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Some have wondered if Gov Rounds is in favor of D1 move by his alma mater SDSU. I think he is very much so, but has kept it to himself. He has never turned down a 50 yard seat at Hobo Day football game from President Miller.
Since research growth has been a big goal of President Miller, I think he has got to be one of her best fans.
This article implies that the SDSU-USD rivalry can be a productive venture and not destructive as it has been on some occasions outside of athletic events.
Here is the article in todays argus.
Lawmakers envision S.D. research triangle
Terry Woster
twoster@midco.net
published: 1/7/2004
Governor, legislators tout untapped potential of homestake, universities
PIERRE - South Dakota's university campuses have the talent to do world-class research if legislators will agree with Gov. Mike Rounds' proposal to pay for competitive projects, a Mitchell legislator says.
Republican Sen. Ed Olson said he thinks the governor's research proposal, coupled with his anticipated request for $10 million for the Homestake neutrino laboratory initiative, will be a critical policy discussion in the 2004 Legislature, which opens Tuesday.
"You can't tell me we don't have the brainpower in our university system so that, if we start buying them more research time, we won't get ideas that are practical, have utility and are commercially adaptable," Olson said. "Some research the feds fund, we laugh at. It's the butt of jokes. Where's the utility? But if we set our focus on applications for humankind, to better do business, to better offer health care, to better provide education, to better do anything, we can have success."
South Dakota and research haven't always been mentioned in the same sentence. Forces now at work in the state could change that, in-cluding the closing of the storied Homestake Gold Mine and the interest by legislators and state officials in programs to promote math, science and technology.
The 35-day legislative session could be the proving ground.
When Rounds explained his 2010 Initiative last fall, he noted that the National Science Foundation ranked South Dakota behind every other state, Puerto Rico and Guam when it decided funding for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or EPSCoR. He set a goal of moving to at least 30th in NSF funding. And, like Gov. Bill Janklow before him, he committed to securing an underground research laboratory for the empty Homestake mine.
He's asking legislators for $3.7 million to spur research at the university level.
The money would pay for faculty research time, graduate assistants and equipment. He'll also ask legislators for $10 million in state money to couple with a federal grant of the same amount to show South Dakota's commitment to the underground lab. He is preparing legislation to protect the current Homestake mine owner, Barrick Gold Corp. of Toronto, from liability once the property transfers to state control.
Since research growth has been a big goal of President Miller, I think he has got to be one of her best fans.
This article implies that the SDSU-USD rivalry can be a productive venture and not destructive as it has been on some occasions outside of athletic events.
Here is the article in todays argus.
Lawmakers envision S.D. research triangle
Terry Woster
twoster@midco.net
published: 1/7/2004
Governor, legislators tout untapped potential of homestake, universities
PIERRE - South Dakota's university campuses have the talent to do world-class research if legislators will agree with Gov. Mike Rounds' proposal to pay for competitive projects, a Mitchell legislator says.
Republican Sen. Ed Olson said he thinks the governor's research proposal, coupled with his anticipated request for $10 million for the Homestake neutrino laboratory initiative, will be a critical policy discussion in the 2004 Legislature, which opens Tuesday.
"You can't tell me we don't have the brainpower in our university system so that, if we start buying them more research time, we won't get ideas that are practical, have utility and are commercially adaptable," Olson said. "Some research the feds fund, we laugh at. It's the butt of jokes. Where's the utility? But if we set our focus on applications for humankind, to better do business, to better offer health care, to better provide education, to better do anything, we can have success."
South Dakota and research haven't always been mentioned in the same sentence. Forces now at work in the state could change that, in-cluding the closing of the storied Homestake Gold Mine and the interest by legislators and state officials in programs to promote math, science and technology.
The 35-day legislative session could be the proving ground.
When Rounds explained his 2010 Initiative last fall, he noted that the National Science Foundation ranked South Dakota behind every other state, Puerto Rico and Guam when it decided funding for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, or EPSCoR. He set a goal of moving to at least 30th in NSF funding. And, like Gov. Bill Janklow before him, he committed to securing an underground research laboratory for the empty Homestake mine.
He's asking legislators for $3.7 million to spur research at the university level.
The money would pay for faculty research time, graduate assistants and equipment. He'll also ask legislators for $10 million in state money to couple with a federal grant of the same amount to show South Dakota's commitment to the underground lab. He is preparing legislation to protect the current Homestake mine owner, Barrick Gold Corp. of Toronto, from liability once the property transfers to state control.
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