From higher education to lifelong learning, here’s how the Sioux Falls area is getting educated.
Ask business leaders what skills they would like to improve in their teams and you’ll typically hear things like critical and creative thinking, problem solving and decision making. It’s possible to hone these skills in as a little as a day with the right expertise.
Augustana University is maintaining its near-perfect five-year average of 98 percent job placement among new graduates.
Celebrity Mike Rowe’s visit to South Dakota last year to promote technical school education has inspired him to help fund scholarships for those students.
Former South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs has been named administrator of the Avera Academy, a new partnership with Sioux Falls School District and Southeast Technical Institute.
“The more we learn, the more we can build better and better robots to help us drive cars, explore space, do very detailed surgery and many other tasks unimaginable to our parents and our parents’ parents.” That’s a fifth-grader explaining why this program is so important. Doesn’t that make you want to learn more?
“The vast amount of opportunities that DSU offers veterans is comforting. It’s nice to know they care about our veterans’ education.” We think you’ll be impressed by everything DSU does to help military students succeed.
They’re already playing video games. Now, DSU students could get scholarships and compete against other top players as esports becomes an athletic team.
Michelle Lavallee knows what most business leaders associate with strategic planning: “Sitting in a room with a boring facilitator. Flip chart after flip chart.” Her approach is different. Experience it for yourself this spring.
Twenty years after they became accidental owners of a child care center, the brothers who own For the Love of Children have sold it to a longtime employee.
We’ve all been there as so-called experts tell us how to improve our business: The acronyms, the flow charts, the corporate speak. Here’s a refreshing take on how to develop leadership in a way that makes sense.
