3 Learning college skills before your freshman year. The critical thinking, writing, and reading skills developed in concurrent courses will prepare you for success. Demonstrating your learning just as you will in college. College courses typically assess your learning through several means: examinations, papers, lab reports, etc. Contacts NSU Rising Scholar website Rising Scholars Program | Northern State University Terry Piatz Director, Rising Scholars Program 605-626-7197 terry.piatz@northern.edu Rhonda Carda Rising Scholars Advisor/Recruiter 605-626-1111 Rhonda.carda@northern.edu Matt Perreault Associate Admissions Director 605-626-7601 matthew.perreault@northern.edu Accuplacer testing: NSU Testing Center 605-626-2029 nsu.proctor@wolves.northern.edu RS Background and Guiding Principles In 2005, the SD Board of Regents approved the RS program at NSU. High school (HS) students in the state who are enrolled in RS program can take college-level courses at their local high schools. The RS program is guided by the following principles as well as all NACEP standards: • All courses in the program are taught by highly qualified high school teachers. All teachers must meet the requirements for adjunct faculty appointments in the SD state system. • NSU faculty support, mentor, supervise, and evaluate the HS teacher in the program. • All courses follow the same or equivalent course syllabi as those used by the corresponding main campus university courses. Syllabi must be approved by the mentoring/supervising NSU faculty mentor and the appropriate NSU department chair. • All courses have the same or equivalent textbooks, examinations, grading standards, and policies as those used by the corresponding main campus university courses.
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