Dakota Camp Circle storytelling program set to be at
Ag Museum
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| Belinda Joe has taken her program of Dakota storytelling to audiences in places as far away as Costa Rica and Hawaii. |
An evening of Dakota storytelling, tribal music and native dance will be held at the South Dakota Agricultural Heritage Museum June 3 at 7 p.m.
Belinda Joe, a Dakota storyteller from Ft. Thompson will use her program titled, ?Camp Circle: Coming Home the Dakota Way,? to involve the audience in understanding traditions.
The Ag Museum works to preserve and tell the agricultural heritage of South Dakota.
As a Hunkpati Dakota tribal member, Joe has been dancing since she was a child when her auntie encouraged her to learn and use traditional song and dance.
The mood and manner her program takes are determined by the audience attending. Joe said young children and grandparents often find the courage to talk and share their stories with one another during their time together.
The Camp Circle is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by the Ag Museum, the South Dakota Humanities Council, and the SDSU English Department.
For more information, call the museum, 688-6226.
NATO official to speak about its role in preserving peace and security
Lt. Commander Tania Price, United Kingdom Navy and briefing team officer stationed at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?s command headquarters in Norfolk, Va., will make a presentation June 3 in the Yeager Hall, second floor conference room.
Her presentation will address NATO?s role in preserving peace, security and territorial integrity among Alliance member states.
The Norfolk office is the only North American command and the only permanent NATO office outside of Europe.
Price will be available to talk to interested people at 3 p.m. and will give a formal presentation at 4 p.m.
Her program is sponsored by the South Dakota Council on World Affairs.
For additional information, contact Harriet Swedlund at 688-5416.
All-State Music Camp slated for SDSU in early June
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| Anthony Maiello will conduct the All-State Music Camp concert June 13 in the PAC at 3 p.m. |
The 41st annual All-State Music Camp will be held at SDSU June 8-13 for students who have completed seventh grade through high school senior.
The week-long camp includes a variety of experiences in instrumental and vocal music.
Anthony J. Maiello, director of instrumental studies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va, will be the guest band instructor during the week and final concert conductor for a June 13 concert in the Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m.
Maiello is a world-renowned conductor who directed last year?s South Dakota All State Band. The expert and accomplished musician gives clinics and workshops throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, England, Europe, the Netherlands and the Bahamas.
Camp highlights include participation in various ensembles, like men?s and women?s choirs or band, while also learning choral techniques, conducting, sight-reading, audition/contest preparations, theory/composition, computer technology, guitar and improvisation.
Students can take part in band, choir, jazz groups, piano camp or any combination. Private lessons, using student-brought and prepared pieces, will be available from accomplished musicians and instructors.
Application can be made online from the SDSU webpage using ?All-State Music Camp? in the search window.
For more information, contact the Music Department, 688-5187, or e-mail Jerri.Olson@sdstate.edu.
Art Museum reception celebrates diverse artist exhibitions
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| The South Dakota Art Museum will host a combined reception June 13. |
South Dakota Art Museum will celebrate excellence and diversity in a reception for current exhibiting artists and the Governor?s Third Biennial Art traveling exhibition, ?Endless Imagination.? The reception will be held June 13 from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
The Governor?s juried show features works from 142 South Dakota artists from almost 500 submitted entries for the biennial exhibition. The Governor began the show in 2004 to recognize South Dakota artists and to celebrate cultural and artistic diversity.
The exhibition will travel to the Dakotah Prairie Museum in Aberdeen and the University of South Dakota Galleries in Vermillion before it concludes at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.
Joy Crane and Fatih Benzer, who have work included in the Governor?s Biennial Exhibition, also have their own exhibitions at the SDAM and will give presentations about their work at 5:30 p.m.
Crane?s work uses larger glass beads to showcase her unique art pieces that reshape the notion that delicate jewelry is the only form beadworking can take.
Benzer?s recent works demonstrates his multi-cultural approach to his painting. Benzer?s pieces are part of his collection called ?Meeting Point: Part Three? that combines symbols and architectural forms in iconographic work.
For more information, contact the museum, 688-5423.
Advanced placement classes for high school teachers
Two Advanced Placement Summer Institutes are being offered during June and July. Registration for either course is due by June 9.
The Department of Education will fund teachers in public school districts across the state to attend AP (Advanced Placement) Institutes during the 2008 summer. AP Institutes in biology and physics help teachers of those subjects come together to learn about teaching an AP course.
The physics program will be held June 30-July 3 with an introduction to the principals of physics, conceptual understanding and problem solving abilities, and classical and modern physics principles. Larry Browning, SDSU professor of physics and an AP-endorsed consultant, will lead the first AP Summer Institute.
A second AP institute for biology teachers runs July 14-18 covering a variety of lab-based projects to help students understand new organismal, cellular, molecular and genetic technologies. Kendra Hill will lead the second Institute.
Public school teachers will be paid a $50 per day stipend and be reimbursed room and board to attend an AP Institute. On-campus housing is available in air-conditioned Caldwell Hall.
Participants can register for two graduate credits. Teachers who want credit must pay tuition and fees at the Board of Regents approved FY09 rates. Tuition rates are available on the Board of Regents web site (www.sdbor.edu). For some South Dakota teachers, a 50 percent reduction in tuition may be available.
Teachers who do NOT want credit must pay a materials charge and may apply for Teacher Certificate Renewal.
For more information, call Academic Evaluation and Assessment office, 688-4217, or Debra.Archer@sdstate.edu.
Historian leads book discussion about Laura Ingalls Wilder
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| John Miller will talk about his book and the research about Laura Ingalls Wilder at the Ag Heritage Museum June 12. |
Historian and author John Miller will lead a discussion of his book ?Laura Ingalls Wilder?s Little Town: Where History and Literature Meet? at the South Dakota State Agricultural Heritage Museum June 12 at 5:30 p.m.
Miller?s book features a series of essays exploring Wilder, the children?s author of pioneer prairie stories, from a variety of perspectives. His essays look at the spatial, emotional, literary, social and artistic aspects about the author and her writing.
The historian also plans to discuss the collaborative effort between Wilder and her daughter Rose in writing the books. He says that topic has been examined by others, but he feels it?s worth continuing.
Miller?s book is available at the Ag Heritage Museum for a reduced price to those participating in the discussion.
Miller has written several other books including ?Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman Behind the Legend? and ?South Dakota: A Journey Through Time.?
Scientists to count plants and animals at Oak Lake
Field Station
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| Scientists will gather at Oak Lake June 28 to count as many of the site?s teeming plants and animals as possible in six hours. |
Scientists from around the state will converge at SDSU?s Oak Lake Field Station June 28 to combine scientific survey and educational programs in a one-day BioBlitz.
The public is invited to observe and participate. The goal of scientists is to count as many species of plants and animals as possible from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The scientists also hope to raise public awareness of the hundreds of species of plants and animals that go unnoticed but that provide essential stability to the ecosystem of the Oak Lake Field Station.
Naturalists and researchers will give presentations for the public throughout the day, some involving live mammals, birds, snakes and fish.
Hikes, presentations, observations and interaction with experts, including hands-on activities, will offer awareness education to the public and especially children.
Visitors are encouraged to walk through the field station property to observe scientists collecting samples.
Experts from SDSU, Black Hills State University, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will participate in the BioBlitz.
The scientific data collected during the BioBlitz will be used for future studies and ecosystem management. Data from BioBlitz helps future management by identifying threatened or endangered species that should be protected and non-native species that need to be monitored or controlled.
For more information, contact James Ladonski, at james.ladonski@sdstate.edu.
Aviation camp takes high school students into the wild blue yonder
High school students interested in aviation or related careers can take flight with ACE Camp.
Held at June 22-25, Aerospace Career & Education or ACE Camp helps students learn about different careers in aviation and aeronautics while giving hands-on experiences to explore careers.
The 16th annual camp enrolls students in grades nine through 12 who have an interest in aerospace, aviation and science careers. Registration forms are due at the Engineering Resource Center at SDSU by May 31.
The camp costs $275, including a $25 registration deposit. Tuition includes lodging, transportation during camp activities, meals and fees.
Students will receive one-on-one flight instruction in a Cessna 172 and will spend time behind the ?stick.? Campers will also tour the South Dakota Air National Guard and Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls and will learn about aviation maintenance at the Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown.
ACE Camp 2008 will feature new activities as well. Campers will build and launch model rockets along with trying their hands flying the aviation program?s new computerized flight training device to simulate an actual flight.
A number of organizations provide tuition assistance to campers. To qualify for camp scholarships, students must send two letters of recommendation along with their registration form.
The primary support for ACE Camp comes from the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium, a program funded by NASA, SDSU College of Engineering and from the South Dakota Department of Transportation Office of Aeronautics.
For more information, contact Ryan Phillips, camp coordinator, at 688-6291.
Campers can explore health professions at career camp
SDSU is hosting a two-day Health Professions Career Camp July 16-18 for students in grades 10, 11 and 12. Registration deadline is June 15. The camp is limited to 25 students, but openings are still available.
Tours, workshops, speakers and hands-on demonstrations will illustrate employment options in the burgeoning healthcare field.
In its third year, the camp offers activities in widely varied fields like nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, respiratory care, microbiology, chemistry, health information management, health promotion, athletic training and veterinary science. Students will also interact with an array of professionals at health care facilities.
The camp concludes with a faculty/advisor panel and a chance to meet with SDSU admissions representatives. Parents are invited to take part in the activities.
Sponsors include Brookings Health System, Sanford Health, Avera Mckennan Hospital, Army National Guard, Dakota State University and several SDSU colleges.
For more information, contact Greg Heiberger, 688.4294, or Meghan Peterson, 688-4089.
SDSU West River Nursing Camps let children sample career options
Youngsters who answer ?health care? or ?nursing? to the question ?What do you want to do when you grow up?? may want to consider a new day camp in nursing that will be run by the College of Nursing.
Separate camps will be held at the SDSU West River Nursing campus in Rapid City. Dates for 11- to 13-year-olds are June 10-11 and June 24-25 with sessions from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sessions for 14- to 18-year-olds are June 16-20 and July 21-25 with sessions from 8 a.m. to noon and until 2 p.m. the last day.
?The camps will provide an opportunity for youngsters to consider a career in nursing and provide learning experiences in the field of nursing,? said Barbara Hobbs, head of West River Nursing. ?This is for any boy or girl interested in the health field.?
West River Nursing faculty will provide instruction. There will be opportunities for hands-on experience with simulation models and the older campers will have a shadowing experience in the hospital.
For more information, contact Barbara Ogaard, 394-5390.
Gardens can help stretch family food budgets
A garden with a broad range of vegetables can save families money, even if they have never gardened before, according to an SDSU specialist.
?All that is needed is a space with a minimum of six to eight hours of sunlight per day,? Extension Horticulture Specialist Rhoda Burrows said. ?A single container garden can provide fresh salad greens or tomatoes, while a raised bed can allow those who have difficulty bending or stooping to share in the benefits of growing their own food.?
Burrows said a conservative estimate of a diverse garden of vegetables can yield about $70 worth of vegetables per 100-square feet.
Newcomers to gardening can get help through their county Extension offices. Publications are available at http://sdces.sdstate.edu  . Click on ?Publications? and the ?Lawn/Garden? choice to view a complete list of materials available. For gardeners who seek more intensive training, master gardener courses are available.
Contact your local cooperative Extension office for more information or visit www.extension.org.
Regular pay for legal holidays
All permanent status employees in state government receive their regular pay for 10 legal holidays plus any other day proclaimed as a holiday by the governor or the president of the United States. The following holidays are recognized by the state of South Dakota:
2008 - July 4, Independence Day; Sept. 1, Labor Day; Oct. 13, Native American Day.
When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed as the paid holiday for state employees. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, it is observed on the following Monday.
For more information, contact Louise Loban, 688-4128.
Engineering Extension received national OSHA award
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| South Dakota State Engineering Extension staff includes, from left, Albert Patin, Safety and Health Consultant, Suellin Lutterman, Program Assistant, Mike Monnens, Safety and Health Consultant, James Manning, Program Director, Beth Malsom, Safety and Health Consultant and Jon Puetz, Safety and Health Consultant |
South Dakota State University?s Engineering Extension office received a national OSHA award for their outreach to the ethanol fuels industry.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) gave their On-Site Consultation Achievement Award (OSCAR) for the SDSU department?s groundbreaking work with the ethanol fuels industry.
The award was presented to James Manning, Engineering Extension?s program director, at the annual OSHA Consultation Conference this spring in Seattle.
The role of Engineering Extension is to provide OSHA-approved safety and health hazard workshops and free on-site consultation services to South Dakota industries.
The office began developing safety and health training specifically for the ethanol fuels industry over six years ago. It was one of the first offices in the United States to focus on safety and heath issues unique to ethanol fuels production.
Because the ethanol industry is relatively new and its production methods differ from other fuel production industries, OSHA?s established regulations did not fully address safety and health issues in ethanol plants.
Engineering Extension consultants presented their work at two American Coalition for Ethanol national conferences. Additionally, Engineering Extension has hosted six seminars in Brookings on their ethanol program. Over 36 ethanol companies from nine states have attended the seminars.
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