Campus Currents

Black Hills State University faculty, staff, and students are transforming lives and making headlines with their achievements.

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Black Hills State University will host the first annual Investments & Benefits Fair Wednesday, April 1 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the Jacket Legacy Room of the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union. The fair is open to all BHSU students, employees, and spouses.

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Black Hills State University will host the annual Kevin Whirlwind Horse Memorial Run/Walk fundraiser Saturday, April 18. The event, an integral part of Indian Awareness Week at BHSU, raises funds to support a yearly scholarship presented to a Native American sophomore who demonstrates outstanding academic ability and leadership.

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Kelsey Hohn, sophomore mass communication major from Huron, will exhibit several photography pieces at the Spearfish Arts Center Gallery on Main Street. Her show, Butterfly Kisses, will be on display until Wednesday, April 1.

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Black Hills State University will host the 11th annual Black Hills Research Symposium in Clare and Josef Meier Hall on the BHSU campus March 24-26. The symposium includes student research presentations as well as a keynote address by Dr. Jaret Heise of the Sanford Lab at Homestake.

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Black Hills State University business students recently won the Idea Creation competition at Launch ’09, an entrepreneurship education event which included college participants from across the state.

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Black Hills State University will host a free workshop Today’s Job Search April 7 from 6-8:45 p.m. at the Donald E. Young Sports and Fitness Center, room 213 on the BHSU campus.

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The Black Hills State University campus is physically transforming with several construction projects underway and plans being made for a new science building.

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A new program to recognize faculty and staff who go out of their way to make a difference in the lives of our students has been initiated on the Black Hills State University campus.

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Black Hills State University mascot, Sting; BHSU President Kay Schallenkamp; and president of the Yellow Jacket Foundation, Jim Alcorn; presented the Booster of the Year Award during a recent basketball game to Hollie Stalder (far right), publisher of the Black Hills Weekly Group Newspapers, on behalf of the Rapid City Journal.

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BHSU assistant professor of art Dave Wilson recently displayed his artwork in two solo exhibitions in Joliet, Ill., and in Vermillion. Wilson is also scheduled to have two additional solo shows in 2009 at the Taube Museum of Art in Minot, N.D., and at Northern State University in Aberdeen.

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Dr. James Hesson, professor of Exercise Science at Black Hills State University, was recently recertified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

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The Black Hills State University employee awards reception will be held Tuesday, April 28 from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. in the Jacket Legacy Room of the David B. Miller Yellow Jacket Student Union.

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BHSU was the winner of the 2007-2008 Dakota Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup All Sports Award. The award is given to the school that collectively has the best performance in all sports in which they participate.

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Tom Wheaton, director of Alumni Relations at Black Hills State University, presents the key to a time capsule to BHSU President Kay Schallenkamp during the 1883 Founders’ Day reception.

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