Dakota Normal News Today

Dakota State University was founded 140 years ago next month as Dakota Normal School. While 140 years may not be a big round number like 100 or 200 years, we need to reflect and celebrate the journey the school has taken. Lets talk first about modest beginnings. The territorial legislature passed a bill creating the school, but there wasnt much to it: no money, building, students or faculty. The only thing they had in hand was 20 acres of donated land within a 6-month-old village called Madison...