ntspring2017

NORTHERN TODAY 4 SPRING 2017 ABOUT 100 PEOPLE attended the ceremony, including NSU students, faculty, staff and administration; city and state officials; and members of the business community. The event took place at the site of one of the planned residence halls, south of the Mewaldt-Jensen Building on the NSU campus. This new hall will provide a “pod” style design, with eight to 10 traditional double rooms situated around a common living space and community bathroom. The other hall, which will be built where Lindberg Hall currently sits, will be designed with a series of semi- suites and suites offering both double and single rooms. Site work began in early April, with construction starting in early June. Both halls will be completed by July 2018. These two halls as well as Wolves Memorial Suites, which will open in fall 2017, will offer a total of almost 450 new beds on campus. That means by fall 2018, it’s anticipated that more than half of NSU’s residence hall occupants will live in new facilities. S.D. Supreme Court Chief Justice speaks at NSU spring commencement South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson delivered the spring commencement address at Northern State University, where 260 students graduated. NORTHERN NEWS THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY began at 10:30 a.m. May 6, in the NSU Barnett Center. Gilbertson received his undergraduate degree from South Dakota State University in 1972 and his Juris Doctor from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1975. Gilbertson worked in private practice until his appointment to the circuit court bench in 1986. He served as a Circuit Judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit until he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1995. He has served as chief justice since 2001. His honors have included the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the National Center for State Courts and the 2014 Grass Roots Award by the American Bar Association, both for his defense of judicial independence. NSU holds groundbreaking for new residence halls Northern State University held a groundbreaking ceremony for its two new residence halls on April 20.