N ORTH E RN STAT E UNIVERSIT Y

LI N COLN H A L L P R OJ E C T

Conceptual design

• Regents advanced among top Legislative General Fund priorities (FY23)

• Driven by governor’s initiative, SB55 process, and degree/workforce gap analysis study
• Included in Gov. Noem’s FY23 budget proposal (Dec. 7, 2021)
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NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY
LINCOLN HALL PROJECT

Conceptual design

Current Lincoln Hall classroom Planned classroom

• Increase School of Business graduates to meet high regional/state

P R I M A RY workforce demand
G OA L S
• Support SDSU accelerated nursing to increase graduates to meet high
regional/state workforce demand
• Enhance regional economic development
• Increase enrollment at Northern State University

Conceptual design Conceptual design

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center State-of-the-art SDSU accelerated nursing simulation lab

• Leading-edge business instruction space

$ 29. 5 M I LLI ON • NSU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center—initial digital economy
P R OJ E CT
incubator collaboration with the Aberdeen Development Corporation
I N C LU DES
• State-of-the-art SDSU accelerated nursing simulation lab
 NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY
LINCOLN HALL PROJECT

Conceptual design

Lincoln Hall currently Planned social learning space

• Office of Admissions and others to enhance recruiting

$ 29. 5 M I LLI ON • Demolition of obsolete residential hall (Briscoe) and removal from auxiliary
P R OJ E CT
system M&R funding
I N C LU DES
• Replace Lincoln Hall with up to 50,000 square feet of modern
learning space designed to meet programmatic needs and built to Green
Globes standards

Conceptual design

Current campus front door Planned, impactful campus front door

• Current Admissions space in Avera Student Center returned to student

$ 29. 5 M I LLI ON success programming
P R OJ E CT
• Facility parking developed on adjacent lots to create a planned, impactful
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front door to campus
N SU BY TH E N U MBER S

$
180.7 Million 3,427
Generated in economic impact
Students 55
Undergraduate programs
374
1,008 Jobs Graduates Annually
9
Supported and sustained 99% Graduate programs
Classes taught by faculty
$
6.8 Million 78% 23
In-state and local taxes generated Undergraduate students Certificate programs
from South Dakota
$
35.6 Billion 35% 52
Direct Impact generated by NSU Alumni First-generation Minors
throughout the course of their careers college students
2019

10 -Y E A R N S U MOD ER N I Z ATI O N
Funded by Private Donors - $150M
• Johnson Fine Arts Center renovation
• Modern residential halls
• Jewett Regional Science Education Center
• Exceptional Athletics and Recreational facilities
Including NSU Pavilion with football and soccer fields, Dacotah Bank Stadium and Koehler
Hall of Fame Softball Field
• Scholarships and programmatic support
• S.D. school for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Governors Noem and Daugaard contributed Future Funds supporting enhanced collaborations
between the School and NSU
No general funds were appropriated for these vital projects
General funds were last appropriated in support of NSU capital projects in 1985 for the Barnett Center
and in 1969 for the Johnson Fine Arts Center
• Projects generated over $2 million in S.D. Excise Tax

D E M O L ITI ON

46,352
Lincoln Hall square feet
• Constructed as a residential hall in 1917
62,996 PR OPOS ED

• Retrofitted for School of Business in the 1990s total square feet of

obsolete residential
50,000
square feet
Briscoe Hall 16,644 square feet and instructional
learning space
• Constructed in 1957