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Augustana University

Julia Radtke

Augustana University graduate Julia Radtke, Class of 2024, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award from the U.S. Department of State and Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to conduct research in Norway for the 2024-25 academic year. The Northfield, Minnesota, native double majored in environmental studies and biology with an emphasis in ecology and environmental science. Radtke will investigate the common eider, a large sea duck, and how the species benefits from marine protected areas in southern Norway.

Avera

Avera has received 11 Aster Awards for excellence and innovation in health care marketing and advertising. Six campaigns and marketing pieces were designated as gold, among the top 5 percent in the nation. Four were silver, among the top 12 percent, and one was bronze, the top 16 percent.

Bridget Bennett

MarketBeat

Bridget Bennett has joined MarketBeat as an associate editor. She has more than a decade of experience in broadcasting and communications from her previous role as a news anchor and reporter.

Justin Ketel

TSP

Electrical designer Justin Ketel has joined the multidisciplinary design firm TSP Inc. and is based in the organization’s Rapid City office.

Bank Midwest

Ben Arndt

Ben Arndt has been appointed to the Bank Midwest board of directors. Arndt’s career includes leadership roles, including co-founder of Kinder Future Fund and executive vice president/chief operating officer at Bell Inc. His industry experience includes positions at Microsoft, Rooster.com and Procter & Gamble.

First Premier Bank

First Premier Bank has promoted three staff members.

Tom Kaufman

Danielle McGrath

Melody Westra

Melody Westra to director, marketing. She joined the bank in 2019 with almost three decades of media and marketing experience.

Danielle McGrath to business banking officer. McGrath has 12 years of experience in the banking industry and joined First Premier in 2022.

Tom Kaufman to branch manager of the Sycamore Avenue location. Kaufman joined the bank in 2020.

JLG Architects

Engineering News-Record has named JLG Architects as the 2024 ENR Mountain States Design Firm of the Year, an award that coincides with a top 10 ranking on ENR’s list of Top Design Firms for the Dakotas, Wyoming and Colorado. This is the second time JLG Architects has been recognized as ENR’s Design Firm of the Year. The year’s recognition was based on the firm’s recent projects and $52 million in regional revenue for 2023.

South Dakota State Medical Association

Jennifer Tinguely

Dr. Jennifer Tinguely is the new president of the South Dakota State Medical Association. Tinguely is a family medicine physician and chief medical officer of Falls Community Health. Other officers of the board of directors are president elect, Dr. Keith Hansen; vice president, Dr. Benjamin Meyerink; and secretary/treasurer, Dr. Lisa Brown of Custer. Board members are at-large directors, Dr. Deepak Goyal of Rapid City, Dr. Laura Hoefert of Madison and Dr. Megan Smith of Burke; policy council chair, Dr. Mandi Greenway Bietz of Mitchell; and immediate past president, Dr. Denise Hanisch of Centerville.

The South Dakota State Medical Association has presented it annual awards.

• Distinguished Service Award: Dean Krogman of Brookings, the SDSMA’s chief lobbyist.
• Outstanding Young Physician Award: Dr. Ashlea Semmens of Rapid City.
• Community Service Award: The Prairie Docs of Brookings: Drs. Andrew Ellsworth, Kelly Evans-Hullinger, Debra Johnston and Jill Kruse.
• Richard P. Holm, MD, Media Award: Bart Pfankuch, content director of South Dakota News Watch.
• Young at Heart Award: Dr. an Heinemann.
• Past President’s Award: Dr. Lucio Margallo II of Mitchell.
• Special Presidential Award: The late Dr. Susan Anderson.
• Friend of Medicine Award: State Sen. Tim Reed of Brookings.
• COPIC Humanitarian Award: Dr. Shannon Emry. The recipient of the award designates a $10,000 donation from COPIC to be provided to a health care-related nonprofit organization in South Dakota. Midwest Street Medicine is the donation recipient.
• 50-Year Awards: Drs. Kenneth Aspaas, Gail Benson, Alfred Hartmann, Peter Rodman and Daryl Wierda, all of Sioux Falls; Dr. Robert Hohm of Huron; Dr. Thomas Johnson of Yankton; Dr. Si Gaph Lee of Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Dr. Patrick McGuigan of Rapid City; Dr. Gonzalo Sanchez of Tucson, Ariz.; and Dr. Ronold Tesch of Brookings.

Weller Brothers

Jill Holt

Jill Holt has been promoted to chief operating officer at Weller Brothers. She has worked in the landscape company’s finance department for seven years, most recently serving as chief financial officer.