Are you ready for a new year and a new semester?
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Trivia Answer
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W.F. Kumlien, Howard Sauer, James Satterlee and Donna Hess are all former Department Heads for the Sociology Department.
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Department Trivia Question
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The Sociology Department will soon be turning 90 years old! To celebrate we will be including trivia questions in the newsletters...
Do you know what do the following people have in common:
W.F. Kumlien, Howard Sauer, James Satterlee and Donna Hess?
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Criminal Justice Club
Upcoming Meetings
Criminal Justice Club will meet Tuesday, January 20 at 7 pm in Wagner Hall room 157
Stay tuned to the Facebook page (Facebook.com/sdsucjclub) for upcoming speaker announcements!
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Human Services Club
Semester Meetings
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- January 21st, 8:15 pm, Rotunda A
- February 11th, 8:15 pm, Rotunda A
- March 18th, 8:15 pm, Rotunda A
- Hand out volunteer form for Humane Society
- Discuss Officer Application
- April 15th, 8:15 pm, Rotunda A
Semester Events
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- February - The Neighboorhoods at Brookview Nursing Home bingo, February 25th, 6pm
- March - Humane Society, March 21st, 11-4
- will need volunteer form!
- April - Earth Day clean up, April 22nd, starting at 5pm
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Dates to Remember
Last day to add/drop at no charge: Jan. 21. Graduation Apps due to the Dean's
Office: Jan. 30 |
Feb. 16 President's Day Holiday
March 9-13: Spring Break
May 9: Graduation Ceremonies
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Congratulations Are in Order!
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Congratulations to all Sociology Majors on the Fall 2014 Dean's List |
Michelle Achterberg
Amberlyn Amethyst
Cassandra Aning
Christopher Barnes
Melanie Bartels
Valeriah Big Eagle
Stevie Camp
Alakiir Diing
Caitlyn Engebretson
Keahna Fenwick
Fathia Gonzalez
Janine Haaland
Kendyl Hanson
Katelyn Hillers
Mark Huntington
Samuel Jacobsen
Katherine Karl
Amy Kasten
Kayla Kelley
Perry Knuth
Katie Knutson
Jesse Kock
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Hailey Kurtenbach
Courtney Lambertz
Robert Lyons
Brooke Mathern
Luke McCullough
Stephanie Mills
Carrie Moate
Andrea Mulock
Erika Nelson-Davis
Amanda Neubauer
Donald Osborne
Amber Pennington
Sandra Pickard
Rachelle Schmidt
Kimberly Scholl
Erin Shay
Ashlie Steppat
Terra Suelflow
Ray Talley
Mariah Vogel
Taylor Wieber
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Congratulations on your publication!
Bentrup, Gary; Emery, Mary; D'Adamo-Damery, Nikki; Flora, Cornelia. Published in Journal of Extension, December 2014 | Volume 52, Number 6:
Distilling Research into Actionable Knowledge: An Assessment of a Conservation Buffer Guide
Agriculture and natural resources Extension professionals face increasing challenges in delivering evidence-based information to clients. Illustrated design guidelines may offer one tool for presenting useful information, particularly when delivering assistance for multifunctional solutions. Using conservation buffers as the technical topic, the study reported here evaluated resource professionals' perception and use of design guidelines to communicate technical information for planning and designing buffers for multiple goals. Overall, the results provide favorable support for design guidelines. The study offers insight into what constitutes effective guidelines, and these lessons learned may be applicable to other topics in Extension programming. Http://www.joe.org/joe/2014december/rb2.php
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Congratulations and Thanks
The following have recently received recognition through the "Thank-A-Professor" program:
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Dr. Pat Ahmed
Dr. Don Arwood
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Dr. Doug O'Neill
Dr. Meredith Redlin
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Cassie Anderson
Erin Kline Seldat
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If you have, or had, an instructor - a professor or Graduate Teaching Assistant - who you feel has had a positive impact on your experience at South Dakota State University, you might consider thanking him/her/them through this program.
There are lots of ways to say thank you, but the "Thank-A-Professor" program provides you a quick and easy opportunity to express your appreciation to the instructors that impacted you at South Dakota State University, all you need do is to click on the link and fill out the form:
Thank A Professor Form
Great job everyone!
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Opportunities for Learning, Networking, and Growth
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NSF - National Science Foundation:
Summer Research Opportunity for Undergraduates
The LAKES Research Experience in Menomonie, Wisconsin, is an NSF-Sponsored program which "aims to better understand the root causes of phosphorus pollution" and develop effective solutions in light of the "complex mix of social, economic and environmental factors" that influence phosphorus use and misuse." Sociology majors are encouraged to apply. Selected students receive transportation, food, lodging and a $4000 stipend. http://www.uwstout.edu/lakes/index.cfm
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Female Students can Apply Now for Grove-Law Human Service Internship Stipend!
The Grove-Law Human Service Internship is unique opportunity available to female students who plan to intern with a non-profit organization or human service agency for academic credit. The deadline for receiving applications is March 20, 2015.
For more details, check out the links below:
Grove-Law Application Grove-Law POSTER
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RSS Population RIG Call for Student Paper CompetitionRural Sociological Society
Population Research Interest Group Graduate Student Paper Award
The Population Research Interest Group of the Rural Sociological Society is soliciting submissions for a graduate student paper award in the areas of rural demography and population studies. The paper should be related to the broad interests of the Population Research Interest Group. Current graduate students and recent graduates (who receive their degrees no earlier than May 2014) may apply. Co-authored papers are acceptable as long as all of the authors were students at the time the paper was written and submitted. The recipient will receive a monetary prize of $300 that will help to defray part of the cost of registering for and attending the 2015 RSS Annual Meeting in Madison (August 6-9, 2015). The recipient will also be recognized at the Population Research Interest Group business meeting. To be considered for this award, there is a two-step process: 1) Submit an abstract to present the paper at the annual meeting of the Rural Sociological Society (online registration is open and will continue until Feb 6, 2015); 2) Send an electronic copy of the full paper with contact information to Brian Thiede (bthiede@lsu.edu) by May 1 2015. The paper submission should not exceed 35 double-spaced pages (including all tables, graphs, and references) in a standard font (12 point).
Abstract submissions for that conference are now open and available online at http://www.ruralsociology.us/ with a deadline of Feb 6. Full papers for the competition are not due until May 1, as described above.
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Call for Papers and the Student Paper Competition s
and Outstanding Scholarship Awards
for the Society for the Study of Social Problems' (SSSP) 65th Annual Meeting, to be held
August 21-23, 2015, at the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel in Chicago, IL. This year's theme, selected by President Marlese Durr, is Removing the Mask, Lifting the Veil: Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century.
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The American Sociological Association
Annual Meeting
August 22-25, 2015
Hilton Chicago and Hilton Palmer House Chicago, IL
http://www.asanet.org/meetings/meetings.cfm
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Midwest Sociological Society 2015 Annual Meeting
Kansas City, MO
Marriott Downtown
Thursday - Sunday, March 26-29, 2015.
For information on the Student Paper Competition in Honor of R. Dean Wright,
click:
http://www.themss.org/Students/52nd_Annual_MSS_Student_Paper_Competition_Rules_poster.pdf
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