Northern State University Jump Start

Northern State University Jump Start updated their phone number.

Congrats Kyla Rae Schuster! We're proud of all your accomplishments.

“I’ve known since the second grade I wanted to be a teacher, so it just kind of fit. Why not Northern? I’d been coming here since the summer before my freshman year with Upward Bound. Knowing campus, it just helps make it feel like home. As a student, I’ve made so many connections. I work for Sarah Botkin, and through her, I became an orientation leader. I’ve just met so many people. I tell my orientees in my orientation leader group, ‘the more faces that you recognize on campus, the more it feels like home. So making those connections helps make you feel like you fit. Working on campus, everyone always understands you’re a student first. Your success is always important. Even if something is outside of your comfort zone, just grab as many opportunities as you can. You won’t regret trying. Even if things don’t work out, you’ll have that experience to take with you.” – Kyla Schuster

There's a great article in the Aberdeen American News today about the importance of campus visits in choosing a college. https://www.aberdeennews.com/news/local/campus-visits-offer-extra-insight-for-students-deciding-on-right/article_71d70ab6-7cde-5490-8496-6c64ecb183da.html

But even if you can't access the article behind the paywall, there's a wonderful picture of our own Evangelina Farias leading a group of prospective students on a campus tour. Nice job, Eve!

Campus visits offer extra insight for students deciding on right college The Andreis family traveled from Canon City, Colo., to visit Presentation College on Jan. 14, a trek of about 800 miles. Cody Andreis, a senior in high school, was interested

It's great to see Northern graduates going on to do work like this: http://www.yankton.net/article_973b39ee-bf7f-11e7-af29-77f2b380a57b.html

Statue Of Famed Ponca Chief Set For Niobrara NIOBRARA, Neb. — Chief Standing Bear and his Ponca Tribe were driven from their homeland in the 1870s, forcefully relocated by the federal government from northeast Nebraska to Oklahoma.

As the world we live in grows increasingly diverse, it would benefit all of us to enter into discussions about cultural experiences, inter-cultural communication, and other aspects of multiculturalism. Please look into these discussion forums offered by the Northern State University Student Association and try to attend a few if you can.

The first Multicultural Forum will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the Missouri River Room! The topic being discussed is “Studying Abroad”! This event is sponsored by the NSU Confucius Institute, Project Pengyou & NSU Student Association! Can’t wait to see you all there!

Though they didn't win an award, Kelsey Iverson and the NSU Rugby Club had a great time with their float in the NSU Homecoming Parade!

Hannah Rose Higdon and Tayzia Claymore-Knight are prepared to present on the SD Jump Start student panel at the South Dakota Indian Education Summit!

Congrats to Tanner Peltier for being recognized as one of the Qdoba Athletes of the Week!

Bullen, Peltier Named Qdoba Athletes of the Week ABERDEEN, S.D. - Northern State's Tanner Peltier (men's cross country) and Dakotah Bullen (women's cross country) have been named as the Qdoba Athletes of the Week for their efforts on the course at the Herb Blakely Invite.

Don't forget COLLEGEPALOOZA today, August 31 from 4 - 6 pm, Downtown Aberdeen! One lucky NSU student can win a $750 scholarship for the spring semester!

Take a moment to check out this article from the Aberdeen American News listing the Arts&Entertainment events going on at NSU And PC this year (featuring our very own Tayzia Claymore-Knight!).

Tayzia also appears in the video about the audition process for the musicals: http://www.aberdeennews.com/entertainment/videos/anatomy-of-an-audition/video_97e7a0be-8d1e-11e7-936b-034a42363940.html

Arts, entertainment options abound as campuses come to life Aberdeen being a two-college town means there are plenty of campus-related entertainment options once fall rolls around. Talented students and faculty members at Northern State University and Presentation College—sometimes teamed

Freshmen move-in is today, but we can't wait for the rest of you to return this weekend! See you on Monday for the start of classes!

It's move-in day on campus – welcome to !

Can't believe the summer is already almost over! But it's that time to start getting ready to return to school. Classes begin on Monday, August 21st.
Move-In for returning students is on Saturday, August 19th starting at 10:00am. Please let me know if there's anything we can do to help make your move back to campus an easy one. Also, stop in to see me once you're back so that we can confirm your books for the semester. Thanks!

Congrats to all of the Northern State University students who made the Dean's List for Spring 2017!

And a special congratulations to those Jump Start students who made the Dean's List: Donovan Kopetsky, Jule Mercer, Haylie Nicole, Kyla Rae Schuster, Jacob Sigurdson, Hannah Rose Higdon, and Margaret Biebr!

Congratulations to all of our students who made the dean's list! See the full list here: http://ow.ly/9ZWy30cAUPj

At least one exam done for Jacob Sigurdson, Makaela Moser, Hannah Jorgenson, and Hannah Rose Higdon who all did an excellent job in their SPCM-222 Final Debate! Thanks to Professor Liz Sills and a very special thanks to the panel of judges: Corey Klatt, Jon Schaff, and President Tim Downs!

Best of luck on Finals this week! In a few more days you'll have a(nother) full year of college under your belts! Keep it up!

As a reminder for why studying for final exams is important, even if you know it's a multiple choice test.

Good luck everyone!

Congratulations to Tanner Peltier for being recognized last night at the 5th Annual Northern State University Maroon Tie Student-Athlete Excellence Banquet!
He was one of 125 student-athletes at NSU to have earned at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA. All in all, a pretty accomplished group of athletes!

Gary Wollman and Haylie Nicole braved the chilly weather to see the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new residence halls today. There will be a cookout dinner there to celebrate, so stop by behind MJ starting at 5pm tonight to get some food!

Congratulations to the Jump Start students who won awards last night at the Crazy Horse Memorial Scholarship Banquet! Tanner Peltier, Jule Mercer, Hannah Rose Higdon, and Donovan Kopetsky all won Academic Achievement awards. Karlie Spiry won the Spirit of Crazy Horse award.
We're proud of you and all of the award winners too! Keep up the great work!

There was a nice blurb in the Aberdeen American News about Hannah Rose Higdon and Jacob Sigurdson winning awards at the Pi Kappa Delta National Speech Tournament. I think the article is behind a paywall, but it's still awesome to know that their accomplishments are being shared with the community!

http://www.aberdeennews.com/news/local/education/higdon-sigurdson-win-awards-at-national-speech-and-debate-tournament/article_a8e0cb14-0e19-5309-84e3-656f69f9504b.html

Higdon, Sigurdson win awards at national speech and debate tournament Two Northern State University speech and debate team members received awards last month at the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament in Boise, Idaho. Hannah Higdon of Dupree and Jacob Sigurdson

If you're interested in auditioning to be the new Thunder for campus and sporting events next year, please email [email protected] to schedule an audition time. Auditions will be on Wednesday, April 19th at the Barnett Center from 4:00pm-6:00pm. This is a great opportunity to get involved on campus, express your NSU pride, and it's a paid gig!

Belated congratulations to Haylie Nicole whose artwork "Anxiety Attack" was in the 2017 Juried Student Exhibition in the Student Center this past month! Hope to see more great work from her!

Congratulations to Jacob Sigurdson and Hannah Rose Higdon for their 3rd place finish in Junior Parliamentary Debate at the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament!

Best of luck to Jacob Sigurdson, Hannah Rose Higdon, and Hannah Jorgenson along with the rest of the Northern Speech and Debate team at the Pi Kappa Delta national tournament!

Official team photo at the Pi Kappa Delta national speech and debate tournament!

Awesome job in the competition Tayzia Claymore-Knight!

Thank you to all of our awesome Northern's Got Talent contestants! Congrats to Andy Brelu-Brelu on winning the competition!

Here are a few pictures from the 13th Movie Night event on February 27th, co-hosted by NSU Honors and Jump Start. Thank you again to everyone who attended!

Jacob Sigurdson presented his research on "Symbolic Speech and Semiotics" at the Undergraduate Honors Research Poster Session of the Central States Communication Association conference in Minneapolis this past Saturday. Congrats Jake!