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Mandy Marney has been hired as director of SDSU Extension and associate dean of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. She started her new role on June 22.

Three questions with Theresa Garren-Grubbs, assistant professor in SDSU's College of Nursing

Seventy-three students from eight South Dakota school districts recently competed in the National History Day Contest, held in College Park, Maryland, June 14-18. The students who participated in the national contest were the top entries from the state contest held on April 8 at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ in Brookings.

All are invited to learn more about agronomy research in central South Dakota, including oat and wheat trial updates, crop rotation and irrigation work and tours of decades-long field trials at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Dakota Lakes Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Farm Field Day, the last Friday in June.

For more than a decade, Andrew Robinette has helped shape the voices of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ students. Beginning this fall, he will lead the next chapter of the university's choral program.

Three questions with Craig Arnold, president and CEO of Dakota BioWorx

Eighteen undergraduate students will be able to take part in research projects they helped plan thanks to funding from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences.

In search of a natural replacement for synthetic fertilizers, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ is leading research that aims to harness the power of ancient — even mystical — bacteria.

SDSU is leading a multistate study on the power of swine manure in growing better crops.

The South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station’s long history of supporting the state’s producers and its future outlook.