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In 2023, SDSU Connect continued to play a pivotal role in advancing Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ's land-grant mission, weaving a story of impactful engagements within South Dakota’s fastest growing business and educational community.

A $50,000 grant from The Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation will help to identify the healthcare priorities and needs of the Lakota community in Rapid City, while working with the Woyatan Lutheran Church and the Wambli Ska Teen Center to develop a culturally responsive, trauma-informed program to train and support community health workers.

The existence of the Frank Ross Glass Plate Negatives Collection is a case of right time, right place. The collection was produced by a Brookings area photographer named Frank Ross, according to a Nov. 17, 2022, Arlington Sun article. Ross captured portraits and images of daily life in and around Brookings County at the turn of the 20th century.