Army Band to perform Tuesday at Pioneer Park

When "The Governor's Own" the 147th Army Band brings its music to town Tuesday, July 22, the Brookings area and South Dakota State University will be well represented. The band numbers 42 citizen-soldier musicians from across South Dakota and neighboring states, over half of whom went to school at State; those from the Brookings area or who are SDSU students include:

Sgt. 1st Class David Barkus, Staff Sgt. Kevin "Bo" Ivers, Spc. LeAnn Hansen, Spc. Nathan McCorkle, Sgt. Daniel Swartos, Spc. Anna Scott, Sgt. 1st Class Barbara Jensen, Spc. Adam Beaird, Spc. Amanda Bonnander, Spc. Brett Ballman, and Spc. Athena Ferguson.

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Ag Museum bus tour taking folks to Ice Cream Capital of the World

Registration deadline for an upcoming Ag Museum bus trip is Wednesday, July 23.

The Museum is sponsoring an Ice Cream Capital Dairy Industry bus tour on Tuesday, Aug. 5.

The tour boasts a trip to the Ice Cream Capital of the World Visitor Center in LeMars, Iowa.

Wells Dairy, Inc., the proprietor of the Center, is the largest family-owned and managed dairy processor in the United States and maker of Blue Bunny ice cream.

In addition, a guided tour of the Historic Round Barn on the Plymouth County Fairgrounds in LeMars will also be part of the trip.

The group will also take a look at Plymouth Dairy Farm, a 2,500-head Holstein dairy farm outside of LeMars to view operation of a large dairy farm.

"We think the tour is a great way to learn more about dairy agriculture and industry up close," said Carrie Van Buren, curator at the Ag Museum.

"Ice cream is always a good reward for education," she added with a smile.

Tour members will learn about the history of ice cream and its manufacture through presentations at the Ice Cream Capital of the World Visitor Center, with a chance to visit the production theatre to view the process from cow to grocery freezer and, of course, choose from 37 flavors featured at the Blue Bunny Ice Cream Parlor.

The tour bus will leave from the Ag Museum at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 and depart from LeMars at 3:15 p.m. that afternoon.

Registration is $50 for members and $55 for non-members.

Registration forms are available at the Ag Museum or online at www.agmuseum.com through clicking the Tours & Programs link.

Call Ag Museum at 605.688.6226 for more information.

Lonesome Rail bluegrass performs at Ag Heritage Museum

Marie and Rollie Trooien will share their bluegrass talents Saturday, July 26 at 7 p.m. outside the Ag Heritage Museum.

The Agricultural Heritage Museum will host the Lonesome Rail bluegrass band for a concert July 26 at 7 p.m.

The Lonesome Rail bluegrass band has been playing together for nearly 20 years. Band leaders Rollie and Marie Trooien of Astoria have long been singers of traditional music before they decided to enhance their efforts with stringed instruments.

Everyone is invited to come to the free concert and enjoy the old-time music as a preview of the Bluegrass Jamboree that the Trooiens produce every summer at Oak Lake.

The traditional, hard-driving style the band plays is referred to as "mountain music," though its roots go back to England and Ireland.

The program includes bluegrass and gospel music which both have a common ancestor from churches and Sunday meetings in the Appalachian Mountains.

Recordings of Lonesome Rail bluegrass band are available to purchase at the Ag Heritage Museum gift shop. Concessions will also be available. In case of inclement weather, the concert will move to the Dairy-Microbiology Building, room 100.

For more information call the Ag Heritage Museum at (605) 688-6226.

Contemporary South Dakota artists' paintings on exhibit

Bruce Preheim?s paintings show some of the musicians he has known. (Barefoot Johnny on the Fiddle)

The South Dakota Art Museum will show paintings of Bruce Preheim and Liz Bashore July 22-Nov. 23 to continue the South Dakota Artist Series. A reception for the artists will be held Oct. 24.

Preheim, a native of Marion, earned a BFA in visual arts from the University of South Dakota in 1970, an MA from West Virginia University in 1972 and recently received an MFA in painting from USD.

He combined his love of music and drawing when he engaged in freelance work for advertising and public relations firms and music news publications in Nashville, Tenn.

Preheim?s work centers on deep-seated concerns for humanity, compassion, and the power and dignity of individuals within society. His portraits of friends, acquaintances and strangers represent his attempt to honor the individuality, strengths and eccentricities of people.

Preheim's work has been exhibited throughout the region and is represented in many private collections, including that of singer-songwriter Willie Nelson.

Bashore, who has been teaching at University Center in Sioux Falls since 2002. attended Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minn., received her MA in art education at the University of Arizona and recently received an MFA in painting from the University of South Dakota.

The Aberdeen native was awarded a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship to New Zealand in 2000, where she researched higher education practices in painting at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.

The most recent series of Bashore's paintings is called "Studies in Thrift and Space," which explores her interest in small discarded objects and people's attachment, or lack thereof, to them. She also explores the idea of outer space as a lofty and romantic aspect of science.

Liz Bashore creates images of outer space and nature to help viewers think about science. (Hypoxia Resistant)

Young scientists asked to search for rare ladybugs

Close up of 9-spotted ladybug.

SDSU entomologist Mike Catangui and USDA research entomologist Louis Hesler are calling South Dakota elementary children to become junior biologists as they search for rare ladybugs. Catangui and Hesler are leading researchers in South Dakota for the Lost Ladybug Project.

The Project began at Cornell University in New York and is spreading across the nation as more and more researchers and children are on the lookout for rare lady beetles.

The $2 million, National Science Foundation grant funds a project divided among four institutions. SDSU will receive $450,000 over three years.

Lady beetles, commonly called ladybugs or ladybirds, are especially important to agricultural states like South Dakota to provide a free service to farmers and gardeners because they eat insects that can reduce crop yields.

Since the 1970s, however, lady beetles native to the United States and South Dakota have been disappearing quickly. In South Dakota, researchers are looking for nine-spotted, two-spotted and transverse lady beetles.

The reason for the decline is still unknown, but researchers suspect that the swelling populations of non-native, Asian lady beetles may have something to do with it. Researchers do not yet know the full effects of the ladybugs? disappearance, according to Catangui.

On June 18, Catangui and Hesler found a pair of nine-spotted, or C9, lady beetles in the Badlands National Park, a species that has not been seen in South Dakota for more than 30 years. And now the search is on for more nine-spotted ladybugs.

The Lost Ladybug Project has two components. First, insect conservation research proves technical and involves entomologists and graduate students around the nation investigating conservation, biodiversity and invasive insect species, such as the Asian beetle. A second part encourages elementary-aged children to participate in a citizen science component.

Louis Hesler and Mike Catangui are enlisting help from children to find rare 9-spotted lady bugs.

The Lost Ladybug Project is partnering with South Dakota 4-H Youth Development; rural, Native American and urban youth groups; various public and private schools; and after-school youth programs. Researchers also encourage all children to help the effort.

Visit http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/
icb344/Lost_Ladybugs.htm for information
on the project.

Delta Chi fraternity brothers biking toward Las Vegas

Ben Wise (left) and Troy Miller undergo varying situations like camping in the woods and napping on the side of the road during their trek to Las Vegas.

Many college students find jobs for the summer, try to save money for tuition or housing and generally relax.

Not so for SDSU senior Ben Wise, Lytonn, Iowa, and alumnus Troy Miller, Sioux Falls. A third member, Michael Kendall, Rapid City, had to drop out in Rapid.

The Delta Chi fraternity brothers are pedaling 1,500 miles from Brookings to Las Vegas, Nev., to raise money for the Jimmy V. Foundation for cancer research.

The pair packed up tent and miscellaneous repair supplies and hit the road at 7 a.m. on July 1.

"We're not professionals or anything, so the first few days of riding were definitely the most challenging so far," laughed Wise.

Wise, an agriculture education major and current president of the SDSU Delta Chi chapter, dreamed up the bicycle trip idea.

The national Delta Chi Fraternity is trying to raise $100,000 for the Jimmy V. Foundation and Wise wanted the SDSU chapter to help reach that goal.

Miller recently received his bachelor's degree in journalism from SDSU and decided to join Wise on the bike trek after recently returning from Ecuador where he lived and worked for several months. 

The duo aim to make Las Vegas by July 29, in time for the Delta Chi international convention.

To make the roughly 1,500-mile trip by the goal date, the amateur cyclists need to average 52 miles per day.

Passing the 800-mile mark, the team was over halfway to their destination and appeared to be ahead of schedule at this point.

They mostly sleep under the stars except the occasional respite through the hospitality of friends along the way.

"I've been surprised by people's generosity," said Wise. "We usually sleep in city parks or at a campground, but sometimes people will hear about our cause and offer to let us stay with them."

Neither of the riders have sponsors of any sort. The money for the trip is out of their pocket and all donations are going to the Jimmy V. Foundation.

To follow Wise and Miller's progress, or to make a donation, go online to www.freewebs.com/rideforthecurejimmyv .

Oak Lake Writers Society meets next week

The Oak Lake Writers Society, a group of Native American writers, meet for their annual retreat at the Field Station Sunday, July 27 through Wednesday, July 30.

This year's gathering will be under the mentorship of writer Liz Cook-Lynn, Fort Thompson Dakota, and USD Indian Studies head Edward Valandra, Rosebud Lakota.

A potluck dinner and reading will conclude the retreat Wednesday evening beginning at 6 p.m. The public is invited to bring a dish and attend the meal followed by participant readings.

For more information, contact Chuck Woodard at 692-5512.

Prairie Rep continues with summer shows

Prairie Repertory Theatre has moved its summer shows to the Brandon Valley Performing Arts Center in Brandon.

Patrons can purchase tickets by contacting the Audience Services Office at 688-6045, visiting the website at www.prairierep.org or stopping by the Performing Arts Center box office on campus, Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tickets are $16 for adults, $14 for senior citizens 62 and over, $10 for SDSU employees, $9 for non-SDSU students and children, and free for SDSU students with an ID. Patrons can purchase season books to see all four shows at a reduced price.

The following are dates and times for Prairie Repertory Theatre summer shows:
Bingo
Brandon: July 23-24, Brandon Valley Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m.
Escanaba In Love
Brandon: July 25-26, July 30, Brandon Valley Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m.; matinee: July 27, 2 p.m.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Dairy research considers history of methane emissions

Extension Dairy Specialist Alvaro Garcia researches, reports and makes first-hand recommendations of his findings to the dairy industry.

Modern dairy cows produce more methane than their predecessors, but fewer dairy herds and a smaller dairy cow population has resulted in less overall methane emission.

Extension Dairy Specialist Alvaro Garcia, along with James Linn, head of the University of Minnesota Department of Animal Science, looked at the role cattle and dairy cows play in methane emission.

Garcia and Linn presented their findings before more than 3,000 professionals at the 2008 American Dairy Science Association meeting recently in Indianapolis.

They compared today's dairy herds to those of 1924, the first year U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle and dairy statistics were compiled.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, agriculture is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the total methane emissions in the United States. A majority comes from gastro-intestinal fermentation and manure management.

Modern dairy cows weigh more than those of 1924 as a result of genetic selection and a reduced number of mixed breeds.

In 2007, there were 9.15 million cows producing on average 20,231 pounds of milk per cow yearly. In 1924, there were 21.42 million cows with a yearly per-cow average of 4,162 pounds of milk.

Dairy cow methane production is associated with total feed intake, thus the more a cow eats, the more gas she will produce. The average feed intake of dairy cows is determined by their production, and their genetic drive to produce more milk stimulates them to eat more feed.

In 1924, the average daily production was 11.4 pounds with a feed intake of 21.3 pounds of dry feed. Cows produced just under one-half pound of methane daily.

In comparison, 2007 dairy cows produced on average five times more milk - 55.4 pounds per day - and consumed on average 41.6 pounds of dry feed. The dairy cow of 2007 produced almost three-quarters of a pound of methane per day.

Although the results show modern cows produce more methane daily, in 1924 there were 12.3 million more dairy cows in the United States.

This research also showed that production efficiency started to change drastically during the mid-1950s, with fewer cows needed to produce more milk.

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Nichols named dean of Honors College

Tim Nichols has been named dean of the Honors College at SDSU, according to Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Carol J. Peterson. His appointment will be sent to the Board of Regents for their approval.

Nichols currently serves as the assistant dean and associate director of academic programs for the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences.

At SDSU since 1994, Nichols has been instrumental in coordinating such programs as the Prairie Ph.D., which offers master's and doctoral degrees in biological sciences to tribal college faculty and tribal natural resource experts using distance learning delivery.

Many of his efforts have also included collaboration with reservation high schools and tribal colleges to help more Native American students complete baccalaureate degrees. Nichols has traveled internationally with students to Costa Rica, Mexico, Bolivia, and West Africa and coordinated a Kellogg Foundation supported regional student leadership development network.

Nichols regularly teaches undergraduate courses exploring agriculture and food systems, leadership, and qualitative research methods. He also advises approximately 80 students as well as organizes recruitment efforts with high schools, community colleges, and vocational/technical institutions. 

He has served as advisor for the SDSU Ag-Bio Prexy Council and the Ag-Bio Ambassadors, which won a national student recruitment award in 2007. Nichols was SDSU?s 2007-2008 Ag-Bio Teacher of the Year. In 2007 he was honored by the National FFA Organization with the H.O. Sargent Award for excellence in promoting diversity in agriculture.

Before coming to SDSU, Nichols was with the College of Agriculture and Home Economics at Washington State University ,where he earned his bachelor?s and master?s degrees. A native of Naches, Wash., Nichols holds a Ph.D. in sociology from SDSU.

The Honors College provides students an opportunity to pursue a challenging and flexible honors course of study as they simultaneously work toward a degree in any major.

Nichols and his wife, Laurie Stenberg Nichols, have two daughters, Jordan, 14 and Hannah, 11.

Tim Nichols

Director of bands brings successful Utah experience to post

After a national search, Eric Peterson has been named director of bands. 

Peterson will shadow Jim McKinney this year. McKinney will retire at the end of the 2008-09 academic year. The two will share responsibilities during the school year as part of a leadership transition plan, according to David Reynolds, head of the music department. 
 
Peterson comes to SDSU from the University of Utah where he directed the Utah Marching "Utes," the university symphonic band and two basketball pep bands. Under his direction, the Marching ?Utes? performed and traveled extensively as members of the Mountain West Conference, including the 2003 Liberty Bowl, the 2005 Fiesta Bowl, the 2005 Emerald Bowl, the 2006 Armed Forces Bowl and the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl. 

A native of the Iowa-Illinois quad-cities, Peterson received a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, a masters from the University of Kansas and a doctorate in conducting from Texas Tech University.

Beyond his university teaching experience, he taught in public schools in North Carolina, South Carolina and Illinois, where he consistently directed bands that received superior ratings in marching and concert festivals. 

Peterson's wife Michelle will teach in the Flandreau school system this year.

Eric Peterson

Fredrikson recognized for active involvement

The South Dakota Career Planning and Placement Association (SDCPPA) recognized Susan Fredrikson, Career Development Specialist, for her 15 years of active involvement in the state association.

Fredrikson has served the organization in several leadership capacities. She was president of SDCPPA (2005-2007), chair of the South Dakota Teacher Job Fair (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001), membership on several committees and served several years on the SDCPPA Board of Directors.

The South Dakota Career Planning and Placement Association (SDCPPA) is a statewide professional association whose purpose is to advance the career development and employment opportunities for graduates of South Dakota?s post-secondary educational institutions. 

SDCPPA sponsors three major job fairs each spring: South Dakota BIG (Business Industry Government) Job Fair, Black Hills Regional Job Fair, and the South Dakota Teacher Job Fair.

Tiernan attends New Media Academic Summit

Jennifer Tiernan, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, attended the New Media Academic Summit 2008 in Chicago that convened business leaders, academics, journalists, bloggers and communications professionals to discuss the challenges facing universities to prepare the next generation of public relations graduates.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of RainbowPUSHCoalition, Inc., was the keynote speaker.

Summit speakers and panels looked at such topics as teaching social media, monitoring and measuring conversations and the role of communications in a digital world.

Tiernan appeared as one of five faculty members attending offering insight on the conference?s topics in ?infOpinions??, the primary blog at AuburnMedia website.

Jennifer Tiernan

Students experience German culture during study abroad

Seven SDSU students accompanied Eckhard Rolz, associate professor of German, on the first faculty-led study abroad trip to Heidelberg, Germany. The month-long study trip concluded the end of June.

In Heidelberg, the students were immersed in German language and culture. They lived with host families and studied German at the Reprecht Karls Universität. Their daily curriculum consisted of language courses in the morning and culture classes in the afternoon.

Students also made academic excursions to the Black Forest, Strasbourg and Heidelberg castle, which included a cruise on the Neckar River, where they viewed the castle lighting ceremony followed by fireworks.

On weekends, students were free to travel independently. Some visited the concentration camp in Dachau while others toured a BMW factory in Munich. On a trip to Berlin, the group rode the ICE, one of the fastest trains in the world.

SDSU German language students taking part in a month-long study abroad program in Heidelberg, Germany include, front row, from left, Johanna Beckman, Hutchinson, Minn.; Kristin Anderson, Pierre; Amy Eggert, Boyd, Minn.; Treasure Thoreson, Sioux Falls; and Jacob Tebben, Harrisburg. Back row, from left, Thomas Hagena, Lennox; Dr. Eckhard Rolz, SDSU faculty; and Zachary Minor, Brookings.

Teachers learn astronomy techniques to teach math, science

High school teachers convened July 7-11 at SDSU for a week-long workshop called AstroMath.

True to its name, AstroMath uses astronomy to help teachers explain algebra, geometry, and trigonometry concepts to high school students and build partnerships between math and science teachers in teaching those skills.

The workshop used model building, collecting and analyzing data, and sharing ideas between teachers to implement similar activities in the classroom.

Some models used examined the angle bow to measure angles between stellar bodies; the star wheel to find constellations; pipe cleaner parabolas to see how a variation in an equation changes the shape of the parabola; and cratering to observe reactions when objects drop into different kinds of soil.

Teachers also built a telescope using PVC pipe with the help of Physics Professor Larry Browning.

Math and Statistics Professor Christine Larson organized AstroMath 2008 with the help of Browning and physics instructor Judy Vondruska.

A "No Child Left Behind" Partnership Grant through the South Dakota Board of Regents provided funding for 18 teachers to participate in the workshop.

2008 AstroMath participants standing with astronomy teaching tools include front row, from left, D'Anne Thompson, Howes; Stanley Takahashi, Spearfish; Gaylord Goehring, Mitchell; Rachel DeBeer, Volga; Elizabeth Johnston, Flandreau. Second row, from left, Greg O'Connell, Dupree; Kate Solberg, Sisseton; Jamie Tucker, Volga; Cindee Evenson, Menno; and Karen Janssen, Volga. Third row, from left, Tsianina McCain, Howes; Fran Esser, Redfield; Deb Snook, Philip; Judy Galvin, Redfield; Rob Schmitz, Scotland and Kevin Janish, Scotland. Top row, from left, Chris Larson, SDSU faculty; Marjorie Blare, Mission; Larry Browning, SDSU faculty; and Judy Vondruska, SDSU faculty.

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To publicize an event or congratulations on ?Newsline,? please submit information by the preceding Thursday at 2 p.m. to Kyle Johnson, kyle.johnson@sdstate.edu or Jeanne Jones Manzer, jeanne.jonesmanzer@sdstate.edu.

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The Board of Regents has implemented PeopleAdmin for SDSU and all institutions within the BOR system. Vacancies are posted on the shared, Online Employment System. Applications are accepted electronically. For more information regarding current SDSU job postings and the on-line employment process, visit http://yourfuture.sdbor.edu.

FACULTY/EXEMPT 

ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR  - ADMISSIONS. Deadline: July 23.

MINORITY STUDENT RECRUITER - ADMISSIONS. Deadline: July 23.

COMMUNITY INNOVATION/LEADERSHIP EXTENSION EDUCATOR - SHANNON COUNTY- COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE. Deadline: July 25.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/SEPARATION ENGINEER - AG & BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING. Deadline: July 30.

4-H DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE. Deadline: August 1.

DEAN - COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. Deadline: August 1.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT/4-H EXTENSION EDUCATOR - CLAY COUNTY - COOPERATIVE EXTENSION. Deadline: August 4.

SUPERINTENDENT - LIVESTOCK, COTTONWOOD RANGE AND LIVESTOCK RESEARCH STATION, ANIMAL & RANGE SCIENCES. Deadline: August 4.

DEAN - GENERAL STUDIES (THIS IS AN INTERNAL SEARCH). Deadline: August 15.

DEPARTMENT HEAD - ANIMAL AND RANGE SCIENCES. Deadline: August 15.

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - NUTRITION, FOOD SCIENCE AND HOSPITALITY. Deadline: August 15.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - SOCIOLOGY. Deadline: October 15.

INSTRUCTOR, RAPID CITY - NURSING. Deadline: Open until filled.

INSTRUCTOR, BROOKINGS CAMPUS - NURSING. Deadline: Open until filled.

RESEARCH COORDINATOR ? ETHEL AUSTIN MARTIN PROGRAM IN HUMAN NUTRITION. Deadline: Open until filled.

CAREER SERVICE

BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKER - PHYSICAL PLANT. Deadline: July 21.

SENIOR SECRETARY - HEALTH, PHYSICAL ED & RECREATION. Deadline: July 21.

HEATING PLANT TECHNICIAN - FACILITIES & SERVICES. Deadline: July 21.

PROGRAM ASSISTANT I - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE. Deadline: July 22.

SENIOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE WORKER - UNIVERSITY HOUSING. Deadline: July 22.

PROGRAM ASSISTANT  I - PLANT SCIENCE. Deadline: July 24.

PROGRAM ASSISTANT I - ENGINEERING EXTENSION
PROMOTIONAL (LIMITED TO PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF SDSU). Deadline: July 29.

NUTRITION/4-H ASSISTANT - FAMILY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (CODINGTON COUNTY). Deadline: July 29.