings campus.

Seventy years later, in appreciation of her experience at South Dakota State, Wade made a leadership gift of $250,000 to modernize the school’s food laboratory. The Faye Tyler Wade Food Laboratory on the fourth floor of the NFA Building was dedicated September 11, 2009.

“It was wonderful to contribute to a wonderful time in my life. It’s what I could do to give back,” Wade says.

Wade’s gift, along with donations from many alumni, faculty, and staff, transformed the outdated food laboratory into a state-of-the-art, multifunctional work space where teaching, cooking, dining, and entertaining can all take place at once. The $338,000 renovation of the food laboratory began in May 2009 and was completed four months later. It was the first substantial upgrade to the lab since its construction in 1969.

“The Faye Tyler Wade Food Laboratory allows us to expand the instruction we provide our students. The technology even allows us to provide instruction and nutritional information to people via the Internet,” says C.Y. Wang, professor and head of the Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Hospitality. “This space is a precious resource. Its impact on our students’ futures is significant, providing them with a solid foundation for their careers in dietetics, food science, nutritional science, or hospitality management.”

Wade, 89, grew up on a farm near Crooks, South Dakota. As the oldest of five children, cooking was a skill she learned early on. “I was a farm girl—I learned how to cook when I was ten or eleven. In high school, I would get up before school and bake twelve loaves of bread three days a week, using a wood stove.”

Wade’s bread-baking skills paid off in a contest in which she won the $100 scholarship to attend South Dakota State College.

“It got me to campus. That was the only way I could attend college,” says Wade, who worked for David Doner in the registrar’s office and at several other part-time jobs to pay her tuition.

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“Those were the best years of my life,” Wade says. “I took everything in. I was in the chorus. I was majorette for the band. I wore a blue velvet and yellow satin uniform with special white leather boots. I still have my baton.”

In addition to funding the Faye Tyler Wade Food Laboratory, Wade also has made commitments to four scholarships at SDSU, which will impact the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, the College of Education and Human Sciences, the hospitality and management program, and research in biofuels development.

Sitting at a banquet table in her namesake laboratory with daughter Janet Wade-Reddick during the September dedication, Wade proudly declared that she was debt-free when she left SDSC. Wade and her husband spent their careers in the restaurant industry. The couple owned several KFCs in Iowa, Minnesota, and Arizona.

With her extensive background in the food industry and her love for SDSU, the food laboratory was a perfect fit for Wade’s philanthropic interests.

Provost Laurie Stenberg Nichols began talking with Wade in 2008 to describe the impact that a new laboratory would have on the nutrition, food science and hospitality program. “When we explained what this project would mean for today’s students, she wanted to make sure it happened as soon as possible.

“This lab is critical,” Nichols says. The laboratory is the core classroom each year for nearly 200 students in the Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Hospitality.

In order to continue providing students with the hands-on experience and basic

knowledge of food and food preparation, the old lab needed to be replaced. “It was like teaching students to use typewriters in a world of computers,” says David Hilderbrand, interim dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences.

Holly Gasper, a senior dietetics and global studies major from Chester, South Dakota, can identify with her own memories in the outdated food lab. She and her brother Austin took Introduction to Foods Lab together and created a perfect chocolate soufflé for one of their assignments.

“We spent a lot of time putting the eggs into the bowl and not stirring them too much,” says Gasper. “Austin kept looking in the oven to see how it was doing. When it was finished baking, ours turned out perfectly. All the others fell.”

Gasper is quick to acknowledge there were limitations in the old lab, with its 1960s appliances, décor, and design. “It is amazing to work

in the new lab,” Gasper says. “The layout is so efficient and all the appliances work.”

Gasper’s reaction is exactly what Wade had hoped for.

“We were so proud to see how it turned out. Mom cried,” says Wade’s daughter Janet. “It was great that she could see what her donation helped accomplish. Pretty good for a little farm girl who only had a $100 scholarship to her name when she first came to SDSC. I’m so proud of what she’s accomplished.”

The newly renovated Faye Tyler Wade Food Laboratory features state-of-theart appliances, modern stainless steel hoods, ageless stainless steel countertops, ample storage space, and furnishings. Three different ceiling heights, accent lighting, and a central circular soffit allow the single space to function differently for the occasion and use.

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“Wayne connected with so many of his students because we knew that he was one of us. He was someone we looked up to and admired and respected for his knowledge and his experience. But we also admired and respected him for his character because Wayne is someone that if you speak to him for five minutes, you know he is a man of character.”

Jim Wilcox ’76 electrical engineering, former student of Wayne Knabach

Electrical engineering alumni honor former professor Wayne E. Knabach Student Lounge dedicated in new Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building

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f it wasn’t for Wayne Knabach, Jim Wilcox wouldn’t have become a power system engineer.

When Wilcox ’76 was attending South Dakota State University, Knabach, his adviser, told him about a $500 scholarship for students pursuing a career in power system engineering. Wilcox’s professional fate was decided from there.

“Wayne connected with so many of his students because we knew that he was one of us,” says Wilcox, manager of regulatory and government affairs for Xcel Energy in Sioux Falls. “He was someone we looked up to and admired and respected for his knowledge and his experience. But we also admired and respected him for his character because Wayne is someone that if you speak to him for five minutes, you know he is a man of character.”

Knabach left an imprint on countless students during his thirtyeight years of teaching electrical engineering at SDSU. To honor their former professor, Wilcox and Jim Edwards ’82, assistant general manager of operations for East River Electric Power Cooperative in Madison, spearheaded an effort to name a space in the new Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building after their beloved professor.

On October 19, 2009, the Wayne E. Knabach Student Lounge was dedicated by the Department of 34 STATE

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

“This lounge dedicated to you, Wayne, was initiated, conceived, and implemented by your students,” Dennis Helder, department head and professor, said at the dedication. “I think that is the highest honor any professor can receive from his students.”

The department hosted Knabach and several of his family members, as well as many of his former students and donors to the project. A plaque signifying what Knabach meant to the College of Engineering, SDSU and his students was unveiled, and the professor emeritus was given a framed copy of the text from the plaque, which included signatures of those who attended the dedication.

“When I walked off this campus sixty years ago last June with my diploma, nobody would’ve predicted a teaching career for me, to say nothing of something like this,” Knabach said at the ceremony. “I fully recognize the uniqueness of this room dedication—that it was an idea of a couple of students. They implemented it with support from the Foundation and then with financial support from other friends, former students, colleagues. It’s just unbelievable.”

Knabach retired in 1995 and lives in Sioux Falls. A Harrisburg native,

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Wayne Knabach and wife, Kathy, enjoy the dedication of the Wayne E. Knabach Student Lounge in the new Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Building.

Scholarships Expanded scholarship opportunities are a centerpiece of It Starts with STATE: A Campaign for South Dakota State University.

he success of the Jackrabbit Guarantee scholarship program has been a driving force behind enrollment gains and higher ACT scores for the entire student population. Since the inception of the renewable scholarship in 2002, there have been 6,812 first-year students who benefited from the Jackrabbit Guarantee. Today, 2,744 students—or one in four on the Brookings campus—are guaranteed at least $1,000 annually for meeting the program’s academic criteria.

It Starts with STATE surpassed $110 million in gifts and pledges through 2009.

The six-year comprehensive campaign is in response to a campuswide strategic planning process that identified long-term needs and opportunities for SDSU. It Starts with STATE has a working goal of $190 million. Scholarships are an integral part of the overall campaign.

Jim Woster, a 1962 alumnus, will chair the Foundation’s renewed emphasis to increase funding for the Jackrabbit Guarantee. “In the past fifty years, I have witnessed so many great successes at South Dakota State. New programs, new buildings, the move to Division I,” Woster says. “The Jackrabbit Guarantee’s impact has been as profound as anything I’ve seen.”

The retention rate of Jackrabbit Guarantee students was 85 percent in 2008-09, almost 7.5 percent higher than SDSU as a whole.

The number of students with ACTs of 24 or higher has grown dramatically since the program was launched. In 2001, there were 495 freshmen with an ACT of 24 or better. That has grown steadily, reaching 958 in 2009. (The number of freshmen in all other upper ACT categories has also grown in that same time frame).

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he received his Bachelor’s of Science degree from SDSU in 1949. He spent two years in the U.S. Army and in 1957 returned to SDSU to teach in the Electrical Engineering Department.

While working as an instructor, he enrolled in graduate school, earning his master’s degree in engineering in 1961.

During his career, Knabach received numerous awards, including the Tesla Award by the Area Power Conference in 1998 in Winnipeg, Canada. In 1995, he was recognized as a Distinguished Engineer, the highest honor bestowed by the SDSU College of Engineering.

While at SDSU, Knabach developed a valuable student field trip consisting of fifteen power site tours, and after his appointment as coordinator of the SDSU Center for Power Systems Studies (CPSS) in 1971, membership more than doubled.

Following the October dedication ceremony, the CPSS honored Knabach with a “CPSS Lifetime Achievement Award” at its banquet. The CPSS consists of a partnership with the regional power industry and is dedicated to teaching students through direct involvement in the field.

“Wayne Knabach positively affected the lives of a significant number of students while teaching at SDSU, both personally and professionally,” says Steven Hietpas, professor and CPSS coordinator. “This award is a testimony to his impact on the power community in this region.”

Students originally planning to enroll at major competitors (University of NebraskaJim Woster ’62 will lead a renewed Lincoln, Iowa emphasis to increase funding for State and the Jackrabbit Guarantee.

University of Minnesota) came to SDSU, according to data from the Office of Student Affairs.

Armed with eight years of data that proves the merit of the program, Woster will work with Foundation staff and University leadership to encourage more individuals and companies to support scholarships. “This program is enormously popular. My role is to simply ask folks to look at the impact the Jackrabbit Guarantee is having on our state and region, and ask them to invest in this program,” Woster says.

Woster says the goal is to generate at least $430,000 more annually in scholarships for the Jackrabbit Guarantee to meet the growing demand. “Thousands of alumni and friends of this University already support the Jackrabbit Guarantee. We are not going to be bashful about asking our friends to do more and allowing more to join the bandwagon. The Jackrabbit Guarantee is simply that important.”

For options on ways to support the Jackrabbit Guarantee, visit www.sdsufoundation.org or contact Jim Woster at jwoster61@sio.midco.net.

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NOTES FROM NICKS

Boo-Hoo brought hippie culture to campus was new at my job at the University in March 1968 when Boo-Hoo came to campus to “show us the way,” he said.

Boo-Hoo, a.k.a. Charles Edward Artman, told students and curious staffers that “everyone should have their mind blown once.” He was the first and only honest-to-goodness, fresh from California-with-flowers-in-his-hair hippie to ever sit cross-legged in the jump circle of The Barn (take that, Sid Bostic) and expound on LSD, atomic energy, tectonic plates, auto mechanics, and what life is really all about.

I remember him, and recall that I wasn’t all that enamored with the whole shtik.

We were all quite innocent then, before coeds cursed or spent time in downtown pool halls.

Campus Lutheran Pastor Arne Markland had hutzpah and a slim budget for speakers, and contacted Boo-Hoo at the Neo-American Church to come to Brookings as part of a lecture series and tell us all about, as Boo-Hoo said, “Buddha and all these other groovy cats.”

He arrived with what I believe was the only set of clothes he owned. Tagging along were girlfriend, Gwyn (who said she was a dean’s list dropout from Cornell), his tepee, guitar, sandals, neck chain with a stylish ankh, and his little sack of “sacraments” he smoked in a peace-pipe he’d carved.

With Boo-Hoo and Gwyn were two other recently declared hippie hitchhikers. They all arrived at Sexauer Park in Boo-Hoo’s 1941, hippie-sloganed Dodge panel truck and lived in his teepee.

The two hitchhikers, who had dropped out of the University of Iowa, said they were headed back to Iowa to “plant a garden,” probably with seeds from Boo-Hoo’s bag of sacraments.

SDSU students and Brookings residents were intrigued by the visitors from California.

A long line of automobiles idled through

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By Chuck Cecil

Chuck’s Column is sponsored by Nick’s Hamburgers www.NicksHamburgers.com

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Sexauer Park for a glimpse of a bearded BooHoo and his ankh, which was as big as a four-point tire wrench.

Many came to the Campus Wesley Center where he was to share his hippish wisdom, but that place was too small, so The Barn was arranged.

I remember him there, sitting cross-legged at center court, his flowing hair a frightful mess and smelling of burning logs, his purple toes poking through red socks (it was one below zero the night before, and his tepee lacked insulation), and strumming a guitar held together with hippie stickers, like “Better Redwood than Deadwood.”

Some in The Barn in those carefree days before CNN and H1N1 pulled a hurried puff on his loaded peace pipe.

Boo-Hoo and company left town, and about a month later we heard he’d been busted in Salt Lake City. Something about his sacrament bag.

A quick bit of research, thanks to Google and Dave Graves, contributing writer for STATE Magazine, tells us Boo-Hoo remained in Salt Lake City, making it his permanent home. He would be arrested twenty-one times, but he was never convicted of any crimes. He changed his hippie name to Charlie Brown and continued to wear the same brass ankh he wore in Brookings.

He shed his sandals and took to going barefoot, even in the Utah snow.

Boo-Hoo organized the Temple of the Rainbow Path International and worked to help the needy in Salt Lake. With his guitar, he became a national recording artist, it is said.

Charles E. Artman found Mormonism in Salt Lake City shortly after leaving The Barn’s center jump circle, and embarked on a fifteen-year quest for baptism. That happened in May of 1985. Six years later, in Northern California, on April 15, 1991, now a Mormon elder, Charles E. Artman, a..k.a. Boo Hoo, a.k.a.

Charlie Brown, died at age 51.

For those of us who were around in 1968, Boo Hoo sort of epitomized the era. It arrived on campus, hummed a few tunes, told us about groovy cats, smoked a satchel of “sacraments” and then disappeared in a beat up Dodge.

The only two lessons I learned from all that was to insulate your teepee and wear shoes in the winter.

Editor’s note: For information about the author and to read more of his work, go to stubblemulch.com.

bring SDSU’s message to legislators im Burg knows a thing or two about the South Dakota Legislature. He served there for ten years in the House and two more in the Senate. He also spent eighteen years in the Capitol as a member of the Public Utilities Commission.

Burg ’63 would never say he’s an expert on the Legislature, but he does admit, with a chuckle, “I kind of paid attention.”

Burg’s experience makes him the perfect person to lead the Jackrabbit Advocates, a grass-roots coalition formed in December 2007 by the SDSU Alumni Association.

The coalition Burg leads was first conceived by the association’s president and chief executive officer, Matt Fuks. Fuks ’89 brought to the association a degree in political science and a “natural proclivity” for advocacy.

Every alumni organization tries to tell its story to policymakers and legislators, and they all do it in the same way. At SDSU, Fuks found the usual mechanism: a list of alumni and friends who were willing to write letters and make phone calls to legislators.

Fuks wanted something more; a means of connecting alumni with their own local, elected officials so that they could build relationships and become a trusted source of information about public higher education issues all year long for their own representatives. He started with a handful of alumni and kept them current on legislative issues with weekly conference calls.

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Ryan Brunner, left, an employee of Brookings Economic Development Corporation and 2007 SDSU graduate, serves as a Jackrabbit Advocate, keeping legislators such as Larry Tidemann ’70/’72, right, RBrookings, informed on the school's legislative concerns.

Jackrabbit Advocates everywhere The group has grown to sixtytwo, half the number that Fuks

ultimately wants. There’s at least one Jackrabbit Advocate in each legislative district and some districts have as many as four.

The role of the advocates is not just to champion SDSU issues, but to act as trusted sources of information about public higher education.

“That’s absolutely a very big part of our program,” Fuks says, “keeping our legislators informed.”

And so far, the response from legislators has been encouraging.

“I think the program is getting a positive reaction from legislators,” says Jackrabbit Advocate Ryan Brunner ’07. “The legislators I have talked to enjoy getting information about higher education and the programs at SDSU.”

Welcome information for legislators According to Burg, legislators are always hungry for more information.

“I always said, ‘The Legislature is a crash course in everything.’ We never get enough information,” Burg says. “We expect legislators to do what’s best for the state and the best way to do that is to make sure they have enough information.”

The advocates found out they were on the right track at a leadership conference with four legislators. One lawmaker said he could spot a letter-writing campaign “a mile away” and paid no attention to them.

“They told us that grass-roots advocacy is the best way to effect change,” Fuks recalls.

Not just a two-month commitment That advocacy won’t only be at the grass-roots level; it will also be a

constant source for legislators throughout the year.

“Our goal is to provide information and resources to help legislators stay informed yearround,” according to Brunner.

“Many times groups and lobbyists only show up when there’s a problem. Our group aims to help develop solutions before problems come up. That will make us successful.”

Fuks saw a need for a coalition like Jackrabbit Advocates because more groups and interests are seeking the state’s ever-dwindling funds. Burg sees another need as many legislators from the state’s population centers don’t have agricultural backgrounds.

“These days, fewer and fewer legislators are actual hands-on farmers,” says Burg, an animal science major who farms with his brother and two sons near Wessington Springs. “They need to know about a land-grant university and what that means to the state to have that resource for the ag economy.”

The Jackrabbit Advocates have taken a statewide view of their mission as they speak for all higher education issues, not just SDSU. Fuks notes that state funding for higher education is all allocated to the Board of Regents.

“We’re all part of one big system,” Fuks says.

As representatives of the biggest school in that system, the Jackrabbit Advocates are uniquely positioned to serve as trusted sources of information about higher education.

“We’re the only ones who can do this,” Fuks says, “because SDSU is the only one drawing students from all across the state and the only one with alumni all across the state.”

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WEDDINGS Annie Haefner ’02 and Samuel Culliton August 29, 2009. They live in Lafayette, LA. Jennifer Lantgen ’07 and Craig Hill Pharm.D. ’09 - June 27, 2009. Craig is a pharmacist and Jennifer is a registered nurse at Mayo Clinic. They live in Rochester, MN.

BIRTHS Larry ’85 and Yelena Heffley, twins, Roman and Juliet, born July 3, 2008. They live in Reading, PA. Beth (Dylla) ’86 and Dan Omer, a boy, Boone Murphy, born March 11, 2009. They live in Lee’s Summit, MO, with their two children.

Kathy (Merriman) ’92 and Chris Stevens, a boy, Kingston, born June 22, 2009. They live in Sequim, WA. Kari (Elgethun) and Riley Hill, a girl, Quinn Rebecca, born June 19, 2009. They live in Chanhassen, MN. Scott ’97 and Brenda (Young) ’99 Sabers, a boy, Easton Ty, born July 16, 2009. They live in Sturgis with their two children.

FLANDREAU, SD – SUMMER 2009 SDSU Delta Chi Fraternity Brock Nelson, Brandon DeBoer, Michael Kendall, Anthony Sutton, Kevin Costner, Nathan Rolling, Brandon Bausch.

Richard ’98 and Jan (Ehrman) ’02 Anderson, a girl, Emma Grace, born September 2, 2009. They live in Rochester, MN. Michael ’01 and Becky Blume, a girl, Jayna Elise, born March 9, 2009. Michael is a program specialist with the Department of Agriculture. They live in Pierre.

Richard ’98 and Danielle (White) ’99 Ronk, a girl, Ashleigh Rae, born June 4, 2009.

They live in Council Bluffs, IA. Ryan ’98 and Megan (Johnson) ’02 Torgrude, a boy, Luke Arthur, born January 27, 2009. They live in New Hope, MN. Jordan ’01 and Stacy Mancini, a boy, Isaac Charles, born March 12, 2009. Jordan is a farm manager for Jennie-O Turkey Store.

They live in Long Prairie, MN. Chad ’02 and Nicki (Neiman) ’02 Swier, a girl, Teagan Rae, born August 14, 2009.

Chad works at BSI and Nicki works at Avera McKennan Hospital. They live in Sioux Falls.

Steven ’04 and Tara (Boehnke) ’05 Hawks, a boy, Connor Jeffrey, born September 22, 2009. Steven works at Kansas State University. They live in Manhattan, KS. Sarah (Pankratz) ’05 and Ryan ’01 Raml, a boy, Owen Douglas, born December 28, 2009. Sara is a labor and delivery nurse at Sanford and Ryan is a customer serivce/account representative for Omnicare of South Dakota. They live in Sioux Falls.

Andrea (Mathis) Pharm.D. ’08 and Nate Fuhrer, a boy, Paxton Levi, born June 30, 2009. They live in Sioux Falls.

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SIOUX FALLS – NOVEMBER 14, 2009 Clockwise left to right: Mike Schroeder MEd ’93, Steven Schoemaker, Erik Amundson ’96, Chris Huls ’99, Gophers fan Jeremy, Dan Kurtz ’96, Michelle Engelmeyer ’99, Shelie Farrand ’98, Pam (Hill) Schroeder ’73/MEd ’77/MS ’82, Tom Gannon ’65/MS ’71

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Calendar of Events February 6

Rapid City, SD – Black Hills Stock Show, annual Alumni Reception Brookings, SD – 2010 SDSU Family of the Year Luncheon and Program Sioux Falls, SD – Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm)

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March 6-9 16 26

Sioux Falls, SD – Summit League Tournament Pregame Rallies Sioux Falls, SD – Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm) Sioux Falls, SD – March Madness Viewing Party (6pm)

April 15 20 22 24

Brookings, SD – Senior Sizzle Sioux Falls, SD – Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm) Aberdeen, SD – SDCA Conference Reception Brookings, SD – Oozeball

May 18

Sioux Falls, SD – Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm)

June 9 Sioux Falls, SD – Serve breakfast at The Banquet 10-11 Brookings, SD – 50 Year Club Reunion

July 17 22

Sioux Falls, SD – JazzFest Brandon, SD – Prairie Repertory Theatre

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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS AND EVENTS CLASS NEWS GENERAL Tim Kessler ’79 works at El Dorado NewsTimes Daily Newspaper as a feature writer.

He lives in Smackover, AR, with his wife and two children.

Mark Dott ’80/MS ’83 and Dennis Christensen ’65 have expanded their consulting partnership after signing a consulting and engineering services contract with 3M Healthcare. Mark and his wife, Jean (Reding) ’84, live in Littleton, CO. Randel J. Maass ’81 is the pastor of the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church of rural Marion. He lives in Sioux Falls with his wife, Kathleen, and their son, Zac. Peggy (Schuette) Schlechter ’84/MS ’06 was elected to serve a two-year term as president of the South Dakota Association of College Career Centers. She is currently the Dean of Students at National American University. She lives in Rapid City.

Maripage (Dunn) Albertie ’93 is an assistant director-east area for Residential Education at the University of Arizona. She lives in Tucson, AZ, with her husband, John ’00, and their three children.

OCTOBER 12 – BROOKINGS, SD Celebrating 104 years, the Jackrabbit was the guest of honor in The Union at a birthday party thrown by the Staters for State.

Amber (Fischer) Mikkelsen ’03 is an educator in Hoven, SD. She lives in Gettysburg with her husband, Andrew, and their twins, Neva and Olivia.

DEATHS 1938 Lawrence E. Bartling 1938 Constance (Mark) Goodwillie 1939 Clayton R. Jones 1944 Priscilla (Lindsay) Cook 1945 Mildred (Schiller) Day 1948 Loyd Riedesel 1949 Garvin C. Bertsch 1949 Ray A. Mueller 1949 Gladys (Storry) Pederson 1950 Ardith (Young) Olson 1950 Paul E. Tommeraasen 1950 Duane E. Tupper 1951 Donna L. Gamble 1951 Carl G. Moquist 1951 Evelyn (Halverson) Paula 1951 Marilynn (Sprague) Page 1951 Skee Rasmussen 1951 Thomas H. Walker 1952 Donald A. Ellis 1952 Eugene C. Larson 1952 Robert E. Metcalf 1953 Robert D. Edwards 1955 Richard A. Pence 1956 Harriet (Witmer) Bonhorst 1956/MEd ’64 Otto P. Rademacher 1957 Bob D. Breazeale 1959 Alvin L. Dykstra 1959 Marvin C. Kool 1959 MS ’60 Norman T. Miller 1959 Curtis M. Twedt 1959 Richard G. Withington 1960 Iver L. Oerter 1961 Terrence G. Hoscheid 1961 John A. Wolff 1962 Ronald D. Louder

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SEPTEMBER 26 – NORMAL, IL Alumni, friends, and fans of the Jacks gathered at the Alumni Tent before the Illinois State game.

NOVEMBER 7 – BROOKINGS, SD The Staters for State student alumni group stacked their support for the Jacks at the Alumni tent before the Southern Illinois game at CoughlinAlumni Stadium.

DEATHS 1962 Terry L. Novak 1962/MS ’69 Kenneth E. Schaack 1963 Thomas L. Kelly 1963 Paul A. Lee 1964/MS ’67 Myron E. Enevoldsen 1964 Donald E. Habicht 1965 Walter L. Van Gilder 1967 Larry A. Hendrickson 1967 Helen (Schilling) Johnson MA ’70 James M. Neal 1970 Cheryl A. Schwartz 1976/MS ’87 Kathryn (Buchholtz) Chadwick 1974 LeRoy C. Nettleton 1975 Caren L. Bond 1980 Gretchen (Idema) Hughes 1982 Paul J. Iverson 1986 Russell A. Keen 1988 Julie (Nieman) Steuck 1994 Deron E. Arnold 2006 Gabriel J. Koenigsfeld

AUGUST 31 – BROOKINGS, SD Incoming freshmen were welcomed with the Fall Convocation held at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.

SEPTEMBER 12 – BROOKINGS, SD The Nursing Class of 1999 gathered at the Alumni Tailgate tent after their ten-year reunion.

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OCTOBER 24 – HUNTSVILLE, AL Distance was not keeping alumni and friends from gathering for tailgating and a watch party in Alabama before the Hobo Day game.

70,000 +

Jackrabbits Forever Fund

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Founded in 1889 with a history almost as long as the University that it serves, the South Dakota State University Alumni Association, a private nonprofit organization, strives to keep SDSU’s 70,000 + alumni connected to their alma mater.

Annually the Alumni Association hosts more than 80 events all across the country touching more than 10,000 Jackrabbits. Each year the Alumni Association communicates with its membership more than 690,000 times through STATE Magazine, the Jackrabbit Insider, the online communities, invitations, and e-mails.

To give, send to the Jackrabbits Forever Fund, c/o SDSU Foundation, Box 525, SDSU, Brookings, SD 57007. At the SDSU Foundation, questions can be directed to Ryan Howlett. Contact him via e-mail at Ryan.Howlett@sdsufoundation.org or by phone toll-free at 888-747-7378. At the SDSU Alumni Association, contact Matt Fuks at matt.fuks@statealum.com or by phone toll-free at 888-735-2257.

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WHERE WE HAVE BEEN August 31 Fall Convocation

24 Hobo Day tailgate – Brookings, SD 24 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 24 Watch Party – Huntsville, AL 31 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD

November

September 12 Jackrabbit Advocacy Leadership Workshop – Brookings, SD 12 1999 Pharmacy Reunion – Brookings, SD 12 Cereal Bowl home tailgate – Brookings, SD 12 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 15 Sioux Empire Staters Luncheon – Sioux Falls, SD 19 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 21 Sioux Empire Staters Mixer – Sioux Falls, SD 26 Tailgate at Illinois State – Normal, IL 26 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD

October 3 Pregame event at J. Lohr Winery – San Luis Obispo, CA 3 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 10 Tailgate at Missouri State – Springfield, MO 10 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 17 NDSU home tailgate – Brookings, SD 17 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 20 Sioux Empire Staters Luncheon – Sioux Falls, SD 23 Distinguished Alumni Banquet – Brookings, SD 24 Breakfast at Tompkins Alumni Center – Brookings, SD

7 Southern Illinois home tailgate – Brookings, SD 7 1969 Pharmacy Reunion – Brookings, SD 7 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 12 Jackrabbit Birthday Bash – Brookings, SD 14 Tailgate at U of M – Minneapolis, MN 14 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 15 Women’s Basketball Pregame Rally – Tempe, AZ 17 Sioux Empire Staters Luncheon – Sioux Falls, SD 21 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 23 Sioux Empire Staters Mixer – Sioux Falls, SD 28 West River Jacks Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 28 Football Playoff tailgate – Missoula, MT

December 3 West River Jacks Double Header Watch Party – Rapid City, SD 9 Sioux Empire Staters Madrigal Luncheon – Sioux Falls, SD 11 Madrigal Performance – Pierre, SD

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Sioux Empire Staters Calendar of Events

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Mark your calendars and watch for more information, including additional events and special guests attending from SDSU • January 19 Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm) • January 26 Mixer at McNally’s Irish Pub (5pm) • February 16 Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm) • March 6-9 Summit League Tournament Pregame Rallies • March 16 Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm) • March 26 March Madness Viewing Party (6pm) • April 20 Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm) • May 18 Luncheon at the East Side Pizza Ranch (12pm) • June 9 Serve breakfast at The Banquet • July 17 JazzFest

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