Dakota State University

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Type State university Academic staff 101 Acceptance rate 84.2% (2014) Phone +1 605-256-5111		President José-Marie Griffiths Students 3,047 Total enrollment 3,058 (2010)

Motto Technically, we're better. Established March 5, 1881 (1881-03-05) Address 820 Washington Ave N, Madison, SD 57042, USA Undergraduate tuition and fees Local tuition: 7,506 USD (2015), Domestic tuition: 9,986 USD (2015) Similar South Dakota State Uni, Dakota Wesleyan University, University of South Dakota, Northern State University, Mayville State University Profiles Facebook Twitter

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Dakota State University is a public university located in Madison, South Dakota. The university has a technology centric focus with programs in computer and information science, business, education, natural sciences, liberal arts, among other graduate and undergraduate programs. The university requires all full-time undergraduate students to use tablet computers and laptops in their classes along with taking an introduction to computers course and an introductory programming course as part of their curriculum.

DSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2004, DSU was designated by the National Security Agency as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. In 2012, DSU received two more designations from the National Security Agency: National Center of Academic Excellence in Research and National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations.

DSU is home to the Smith-Zimmermann Heritage Museum and the Karl E. Mundt Library and Archives. Its athletic mascot is the Trojan and it is a member of the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and is a charter member of the North Star Athletic Association.

As of the Fall 2014 semester, its total student enrollment was 3,047, of whom 44.8% were women, and its total faculty count was 101.

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History

Dakota State University was founded as a normal school in 1881 as Madison Normal School with a mission to train teachers. It was the first school dedicated to training teachers in the Dakota Territory. After South Dakota became a state in 1889, Madison Normal School became Eastern State Normal School. Over the next several years Dakota State would be known as Dakota Normal School, Dakota State Normal School and General Beadle State College after William Henry Harrison Beadle who served as its president from 1889 to 1906. In 1969, the South Dakota Legislature renamed the college Dakota State College. In 1989, the legislature once again changed the name of the institution to Dakota State University to reflect the addition of graduate programs. Its motto is "Technically, we're better."

Presidents

Professor Charles S. Richardson: President 1883 - 1887

William F. Gorrie: President 1887 - 1889

General William Henry Harrison Beadle: President 1889 - 1905

Professor William W. Girton: Acting President 1901 - 1902

John W. Heston: President 1905 - 1920

Bela Malcom Lawrence: Acting President Feb.- July 1920

Edgar Creighton Higbie: President 1920 - 1931

E. A. Bixler: Acting President 1931 - 1933

Vayne Arnold Lowry: President 1933 - 1962

Dr. Laurence Samuel Flaum: President 1962 -1967

Dr. Harry Pitkin Bowes: President 1967 - 1971

Dr. Allen R. Millar: Acting President 1972 - 1972

Dr. Francis Gordon Foster: President 1972 - 1974

Dr. Richard Bowen: President 1974 - 1976

Dr. Robert H. DeZonia: Acting President 1976 - 1977

Dr. Carrol Krause: Provost

Dr. Charles Lein: President 1977 - 1978

Dr. Carleton M. Opgaard: President 1978 - 1983

Charles Luke: President 1983 - 1984

Dr. Richard J. Gowen: President 1984 - 1987

Dr. Jerald A. Tunheim: President 1987 - 2004

Dr. Douglas D. Knowlton: President 2004 - 2012

Dr. David B. Borofsky: President 2012 - 2014

Dr. Marysz Rames: Interim President 2014-2015

Dr. José-Marie Griffiths: President 2015–Present

Academics

DSU offers associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs through the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business and Information Systems, the College of Computing, and the College of Education.

Distance education

The Office of Extended Programs at DSU offers undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs at the University Center at Sioux Falls and via online classes. DSU’s online program earned national recognition in January 2013 when it ranked 4th in the United States on Guide to Online Schools’ 2013 Online College Rankings.

Athletics

Dakota State teams, nicknamed athletically as the Trojans, are part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing as an Independent of the Association of Independent Institutions (AII). Dakota State was a charter member of the North Star Athletic Association in the 2013-14 school year. The Trojans formerly competed in the now-defunct Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football and track & field; women's sports include basketball, cross country, soccer, track & field and volleyball.