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Anand honored for teaching excellence. Anand received the North Central Region for 2021 Excellence in College and University Teaching à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs for Food and Agricultural Sciences by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. He receives $2,000 to be used for improving teaching at SDSU.

After nearly three years of construction, the Raven Precision Agriculture Center opened its doors in August 2021, becoming SDSU’s innovation ecosystem to the next generation of agricultural producers. The $46.2 million facility was supported by South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã stakeholder groups, industry partners and legislative leaders.

Through the generosity of two South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University alumni, the university has established its first endowed faculty position in the College of Education and Human Sciences. The Tate Profilet and Mary DeJong Family Endowed Director of Early Childhood Education was formalized at an Oct. 22 investiture ceremony, paving the way for a new era of the early childhood education program at State.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University’s American Indian Science and Engineering Society student organization received The Outreach and Community Service à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã at the annual AISES National Conference, held Sept. 23-25 at the Phoenix Convention Center.

For the third-straight year, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University has been ranked the safest college campus in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã by YourLocalSecurity.com, an ADT authorized provider and partner of SafeStreets.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University President Barry Dunn bestowed the SDSU Presidential Medallion upon six individuals Tuesday afternoon for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University climbed two spots to No. 5 in College Factual’s Best Value Colleges for International Students ranking. This ranking is out of 1,204 colleges in the U.S. that offer four-year degrees.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University’s Professional Staff Advisory Council recently honored four of its members at its annual meeting. Rebecca Peterson received the Rising Star à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã, which goes to an employee within three years of initial hire, while Tianna Beare, Matt Halvorson and Jeff Holm were selected as Outstanding Professional à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã recipients.

Tonkoski, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, began teaching at State in 2012 after earning his doctorate in electrical engineering from Concordia University in Montreal late 2011. His bachelor’s and master’s degrees were earned in his native Brazil.

South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University senior Hattie Seten became the university's second recipient of the Rhodes scholarship, announced Saturday. SDSU's first Rhodes scholar, Maj. Gen. Alan A. Nord ’52, earned a master’s degree in general chemistry from Oxford.