This effort, which would expand SDU s applied research lab into the state s largest city, could help more graduates stay and work at home in South Dakota.
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Bard named as VP and HR officer.
Melissa L. Bard, who has worked in higher education human resources, has been named vice president and chief human resources officer at the University of Delaware.
Bard has led the human resources operations at Frederick Community College, California State University, East Carolina University, and Pennsylvania State University.
Bard will provide strategic leadership on human resources matters to UD’s administrators, faculty, and staff in her new position. While fostering a customer-service-oriented human resources approach, she will work closely with other administrators to efficiently align HR, financial, and operational systems.
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The Best Private College in Every State with the Most Bang for Your Buck
By Meagan Drillinger, Stacker News
On 6/16/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
The value of a four-year college degree has changed a lot since the 1940s. In fact, it s changed quite a bit in the past 10 years. From 2010 to 2020, the number of people 25 and older who hold a bachelor s degree or higher jumped more than 6 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
A college education has long been considered an entry point into the American middle class. College graduates can earn more than $30,000 more per year than someone with a high school degree, according to a 2019 report. But there s a catch college doesn t come cheaply. In fact, the cost of a four-year college education averaged $25,864 per year for in-state students at public universities and $53,949 per year at private, nonprofit universities, according to 2019 reporting from EducationData.org. Taking student loan interest into account, the cost of a four-year d
Graduation will look a little different at Dakota State University this spring. Instead of one morning commencement, there will be two ceremonies on Saturday.
Commencement for graduates of The Beacom College of Computer and Cyber Sciences will be held at the DSU Fieldhouse at 9 a.m.; the ceremony to honor graduates of the Arts & Sciences, Business and Information Systems, and Education Colleges will take place at 2:30 p.m. in the Fieldhouse.
Also, a hooding ceremony for master s and Ph.D. graduates will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the Dakota Prairie Playhouse.
Multiple ceremonies have been considered for some years due to an increasing number of graduates. With social distancing requirements because of the pandemic, the decision was made to hold multiple ceremonies this spring.