NORTHERN TODAY 7 FALL 2014 The ceremony was held on Friday, Oct. 3, during the annual Gypsy Days celebration. Construction began in July 2013 on the estimated $1.4 million project. A $200,000 anonymous gift received was earmarked for photography and digital design equipment upgrades. The project was key to maintaining full accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, which Northern earned in October 2013. NSU is the only NASAD-approved college or university in South Dakota with bachelor’s degree programs in art and design. Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for NSU Cancer Awareness Tree NORTHERN NEWS Dacotah Hall dedicated during Gypsy Days The late Capt. Cecil E. Harris, NSU alum, Navy Hellcat pilot and hero of World War II, is honored in a sculpture in front of Spafford Hall on the campus of his alma mater, Northern State University. Harris is memorialized in a 9-foot bronze statue sculpted by former NSU artist in residence Benjamin Victor. During the statue dedication in June, Victor helped unveil it with Harris’ wife, Eva, 93; son, Tom; and daughter, Rebecca. Photograph by Greg Smith, University Relations Photograph by Joshua John Frachiseur, NSU Theater The NSU Department of Art and Theater celebrated the new/renovated photo and graphics labs in Dacotah Hall with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The ceremony took place in front of the tree, which is located on the campus green between Graham and Spafford halls. The creation of the tree was an honors thesis project for NSU Honors Program student Teresa Edelman. Visitors to the tree can tie a ribbon around its branches in honor of those who have fought or are still fighting cancer, and those who have lost their battle. Raising cancer awareness is a personal goal for Edelman, a native of Albertville, Minn. She lost her 6-year-old cousin, Danny, to high-risk acute myeloid leukemia in 2010. Edelman spoke at the Oct. 27 event, along with NSU President Dr. James Smith. Edelman also tied the first ribbon on the tree. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Northern State Cancer Awareness Tree was held on Oct. 27. ‘White Christmas’ comes early to Aberdeen Aberdeen Community Theatre and Northern State University’s theater department collaborated this fall to produce an all-city production of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas.” Pictured left to right: Eli Corbett and Kati Bachmeyer, Brian T. Schultz and Katie Wegleitner
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