The Collegian

SDSU hopes to introduce elementary and special education majors

KAITLYN LORANG, Reporter • April 25, 2023

South Dakota State University hopes to be part of the solution to add teachers to the declining teacher workforce by adding two new majors: elementary education and special education. The...

SDSU event encourages high schoolers as future educators to address shortage

Anna Lockrem, Reporter • March 7, 2023

South Dakota State University hosted its annual Educators Rising Expo in the Student Union Friday, March 3. This all-day event hosted 20 schools, 110 students, 20 chaperones and 25 volunteers which...

Departments collab to improve classroom accuracy

Jacob Boyko, News Editor • February 1, 2022

In South Dakota State University nursing labs, students practice realistic simulations of scenarios they will likely face on the job. But there was one problem: there wasn’t an easy way to accurately...

SDSU agriculture education major wins national award at convention

Adrienne Lipinski, Reporter • November 16, 2021

An SDSU student who grew up on a crop farm in Wisconsin was a big winner at the 94th National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention last month in Indianapolis. Kendra Goplin, a freshman from...

Editorial: Unpaid internships are medieval

Collegian Editorial Board • February 11, 2020

Apprenticeships are one of the longest practiced methods of education in human history. During the Middle Ages, European apprenticeships usually entailed a young student committing a certain amount of...