Editing South Dakota State University (section)

==Academics==
SDSU awards [[associate degree]]s, [[bachelor's degree]]s, [[master's degree]]s, and [[doctoral degree]]s. 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.

===Rankings===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| ARWU_W = 
| ARWU_N = 
| Forbes = 471
| THE_WSJ = 501–600
| QS_W = 
| THES_W = 
| USNWR_NU = 266
| USNWR_W = 1446
| Wamo_NU = 281
}}

For 2021, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' rated South Dakota State University as tied for the 144th best public university in the United States and tied as the 284th best university overall.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Dakota State University Rankings |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/south-dakota-state-3471/overall-rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |year=2021 |access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>

===Political Science Department===
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| caption1          = U.S. Senate Majority Leader<br />[[Tom Daschle]]
| image2            = Mike Rounds official Senate portrait.jpg
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| caption2          = U.S. Senator<br />[[Mike Rounds]]
| image3            = Kristi Noem with Mike Johnson in 2025.jpg
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| caption3          = Homeland Security Secretary <br />[[Kristi Noem]]
| footer            = A member of South Dakota's current Congressional delegation, the former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, and the current US Secretary of Homeland Security are among the university's alumni.
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Several alumni from SDSU's Department of Political Science have served as elected officials, including U.S. Senator [[Mike Rounds]] and Governor of South Dakota [[Kristi Noem]]. 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. Two alumni were chosen as [[Harry S. Truman Scholarship|Truman Scholars]] in 2004 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Dakota State University Truman Scholars|url=https://www.truman.gov/search-our-scholars?field_profile_name_at_award_value=&field_profile_selection_year_value=&field_profile_selection_state_tid=All&field_institution_name_value=South+Dakota+State+University|website=truman.gov|publisher=Harry S. Truman Foundation}}</ref>

===Department of Military Science===
The Department of Military Science commissions officers into the [[United States Army]] and [[United States Air Force]] through 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 (general)|Mark A. Clark]]. [[Medal of Honor]] recipients [[Leo K. Thorsness]] and [[Willibald C. Bianchi]] attended the university.

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| caption2          = Medal of Honor recipient<br />[[Willibald C. Bianchi]]
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| caption3          = U.S. General<br />[[William E. DePuy]]
| footer            = The Department has produced two [[Medal of Honor]] recipients as well as a plethora of U.S. Generals.
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===Research achievements===
South Dakota State University currently ranks among the Midwest's top research universities, notably in the fields of [[agricultural science]], [[biological science]], and [[engineering]].<ref name="usnews">''U.S. News & World Report''. (2010). National university rankings [database]. Retrieved from http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/south-dakota-state-university-3471 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310015907/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/south-dakota-state-university-3471 |date=2012-03-10 }}</ref> It is consistently listed in ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s "Top 200 National Universities" in its [[college and university rankings]].<ref name="usnews"/>
The campus is also home to the Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence, a research and educational collaboration with United States Geological Survey [[Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usgs.gov/science/geospatial-sciences-center-excellence |title=Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence |publisher=United States Geological Survey |access-date=2017-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233313/https://www.usgs.gov/science/geospatial-sciences-center-excellence |archive-date=2017-10-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sdbor.edu/mediapubs/Documents/2004/051304geographiccenter.pdf|title=National Geospatial Center of Excellence News Release – South Dakota Board of Regents|access-date=2017-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820060611/https://www.sdbor.edu/mediapubs/Documents/2004/051304geographiccenter.pdf|archive-date=2016-08-20|url-status=live}}</ref> The GSCE focuses on basic and applied research in terrestrial [[remote sensing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalmonitoring.sdstate.edu/content/geospatial-sciences-center-excellence-gsce|title=Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE) {{!}} GSCE, SDSU|website=globalmonitoring.sdstate.edu|access-date=2017-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825021039/https://globalmonitoring.sdstate.edu/content/geospatial-sciences-center-excellence-gsce|archive-date=2017-08-25|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/remote-sensing.html|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Remote Sensing {{!}} Shanghai Ranking – 2017|website=www.shanghairanking.com|access-date=2017-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825024342/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/remote-sensing.html|archive-date=2017-08-25|url-status=live}}</ref>

The university operates the South Dakota state agricultural research stations around the state, such as the [[Antelope Range and Livestock Research Station]] near [[Buffalo, South Dakota|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.<ref name=gpwc>{{cite web | url = http://greatplainswritersconference.com/about/ | title = About the Great Plains Writers Conference | date = 18 July 2012 | access-date = March 20, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153139/http://greatplainswritersconference.com/about/ | archive-date = April 2, 2015 | url-status = live }}</ref>

<gallery class="center" widths="160" heights="160" caption="Notable research achievements by alumni include:">
File:Stephen Briggs in 1906.jpg|[[Stephen Foster Briggs]] '07 invented the [[Briggs & Stratton]] engine while a student at SDSU in 1906.
File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F038812-0014, Wolfsburg, VW Autowerk.jpg|[[Gene Amdahl]] '48 was the chief architect of the IBM 360 computer in 1964.
File:SDSU Ethanol Production Laboratory.jpg|The first ethanol production facility in the United States was established at SDSU in 1979.
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Alumni from the university's research community notable for scientific achievements include:
* [[Stephen Foster Briggs]], B.S. 1907, invented the [[Briggs & Stratton]] [[internal-combustion engine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www5.briggsandstratton.com/eu/en/corp/about_us/history.aspx|title=Small Engines, Generators, and Pressure Washers - Briggs & Stratton|website=www5.briggsandstratton.com|access-date=15 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320162141/http://www5.briggsandstratton.com/eu/en/corp/about_us/history.aspx|archive-date=20 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* [[Theodore Schultz]], B.S. Economics & Agriculture 1928, received the 1979 [[Nobel Prize in Economics]]
* [[Gene Amdahl]], B.S. Engineering & Physics, 1948, developed the [[IBM 360]] computer and later the [[IBM 704]], [[IBM 709]] computers, and [[Amdahl's Law]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibm.com/ibm/us/en/johnopel.html|title=IBM – Former CEO John Opel – An Appreciation|work=ibm.com|access-date=2012-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209114006/http://www.ibm.com/ibm/us/en/johnopel.html|archive-date=2011-12-09|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Al Kurtenbach|Aelred Kurtenbach]] and Duane Sander, electrical engineering professors, founded [[Daktronics, Inc.]]<ref>Daktronics website. 2012. Company history. Retrieved from {{cite web |url=http://www.daktronics.com/Company/History/Pages/default.aspx |title=Company History :: Daktronics |access-date=2010-03-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324044823/http://www.daktronics.com/Company/History/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2010-03-24 }}.</ref>