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Students Molly Peugh and Lori Fink Johnson ’01 secured a $4,800 grant from the National Education Association to hold a series of workshops on campus demonstrating the need for more teachers in minority schools, and for more minority teachers.

Dakota Wesleyan University’s Student Nurses’ Association won the Incentive Award for the most active chapter in the state.

Twenty-eight of 29 graduates of the 2000 nursing program passed their National Council Licensure Examination for Registered nurses. One student did not take the exam because she chose to continue her education.

Biology student Sarah Maier presented a research paper at a joint conference of South Dakota science and math teachers.

Mathematics and business student Rebecca Swanson, Oakes, N.D., was one of 18 students nationwide to be accepted into the Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges’ Summer Mathematics Program for Women.

Accounting and criminal justice major Daniel Wright, Corsica, completed a summer internship as a criminal investigation special agent for the IRS.

Brian Bomar, Madison, Neb., served as a summer intern in the Lincoln, Neb., office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.

Joe Ditta received a $3,000 artist grant in literature from the South Dakota Arts Council. Ditta also was nominated for a Pushcart Award in fiction for his short story, "Raphael in Brooklyn."

Sean Flynn, assistant professor of history and political science, presented a paper on the early years of Gregory County at the fifth annual Oscar Micheaux Film Festival in Gregory. Flynn also presented a paper at the Society of Military Historians in Omaha, Neb.

About 300 Mitchell area K-12 students attended a Star Party on campus. Mike Farney’s astronomy class offered viewers the opportunity to see the rings of Saturn, the moons of Jupiter, the crescent of Venus and the Orion Nebula on three consecutive winter nights in February.

Susan Almjeld, vocal music instructor, performed with the Milwaukee Symphony in December, at Carnegie Hall in New York City in January, and with the Oshkosh Chamber Singers and Orchestra in Oshkosh, Wis., in March.

Gloria Thompson, administrative chair of the nursing department, received the Distinguished Service Award from South Dakota State University in recognition of the support and encouragement she provides to nursing graduates to pursue additional education.

More than 100 photos taken by biology professor Robert Tatina were published in "Northwood Wildflowers," a field guide to wildflowers of the Northwestern United States and Southeastern Canada.

Doug Martin was named South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year for men’s basketball.