BHSU alumnus provides sound for upcoming Oscars
Friday, February 22, 2013
When the 85th Academy Awards airs this Sunday, David Velte will not be concerned with which movie wins Best Picture or the best and worst dressed of the red carpet, he will be behind the scenes making sure what’s heard at the most prestigious motion picture awards ceremony is top quality.
Tenor Tyler Raad returns to perform at BHSU
Monday, February 11, 2013
Black Hills State University music and theatre graduate Tyler Raad will perform a concert Friday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Clare and Josef Meier Recital Hall on the BHSU campus. A reception will follow the performers. Admission is by donation which will benefit scholarships for students of the Johanna Meier Opera Theatre Institute.
Alumni gather to run the 21st annual Stadium Sports Grill Alumni Mile
Friday, February 08, 2013
More than 40 former Black Hills State University track and field and cross country runners returned to campus recently to participate in the 21st annual Stadium Sports Grill BHSU Alumni Mile. The weekend-long event, held in conjunction with the Dave Little Invitational, included a Friday night social at the Stadium Sports Grill in downtown Spearfish, and an after-race luncheon in the BHSU Yellow Jacket Hall of Fame room.
BHSU to celebrate 130th anniversary
Friday, February 08, 2013
Black Hills State University will usher in its 130th anniversary with a Founder’s Day celebration Wednesday, Feb. 27, with a chili cook-off and a trip down memory lane with a style show featuring clothing and accessories from BHSU's past and present.
Alumnus uses college English assignment as foundation for two books
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Matt Schofield first met Jimmy Crammer in the late ‘60s during an English class at Black Hills State University. Crammer was a South Dakota farm boy who was drafted, sent to fight in the war in Vietnam, and comes back forever scarred. Crammer is also a fictional character and the subject of Schofield’s two published books.
BHSU students awarded scholarships through SDAHPERD
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Three Black Hills State University students recently received scholarships through the South Dakota Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
BHSU alumnus helping keep Fighting Irish healthy for more than 20 years
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Mike Bean has always been a fan of the University of Notre Dame athletics, especially football, so when the Black Hills State University alumnus got an internship in Notre Dame’s sports medicine department, he was fulfilling a dream.
BHSU scholarship contest brings in many “likes”
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Prospective students are snapping their photos with of Black Hills State University displays at the Rushmore Mall in Rapid City and the Empire Mall in Sioux Falls in hopes of winning a $1,000 scholarship contest.
Dale “Coach” Hardy leaves mark on BHSU athletics
Friday, January 18, 2013
Longtime Black Hills State University coach and athlete Dale Hardy, 88, died on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, at the South Dakota Veteran’s Home in Hot Springs, leaving behind a successful career in athletics which spanned nearly six decades.
BHSU alumnus honored by international hearing foundation for philanthropy
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
When Black Hills State University alumnus John Johnson received the call that he would be one of the 2012 honorees for the Starkey Hearing Foundation,he wondered how a small town boy from South Dakota could receive a honor shared by former President Bill Clinton, Muhammad Ali, Sir Elton John, Willie Mays and Billie Jean King.
But Johnson soon realized that while he joined a long listof high profile celebrities they all had the same goal: making the world abetter place.