Dakota State University
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| Motto | Technically, we're better. |
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| Type | State university |
| Established | March 5, 1881 |
| President | José-Marie Griffiths |
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Academic staff
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101 |
| Students | 3,047 |
| Undergraduates | 2,736 |
| Postgraduates | 311 |
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Madison, South Dakota, U.S. 44°00′44″N 97°06′46″W / 44.01229°N 97.11285°WCoordinates: 44°00′44″N 97°06′46″W / 44.01229°N 97.11285°W |
| Campus | Rural |
| Colors | Yellow and Reflex Blue |
| Nickname | Trojans |
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Sporting affiliations
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NAIA – North Star |
| Website | www |
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Dakota State University is a public university located in Madison, South Dakota. The university has a technology centric focus with programs in computer and information science, business, education, natural sciences, liberal arts, among other graduate and undergraduate programs. The university requires all full-time undergraduate students to use tablet computers and laptops in their classes along with taking an introduction to computers course and an introductory programming course as part of their curriculum.
DSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2004, DSU was designated by the National Security Agency as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. In 2012, DSU received two more designations from the National Security Agency: National Center of Academic Excellence in Research and National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations.
DSU is home to the Smith-Zimmermann Heritage Museum and the Karl E. Mundt Library and Archives. Its athletic mascot is the Trojan and it is a member of the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and is a charter member of the North Star Athletic Association.
As of the Fall 2014 semester, its total student enrollment was 3,047, of whom 44.8% were women, and its total faculty count was 101.
Karl E. Mundt Library Commons
Beadle Hall
Dakota State University was founded as a normal school in 1881 as Madison Normal School with a mission to train teachers. It was the first school dedicated to training teachers in the Dakota Territory. After South Dakota became a state in 1889, Madison Normal School became Eastern State Normal School. Over the next several years Dakota State would be known as Dakota Normal School, Dakota State Normal School and General Beadle State College after William Henry Harrison Beadle who served as its president from 1889 to 1906. In 1969, the South Dakota Legislature renamed the college Dakota State College. In 1989, the legislature once again changed the name of the institution to Dakota State University to reflect the addition of graduate programs. Its motto is "Technically, we're better."
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