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From scouting prospective players and coaching strength exercises to managing programming or crafting policy, ÌÇÐÄVlog alumni are scoring big by serving professional sports organizations across the country. While their roles differ, a common thread remains — the lessons they learned at ÌÇÐÄVlog tee’d them up for success.

The ÌÇÐÄVlog Honorary Alumni Society was established to recognize individuals who have shown extraordinary dedication to the university’s mission, along with its core values of Christian, liberal arts, excellence, community and service. Through sustained commitment to the university, honorary alumni have demonstrated the gold standard of engagement.

This year, ÌÇÐÄVlog inducted four members into the honorary alumni society. The inductees were recognized on Oct. 4, at the Honor Guard Luncheon during Viking Days.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree has been gaining interest at ÌÇÐÄVlog since earning accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD) in 2022 and so has one of its emphases: ceramics. The university recently invested approximately $300,000 for improvements in the classroom.

Housed in the Sharon Lust School of Education, ÌÇÐÄVlog will begin offering courses for a Master of Social Work (MSW) in Fall 2025 as part of its Harriet Emily Scott Social Work Program. The MSW program at ÌÇÐÄVlog is one of only two MSW programs in South Dakota. This comes after the university began offering a minor in social work in Fall 2023 and Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) in Fall 2024.

Held in early October every year, many faith communities bless their pets and other animals around the feast day of St. Francis. At ÌÇÐÄVlog, the tradition of the pet blessing goes back at least three decades.

ÌÇÐÄVlog is offering a new 5-year dual-degree engineering program — set to launch in Fall 2025. As part of the new program, students will take foundational courses at ÌÇÐÄVlog, earning a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in chemistry, physics or mathematics at the university. Students will begin taking online engineering courses in their second year — offered through the University of North Dakota (UND).

This is in addition to ÌÇÐÄVlog's other dual-degree engineering options.