Northern State University

Northern State University (NSU) in Aberdeen, South Dakota, is a four-year public university in the United States. NSI South Dakota Board of Trustees by the administration and 38 majors and 42 minors, as well as six partner offers eight pre-professional and graduate nine.

History

Milwaukee Railroad, Aberdeen southern and eastern South Dakota on the intersection branch offices have seen a rapid growth of population in the late 19th century; This has led to rapid growth of northern South Dakota citizens to push for higher education institutions funded by the government. As Bill Central Dakota University during the 1885 legislative session, then it is known Ordway, creating what was now little town South Dakota. economic concerns and lack of funds for the support throughout the state governor vetoed the bill, although approved by Louis K. Church, however, it was not approved for funding school until the 1887 legislative session.ev; The school will take a few more decades before becoming a reality.

North Aberdeen South Dakota in 1900 with a fast growing population and began to organize a greater number of supporters for the school. January 7, 1899 the day, Senator Lawson, Northern Normal and Industrial School often considered to be the father, has proposed a draft law for the establishment of schools in Aberdeen; The bill passed several revisions and new school paper that does not happen on March 2 until 1899; However, both a site and funding was needed.

Rich Aberdonians responded immediately and began to donate their land for the school; Responding to a request to get a site, Aberdeen City Council formed a committee consisting of twenty-five people responsible for choosing the location of. Iran Barnes Committee, W.F.T Bushnell, C. F. Aberdeen including the well-to-do individuals consisted of Easton, F. W. Brooks Ed Askew, B.C. Before any decisions Lamont, William Tennant, W.G Bickellhaupt James Lawson and Andrew melgaard.th committee majority in the first months of late spring in 1899 and met with postponed. Late in 1899, just south of Governor Andrew E. Lee Andrew Melgaard donated by the city limits, land use decisions; As governor had asked Lee, but the northern border of the territory Melgaard Twelfth Street did not extend all the way; Melgaard was the northern border between land and Twelfth Street, Watertown W. Thomas D. C and owner. as government grants to buy land, the committee had to pay their own land Melgaard and Thomases. On November 10, Thomases one dollar to the South Dakota state of said two half blocks sold and Andrew Melgaard stayed with the government task land.now his 20-acre (8.1 ha) on three hundred received funding to build a new school for the plot.

March 6, 1901 Date of Governors approved by Herreid, $ 28,000 to build a school and allowed for the construction of a heating plant has been allocated an additional $ 2,000. Board of Trustees under the supervision of the construction, financing 1902.Additional salary, light, fuel, furniture and other legal bill has been allocated for expenses such as maintenance had been completed and be ready for September 1 students; now everything took place for the establishment of Northern Normal and Industrial School.

Northern Normal and Industrial School first president Charles F. Koehler, opened schools and education in order to provide students with academic study. First admission requirements were simple: Applicants age must have a desire to teach and at least fourteen years. entering the school with a high school diploma, students completed at least eighth grade students, or four-year "English Course" or "Latin entered the course, one-year prepared them to teach" High School Course "is placed in the student may receive credit for high schools, so that the" rules and large Normal degree of flexibility programs and industry programs, at the same time there was an additional obtained. was not a model school, even if they were completed; including one to four children in this classroom and practical teaching methods and attitudes of potential teachers were given the opportunity to learn.

Northern Normal and Industrial Vocational High School will define the next decade and a half modifier spend and the school's mission. and destruction of school buildings, as well as policies and practices and changes, both saw changes around campus. The school also has experienced many unique events in the first year. school proud moment for US President William Howard Taft, the newly completed auditorium of the Administration Building, the role of foreign policy issues with mainstream schools gave a speech combed October 23, 1911 arrived.

United States declared war on Germany and World War I. The students responded immediately to the school the war effort enters and 1917 April 19 "Loyalty Day" was celebrated at the school and came to a sudden halt best time in April 1917 for country students saying patriotic songs to the streets and walked down waving flags. School was closed the day. faculty, but also a "school release" facility by requesting a rule stating that any young man would be graduated to fight abroad showed the patriotic party; Such football Coach Strum, Professor Gillis and Professor faculty as Stecher, military ranks.th school newspaper, Exponential, is sent to the battle front and the war had been given their first glimpse into the difficulties former students letters joined began publishing; The first case to reach small T. Otway Thomas came NNIS:

The bombs will be escaped, I saw shrapnel and rifle bullets hedged be required, when war-weary warriors home thinker ... met two friends had the home more discussion than anything else ... the food if it is their friendship and can cause a soldier's heart to his sweetheart mother, father, sister or brother finds and photographs of children. Its how peace will be infused with its very nature ... residence'd love and affection at home, loved ones and his heart felt where safe and victorious deep on the prospects for return and unexplained feelings of anxiety proud to look for his loved ones is the idea of ​​the community! ... He's quick and slighting any way to talk about it, but it does not become human-kind love with the divine essence of religious convert. Because love is far expressed on paper his thoughts ... And then like once it becomes life decision and a drowning man what adherent or trust, dim and that happens to love, death is a longing to see the house her come first. And it's only adamantly life, keeps the last issue of life and to live these emotions at the point of being snatched from him how cheerful! ... But, alas! there is such a chance, but whose face creeps slowly and surely pallor of death, Life Light is fast shrinking gradually to include new information and soon dawn light bulb poor man; E shines, but whispered a faint prayer: "God bless this house!"

At the end it brought a great relief for students and the NNIS country battles; There were classes students are now back to normal sewing, knitting, or bandage, slowly returning overseas students sent letters and make the flow was decreasing; However, he sent 442 students abroad, graduates and lecturers, never returned thirteen; "We 'freedom and equality can not be destroyed from the ground made by the male victim said forget." The names are engraved on a plaque that

The end of the war in rural South Dakota teacher brought a significant reduction in the amount of four-year colleges in the state responded by creating regular sections. Therefore register now fall South Dakota, it was not necessary to prove this because the school to teach the new policy, which is troublesome for NNIS. now corresponds to the recording head drop, Dr. Harold Foght, teaching becomes necessary to be certified to teach professionalism pushed occupation. Previously a normal part of -youth normal division and senior-: base in April 1920 the number of head Dr. Foght efforts have been reorganized into three parts after school to successful.2 ", Teachers College was NNIS," read the Regular division; Each section would have its own dean. NNIS was able to award baccalaureate degrees now; However, the State Legislature Northern Normal and Northern State Teachers College will not change the school's name from the Industrial School until 1939.


School life through the Great Depression and was now under a new title and new responsibilities; However, this will be an easy task in fulfilling their responsibilities: the Great Depression debt he left school, dropping record numbers and entering into yet another world war. Fortunately, Northern State Teachers College Dr. Noah E. Steele was school president and chairman of the induction school until 1951. In 1939, he built a new campus additions to an increase in the number of records and helped get the school of World War II. Now, a flight and he founded the defense school presented a pilot program to train the future military pilots and also NSTC changing size and programs in South Dakota State Legislature basic engineering programs. began to offer an answer: the school of World War II experienced many changes Northern State College he changed his name in 1964. Next to improve the quality of education Northern State College for two years and we continue to make radical changes to the campus. Comprehensive Institution II: 1987 North State College Carnegie South Dakota from any college or University to the Commission, the second received the highest classification. Then, two years later, on February 6, 1989 the state recognized this achievement and Northern State University, he changed his last name from Northern State College.

Demography

The majority of Northern State University student according to the summary records for the Caucasus, though the fall of 2006, consists of students from many different cultures. students make up 77.88 percent of the Caucasian population in 1806 outside students, Asian 127 people (5.48 percent) was the next highest denomination owners. After that, the largest population of Native Americans and 70 percent of total student enrollment 3:02 people, is to contribute. African Americans constitute thirty four students on campus next largest group of 1.47 percent. Students of Spanish small denominations, making 0.86 percent of the total student body of twenty people. the remaining 11.3 percent of the students or a different background, refused to give information, or are simply not known. 58.82, or 1 percent of students, 364 students, women and the remaining 41.18 percent, 955 students are male. As a result, participating students come from thirty-three different states and thirteen different countries. Northern State University has a total of nine full-time and 187 part-time, including graduate students; they are 919 full-time undergraduate students and 134 part-time license hits. graduate school and undergraduate students revealed that a census of the population and the younger age groups in undergraduate degree population, 3.3 percent, constituted 70 people. young group of seven and a graduate of the population aged between twenty-three and their population made up 11.73 percent of the twenty-three people. 1 in the same age group, a total of 653 undergraduate students fill size to be 77.86 percent. Sixty-three people graduate, was a total of twenty-four, and their record 32.14 in the twenty-nine years of age, license, 202 students have made so students 9:51. Thirty-five of the thirty graduates, undergraduate and 3:44 Seventy-three percent of people, and 12:24, respectively, accounted for 24 people. licenses are a total of thirty-six and sixty-five percent of 123 people aged between 5.79 and they have two students over the age of sixty-six; Graduates of 43.88 percent between thirty-six and sixty-five and eighty-six people, and there are no students over the age of sixty-six.

Athletics


Northern State Wolves 13 inter-university sports competition. athletic program, men's basketball began in 1902 with athletics and football followed in 1903 and 1904 North State Baseball Today in 1992 and has two national championships in women's basketball occurred in 1994, Northern men and women offers cross country, men's and women's basketball, male and female domestic and international, women's soccer, women's Fastpitch softball, volleyball, football, wrestling, baseball, and women's swimming.

North State consisting of sixteen universities in five states Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), a member of Bemidji State University (MN), Concordia University St. Paul (MN), Minnesota-Crookston, Minnesota State University Moorhead University of Mary University (ND), Northern State University (SD), Southwest Minnesota State University, Upper Iowa University, Wayne State College (NE), Winona State University (MN), Minnesota-Duluth, Augustana College University, Minnesota State University -Mankato St. Cloud State University (MN), Minot State University (ND) and the University of Sioux Falls (SD). Northern State has been a member of the conference since 1978, and they also have the second smallest school enrollment of 16 members. In the 1990s, NSIC only after spending many years with all the members of dual membership in the NAIA, became a member of the NCAA Division II.

Campus

The south side of Aberdeen Northern State campus, 72 acres (29 hectares) is located. It was built on the green of the old buildings on campus and since has expanded outside the campus. buildings that meet the majority of class H. P. There is a fine arts section of the house and also many level classes holding Education Johnson offices and classrooms housed Gerber building for the School of Fine Arts, and 16 classrooms, there are 13 laboratories Mewaldt Jensen building, and mathematics, science and business departments house 60 offices .

old buildings on the northern campus of Lincoln, and has Krikac · Spa Fude. · Spa Fude first gym on the fourth floor and the campus' If only he had in the psychiatric ward. it was closed after several reports of paranormal activity because many people do not know about the fourth floor. Lincoln was the first country but is now known as the business office.

Campus six dormitories, Briscoe Hall, Jerde Hall, Kramer Hall, Lindberg Hall, McArthur-Welsh Hall and there Steele Hall. All Jerde Hall dormitory largest presence with 375 students, co-ed. All except dorms with en-suite bathroom and living room consists Steele Hall and Kramer occur either in single or double rooms.

Student Center was opened in 1960 and the dining hall, the campus bookstore, campus post office and all the students related services, as well as a number of meeting rooms are housed. Beulah Williams Library has undergone a triple size of the latest enlargement. Now hold 400 students and several group study rooms, multi-media stations, as well as the book may have a large collection.



128,000-square-foot (11,900 m2), athletic complex, the Joseph H. Barnett Physical Education and Convocation Center, coaches offices, as well as all the house was completed in 1987, and many classrooms. Wachs Arena after coach Don Meyer Don Meyer Court Basketball Court called the 1985.Th 1955 won 532 games in his career spanned 30 years, Wolves basketball coach Bob Wachs, is named after.