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Looking at slides of blood cells, fecal matter and urine has taken on an entirely different perspective this school year thanks to new state-of-the-art equipment in the medical laboratory science lab at South ��ֱ���� State University. In July, the program received 28 microscopes and an innovative slide scanner as part of a $750,000 award from the South ��ֱ���� Department of Health, which was handling workforce development funds from the Centers for Disease Control, according to April Nelsen, the medical lab science clinical coordinator who put a proposal together for the health department.

South ��ֱ���� State University President Barry Dunn has bestowed presidential medallions upon three SDSU Foundation leaders for their contributions to the university. The recipients were Steve Erpenbach, president and CEO of the SDSU Foundation; Keith Mahlum, vice president for development; and Tim Dwire, vice president for finance and operations.

As a Davis-Bahcall Scholar, current South ��ֱ���� State University freshman Mackenzie Hollenbeck traveled more than 5,000 miles this summer going to some of the top science centers in the world. But the one that really grabbed her heart was only a little more than 100 miles from her family’s Edgemont ranch. The biology major was among eight South ��ֱ���� students who were chosen to participate in the Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program, which is designed to help rising university freshmen and sophomores entering science, technology, engineering and math fields develop an understanding of where their passions could take them.

Two retired South ��ֱ���� State University nursing professors were honored by their college for lifetime achievements at a scholarship celebration on campus Oct. 25. Carol J. Peterson, 85, of Brookings, was the inaugural recipient of the College of Nursing's Living Legacy ��ֱ����. She served as the dean of the SDSU College of Nursing from 1977 to 1987, when she became the vice president for academic affairs, a position she held for 22 years. Lois Tschetter, 72, of Brookings, was honored with the College of Nursing’s annual Distinguished Service ��ֱ����. Tschetter retired in 2019 after a 36-year career at SDSU.

South ��ֱ���� Pharmacists Association has selected South ��ֱ���� State University pharmacy educator Emily Van Klompenburg, of Bruce, as its Distinguished Young Pharmacist. Van Klompenburg, a 2015 Pharm.D. graduate from South ��ֱ���� State University, received the award at the association’s annual conference in Brookings Sept. 13. The award goes to a pharmacist less than 10 years in the practice who has participated in professional programs and community service.

Longtime South ��ֱ���� State University pharmacist Jodi Heins of Sioux Falls has been named pharmacist of the year by the South ��ֱ���� Pharmacists Association. Heins, a professor in the College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions at SDSU, received the Hustead ��ֱ���� at the association’s annual gathering in Brookings Sept. 13.

Two South ��ֱ���� State University students in the landscape architecture program competed in an international competition in Istanbul, Turkey. Jake Pytleski and Miranda Peck represented the SDSU School of Design in the International Federation of Landscape Architects conference Sept. 4-6. Pytleski’s team placed third in the conference competition.

The Thompson Center, South ��ֱ����’s most comprehensive counseling education center, and its supporters were celebrated at a grand opening event on the South ��ֱ���� State University campus Oct. 11.

Bibek Adhikari, a graduate teaching assistant in biology and microbiology, received the 2024 John E. Miller Research ��ֱ���� from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi at South ��ֱ���� State University.

The public is invited to “An Evening with Jeffrey Rosen,” set for 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Larson Memorial Concert Hall at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on the South ��ֱ���� State University campus. Rosen, a noted legal scholar, is president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and a professor of law at the George Washington University Law School. At SDSU, he will present “The History and Future of the American Idea.”