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56-599: The NCC was formed in 1922. Charter members of the NCC were South Dakota State College (now South Dakota State University ), College of St. Thomas (now the University of St. Thomas ), Des Moines University , Creighton University , North Dakota Agricultural College (now North Dakota State University ), the University of North Dakota , Morningside College (now Morningside University ), the University of South Dakota , and Nebraska Wesleyan University . The University of Northern Iowa

112-478: A Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. The second Morrill Act (1890) was also aimed at the former Confederate states . This act required each state to show that race was not an admissions criterion, or else to designate a separate land-grant institution for African Americans. Thus, the second Morrill Act facilitated segregated education, although it also provided higher educational opportunities for African Americans who otherwise would not have had them. Among

168-827: A bill establishing the United States' first agriculture college, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, known today as Michigan State University , which served as a model for the Morrill Act. On February 8, 1853, the Illinois Legislature adopted a resolution , drafted by Turner, calling for the Illinois congressional delegation to work to enact a land-grant bill to fund a system of industrial colleges, one in each state. Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois believed it

224-471: A research and educational collaboration with United States Geological Survey Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science . The GSCE focuses on basic and applied research in terrestrial remote sensing . SDSU was recognized in 2017 by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy as the seventh most productive university in the US (and 27th globally) for remote sensing research for the period 2011–2015. The university operates

280-496: A special focus on academic programs in agriculture, engineering, nursing, and pharmacy, as well as liberal arts. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". The graduate program is classified as Doctoral, Science, Technology, Engineering, Math dominant. The university was founded in the Dakota Territory on February 21, 1881, as Dakota Agriculture College . The first building, with funding from

336-519: A variety of online programs. The university offers associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and certificate programs that students can complete online. The residential halls on the campus of SDSU make up the densest concentration of people in South Dakota. Roughly a dozen fraternities and sororities exist at SDSU. The SDSU Marching Band, "The Pride of the Dakotas," given the special name

392-512: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ), nearly all of the land-grant colleges are public. (Cornell University, while private, administers several state-supported statutory colleges that fulfill its public land-grant mission to the state of New York.) To maintain their status as land-grant colleges, a number of programs are required to be maintained by the college. These include programs in agriculture and engineering , as well as

448-638: The National Collegiate Hockey Conference , while Minnesota State–Mankato is a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). Before the realignment, all of these schools had been members of the WCHA for men's hockey. All of these schools, except for Omaha, have women's teams in the WCHA (Omaha women's hockey is a club sport). The women's side of the WCHA was not affected by this realignment. The NCC Tournament

504-480: The Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. The department's cadets complete the requirements for a bachelor's or graduate degree and are then commissioned as second lieutenants. Some graduates have become general officers, including William E. DePuy , Jake Krull , Raymond W. Carpenter , Franklin J. Blaisdell , Mark A. Clark . Medal of Honor recipients Leo K. Thorsness and Willibald C. Bianchi attended

560-633: The Summit League for most sports, the Missouri Valley Football Conference ( Division I FCS ), the Big 12 Conference (wrestling) and Varsity Equestrian . The Jackrabbits have 19 varsity sports and numerous intramural and club teams. South Dakota State's athletic mascot for both the men's and women's teams is the Jackrabbit , both the men's and women's sports teams are officially referred to as

616-591: The United States Military Academy , on fortress construction, and their instructors were the authors of most engineering texts of the day. The Morrill Act changed all of that. Though the Congressional debates about the Act were largely focused on benefits to agriculture, the mechanic arts were specifically included in the Act's language, meaning applied sciences and engineering . The Act prohibited spending

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672-432: The endowment on constructing buildings as expensive and unnecessary, so instead the tools for engineering education increased, such as textbooks, laboratories and equipment. The number of engineers skyrocketed. Whereas in 1866 there were around 300 American men who had graduated with engineering degrees and only six reputable colleges granting them, just four years later there were 21 colleges offering engineering degrees and

728-807: The 13 conference tournaments they have played in. The program has played in ten NCAA Division I Tournaments, winning four games, highlighted by a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 2018. The program also won first-round games in 2009 and 2015. As of January 7, 2024, the Jackrabbits have appeared in the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs 14 times with an overall record of 22–11. They were in the Championship game May 20, 2021, losing 23–21 to Sam Houston State. The Jackrabbits were semifinalists in 2017, 2018, and 2021. SDSU has an active streak of 12 consecutive postseason appearances at

784-493: The 144th best public university in the United States and tied as the 284th best university overall. Awards and Rankings . South Dakota State University. SDSU's Department of Political Science has been successful in forming many of the state's current and past congressional delegations. Currently, two of South Dakota's three congressional members are alumni in U.S. Senator Mike Rounds and Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem . Noem completed her political science degree while she

840-451: The 20th President of South Dakota State University. Dunn and his wife are alumni of SDSU, and prior to becoming president, Dunn was the Dean of SDSU's College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. The Hilton M. Briggs Library consists of more than 635,000 bound volumes, 315,000 government documents, 79,000 maps, and 1,800 journal titles (with 28,000 additional titles available online). Within

896-634: The Briggs Library is the Daschle Research Library dedicated to former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (SDSU BA 1969), which houses his Congressional papers . The University Student Union is at the center of campus and houses many amenities for both students and the public. The Union is the home to numerous meeting rooms, a ballroom, The Hobo Day Committee (homecoming committee), the University Program Council, Greek life

952-464: The Brookings campus for a live broadcast of its show on October 26, 2019. The Jackrabbits won their first FCS National Championship following the 2022 season and won their second following the 2023 season on January 7, 2024. A 19,340-capacity stadium opened in the fall of 2016. It is considered among the premier FCS Division I stadiums. The Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center, located on the north end of

1008-461: The Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, is the home of Jackrabbit football. It opened prior to the 2010 football season and houses an academic center equipped with study areas, computers, tutors and other educational aids for all South Dakota State teams. The Sanford Jackrabbit Athlete Complex, a state-of-the-art indoor practice and competition facility, opened October 11, 2014. It is immediately north of and attached to

1064-721: The District of Columbia and the "1994 land-grant colleges" for Native Americans were also awarded cash by Congress in lieu of land to achieve "land-grant" status. In imitation of the land-grant colleges ' focus on agricultural and mechanical research, Congress later established programs of sea grant colleges (aquatic research, in 1966), urban grant colleges (urban research, in 1985), space grant colleges (space research, in 1988), and sun grant colleges (sustainable energy research, in 2003). Starting in 1887, Congress also funded agricultural experiment stations and various categories of agricultural and veterinary research "under direction of"

1120-596: The Division I FCS Great West Football Conference , which started play in the fall of 2004. Since that time, Northern Colorado moved on to the Big Sky Conference in all sports in 2006. In the fall of 2006, North Dakota State and South Dakota State were admitted to The Summit League ; they have also moved on to rejoin old conference mate Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. It

1176-529: The Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center. The SJAC has bleacher seating for up to 1,000 spectators and can be used for track practice and track meets, football practice, softball and baseball practice, golf practice and other events within the SDSU athletic department. It includes 149,284-square foot facility and features an eight-lane, 300-meter track, one of only five collegiate indoor tracks of that size in

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1232-536: The FCS level, including the appearance in 2024. Through 2022, this was accomplished by John Stiegelmeier, the school's winningest head coach, after the program managed only one Division II playoff appearance (1979). Beginning in 2023, Jimmy Rogers became the head coach. Zach Zenner became the first Division I football player to record three consecutive seasons of 2,000 rushing yards (2012–14). The program's national standing persuaded ESPN's College Gameday television show to come to

1288-510: The Graduate School. In 1974, the College of General Registration (now the College of General Studies) was formed. In 1975, the Division of Education was created. An Honors College was formed in 1999. Two colleges and seven departments combined in 2009 to create the College of Education and Human Sciences. In 2017, the colleges which make up the university were revised and in some cases renamed to

1344-510: The Jackrabbits. The Jackrabbits were NCAA Division II national champions in 1963 ; they have sinced joined the ranks of Division I. Head coach Aaron Johnston took over the program in 2000. After becoming the first school transitioning to Division I to earn a postseason bid, playing in the WNIT in both 2007 and 2008, SDSU turned its focus to dominating the Summit League. The Jacks have won nine of

1400-782: The Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature , has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D.C.; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington, D.C.; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004. In 2022, the marching band performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

1456-550: The South Dakota state agricultural research stations around the state, such as the Antelope Range and Livestock Research Station near Buffalo . The Great Plains Writers Conference is a venue for significant regional authors or writers interested in the Great Plains. It was instituted at SDSU in 1976 for writing scholarship. Alumni from the university's research community notable for scientific achievements include: SDSU offers

1512-967: The Students' Association, The Collegian student newspaper, Student Legal Services, KSDJ 90.7 FM, Dining Services, four eating facilities, the University Bookstore, Card Services, and International Student Affairs. SDSU awards associate degrees , bachelor's degrees , master's degrees , and doctoral degrees . The university provides 175 fields of study. The university's colleges and schools include College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences; College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; College of Education and Human Sciences; College of Nursing; College of Pharmacy & Allied Health Professions; Graduate School; Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; University College; and Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College. For 2021, U.S. News & World Report rated South Dakota State University as tied for

1568-702: The United States Senate , Tom Daschle and first Lakota American Indian member of Congress Ben Reifel . Alumni of South Dakota State have occupied top positions in Wall Street and the rest of the business world, including CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation , Nizar Al-Adsani . In science and technology, alumni include IBM 360 inventor Gene Amdahl , "father of Amdahl's law ", and Nobel laureate Theodore Schultz , "father of Human Capital Theory ." Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for

1624-575: The United States into a position of leader in technical education. Before the Civil War, American colleges primarily trained students in classical studies and the liberal arts . For the most part, only the relatively affluent could afford higher education, and entrance requirements often required proficiency in the dead languages of Latin and Ancient Greek . The first Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees, which typically required no Latin, came into being around 1850. American engineers were mostly educated at

1680-409: The census of 1860. This land, or the proceeds from its sale, was to be used toward establishing and funding the educational institutions described above. Under provision six of the Act, "No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of this act," in reference to the recent secession of several Southern states and

1736-491: The conference's tenure, two were private schools: The NCC sponsored baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling. Six of the seven members of the NCC sponsored Division I ice hockey, and five still do. In men's hockey, after a major conference realignment that took effect in 2013, Minnesota–Duluth, Nebraska–Omaha, North Dakota, and St. Cloud State field teams in

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1792-453: The contemporaneously raging American Civil War . However, after the war, in the 1870s, Mississippi, Virginia, and South Carolina each assigned one African American college land grant status; these were, respectively, Alcorn University, Hampton Institute, and Claflin University. In 1890 the 1862 Act was extended to the former Confederate states (see below for more detailed information), and it

1848-730: The creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds from sales of federally owned land, often obtained from Native American tribes through treaty, cession, or seizure. The Morrill Act of 1862 (12 Stat. 503 (1862) later codified as 7 U.S.C.   § 301 et seq.) was enacted during the American Civil War , and the Morrill Act of 1890 (the Agricultural College Act of 1890 (26  Stat.   417 , later codified as 7 U.S.C.   § 321 et seq.)) expanded this model. For 20 years prior to

1904-417: The early to mid-19th century the federal government, through 162 violence-backed cessions, expropriated approximately 10.7 million acres of land from 245 tribal nations and divided it into roughly 80,000 parcels for redistribution. Under the act, each eligible state received 30,000 acres (120 km ) of federal land, either within or contiguous to its boundaries, for each member of congress the state had as of

1960-519: The first introduction of the bill in 1857, there was a political movement calling for the creation of agriculture colleges. The movement was led by Professor Jonathan Baldwin Turner of Illinois College . For example, the Michigan Constitution of 1850 called for the creation of an "agricultural school", though it was not until February 12, 1855, that Michigan Governor Kinsley S. Bingham signed

2016-448: The following: College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences; College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; College of Education and Human Sciences; College of Nursing; College of Pharmacy & Allied Health Professions; Graduate School; Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering; University College; and Van D. and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College. On May 23, 2016 (formal inauguration held September 29, 2016), Barry H. Dunn became

2072-465: The funding boost needed for the fledgling State Agricultural College and Model Farm (eventually renamed Iowa State University of Science and Technology). The first land-grant institution actually created under the Act was Kansas State University , which was established on February 16, 1863, and opened on September 2, 1863. The land grant colleges transformed engineering education in America and boosted

2128-470: The land-grant colleges was: without excluding other scientific and classical studies and including military tactic, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life. From

2184-431: The land-grant universities. Congress later recognized the need to disseminate the knowledge gained at the land-grant colleges to farmers and homemakers. The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 started federal funding of cooperative extension , with the land-grant universities' agents being sent to virtually every county of every state. In some states, the annual federal appropriations to the land-grant college under these laws exceed

2240-482: The more comprehensive education offered at the university. In 1923, SDSU's instructional program was organized under five divisions: Agriculture, Engineering, General Science, Home Economics, and Pharmacy. In 1956, a Nursing program was established, and in 1957 a formal graduate school was formed. When the university changed its name in 1964, the colleges were renamed Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Home Economics, Nursing, Pharmacy, and

2296-485: The nation. Graduates have joined South Dakota's state government and Congress, including Kristi Noem , the state's first female governor and a former U.S. representative, and current U.S. Senator Mike Rounds . Members of the South Dakota Supreme Court, former Chief Justice David Gilbertson and current Associate Justice Mark Salter , attended the university for their undergraduate degrees. David Gilbertson

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2352-480: The same season they would see perform at the FCS title game, seeing the football team win their first FCS National Championship. The homecoming celebration, Hobo Day , has been dubbed "The Biggest One-Day Event in the Dakotas." The celebration is typically held in October, tracing its origins back to 1907. SDSU participates in athletics as a member of NCAA Division I . SDSU's athletic conference affiliations include

2408-468: The seventy colleges and universities which eventually evolved from the Morrill Acts are several of today's historically Black colleges and universities . Though the 1890 Act granted cash instead of land, it granted colleges under that act the same legal standing as the 1862 Act colleges; hence the term "land-grant college" properly applies to both groups. Later on, other colleges such as the University of

2464-466: The state, trailing the University of South Dakota which was founded in 1862. The university is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents , which governs the state's six public universities and two special schools. South Dakota State University is a land-grant university founded under the provisions of the 1862 Morrill Act . This land-grant heritage and mission has led the university to place

2520-515: The territorial legislature, was built in 1883, six years before the State of South Dakota was formed. Numerous expansions were funded in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The name was changed in 1904 to South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts . In 1964, the name was changed to South Dakota State University . The name change was largely promoted by the Alumni Association. Initiated in 1962, this name change reflected

2576-443: The total number of engineers graduated had tripled to 866. The following decade added another 2,249 engineers, and by 1911 the United States was graduating 3,000 engineers a year, with a total of 38,000 in the work force. At the time, Germany was graduating 1,800 engineers per year. The US had become the leader in technical education just 50 years after passage of the Morrill Act. With a few exceptions (including Cornell University and

2632-424: The university yielded one third of the total grant revenues generated by all the states, even though New York received only one-tenth of the 1862 land grant. Overall, the 1862 Morrill Act allocated 17,400,000 acres (70,000 km ) of land, which when sold yielded a collective endowment of $ 7.55 million. On September 12, 1862, the state of Iowa was the first to accept the terms of the Morrill Act which provided

2688-538: The university. South Dakota State University currently ranks among the Midwest's top research universities, notably in the fields of agricultural science , biological science , and engineering . It is consistently listed in U.S. News & World Report ' s "Top 200 National Universities" in its college and university rankings . The campus is also home to the Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence,

2744-701: Was a member of the NCC from 1934 until 1978. UNI currently competes in Division I in the Missouri Valley Conference ; in FCS football , it competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference . In 2002 Morningside College left the NCC to join the NAIA . The University of Northern Colorado left the conference in 2003, followed in 2004 by North Dakota State University and South Dakota State University . These three schools all transitioned their athletics programs from Division II to Division I; they became founding members of

2800-646: Was advisable that the bill should be introduced by an eastern congressman, and two months later Representative Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont introduced his bill. Unlike the Turner Plan, which provided an equal grant to each state, the Morrill bill allocated land based on the number of senators and representatives each state had in Congress. This was more advantageous to the more populous eastern states. The Morrill Act

2856-430: Was announced on November 29, 2006, that the 2007–08 athletic season would be the final season for the NCC and that the conference would cease operations on July 1, 2008. The NCC had seven full members in the conference's final season, one was a private school: The NCC had two affiliate members for football only in the conference's final season, both of which are public schools. The NCC had nine other full members during

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2912-500: Was eventually extended to every state and territory, including those created after 1862. If the federal land within a state was insufficient to meet that state's land grant, the state was issued scrip which authorized the state to select federal lands in other states to fund its institution. For example, New York carefully selected valuable timber land in Wisconsin to fund Cornell University . The resulting management of this scrip by

2968-453: Was first proposed in 1857, and was passed by Congress in 1859, but it was vetoed by President James Buchanan . In 1861, Morrill resubmitted the act with the amendment that the proposed institutions would teach military tactics as well as engineering and agriculture. Aided by the secession of many states that did not support the plans, the reconfigured Morrill Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 2, 1862. The purpose of

3024-465: Was held from 1991–1994, then it was brought back and used from 2001-2008. South Dakota State University South Dakota State University ( SDSU or SD State ) is a public land-grant research university in Brookings, South Dakota . Founded in 1881, it is the state's largest university and is the second oldest continually operating university in

3080-492: Was in Congress. Perhaps the most notable of the program is former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle . Former U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth has served as a professor of the program. The department helped train two Truman Scholars in 2004 and 2006 respectively, including Tony Venhuizen. The Department of Military Science commissions officers into the United States Army and United States Air Force through

3136-431: Was the longest serving state Supreme Court chief justice, serving 19 years until retiring in 2021. In the federal cabinet, Stephen Censky , former United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture , and in federal foreign service, former Governor of South Dakota Dick Kneip served as United States Ambassador to Singapore . Among alumni who are political figures are seven members of Congress, most notably Majority Leader of

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