Dakota State BIS

06/04/2026

The College of BIS is proud of Dr. Rahman and the work he does with students! Kudos to all of them!

Students in Dakota State University's CIS 123: Problem Solving & Programming course partnered with the Hudson Fire Department to develop a website.

06/02/2026

Dakota State University will join South Dakota’s public universities on June 5 for 605 Day: Funding Futures with Scholarships, a statewide initiative that celebrates South Dakota pride while supporting scholarship opportunities for students.

05/25/2026

🌾🤖 Innovation on the Global Stage! The College of BIS is proud to share that Dr. Abeer Alkhwaldi was invited as a Keynote Speaker at the 11th International Congress on Engineering Sciences and Multidisciplinary Approaches (ESMAC 2026) this weekend!

Dr. Alkhwaldi presented the research project, "Engineering Resilience in Agriculture 4.0: A Socio-Technical Analysis of AI Integration and the Digital Frontier." This vital research explores the socio-technical impacts of AI in modern agriculture and was proudly funded by the State of South Dakota via legislative appropriations to Dakota State University.

An international keynote invitation highlights the global relevance, reach, and impact of the digital frontier research happening right here at DSU.

Please join us in celebrating Dr. Alkhwaldi’s achievement! 👏✨

05/22/2026

Congratulations to this BIS student athlete!

05/21/2026

Congratulations to these DSU students on their top 10 placings in the national competition! BIS is proud of our professional accountancy student, Casey Olson!

🚨 CONGRATULATIONS to Amelie on earning her first outdoor heptathlon All-America (her second overall AA at Dakota State University Cross Country And Track & Field), placing 8th with 4,768 points.

Congratulations to Casey on her PR heptathlon with 4,612 points, placing 10th overall!

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05/21/2026

Congratulations to the Dakota State University students named to the Spring 2026 President’s Academic Honors list. This semester, 843 full-time and 200 part-time students earned this distinction through strong academic achievement and dedication.

We’re proud to celebrate these Trojans and the work they’re putting into their futures.

View the full honors list: https://bit.ly/4wEFpEY

05/20/2026

Dakota State University’s College of Business and Information Systems recently concluded the 2026 Spring High School Investment Game, a regional, experiential learning competition that ran from mid-February through mid-April and engaged 160 students from 10 high schools across South Dakota and Minnesota. Using the S&P 500 as the benchmark—which returned 4.13% over the competition period—the program recognized more than 40 students who beat the market, including nine students who outperformed the benchmark by more than 10%, highlighting strong decision-making and disciplined portfolio management under real-world market conditions. - By Dr. Yenling Chang

05/20/2026

Congratulations to this student athlete working on her BBA degree in business with a specialization in Finance, as well a majoring in Cyber Leadership/Intelligence with a concentration in World Affairs/Human Behavior. Go Trojans!

🚨SECOND IN THE NATION🚨

On her final throw, Oliviyah Thornton broke her personal best with a mark of 56.56m to jump from 8th to NAIA All-American and national runner-up in the women’s hammer throw. ⚔️

Thornton earns her third All-American honor of the year. 🔥

05/20/2026

We are so proud of this student working on his BS in Computer Information Systems with a concentration in Business Analytics! And, he is a terrific workstudy student for the College of BIS! You go, Gabo!!!

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05/18/2026

The College of BIS faculty and students continue to share their meaningful research! Kudos to them!

Journal Publication
Kyle Bittle and Cherie Noteboom. 2026. The Datafied Child: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda on Sharenting, Privacy, and Social Media. SIGMIS Database 57, 2 (May 2026), 65–90. https://doi.org/10.1145/3802515.3802519

Two Published Conference Proceedings (5/20/2026 date):

Aravindh Sekar and Cherie Noteboom. 2026. Decentralizing Work: How Blockchain Reshapes Project Coordination, Trust, and Accountability through the Strategic-Decentralized Resilience Theory (SDRT). In Proceedings of the 63rd ACM Conference on Computers and People Research (SIGMIS-CPR '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 76–83. https://doi.org/10.1145/3768310.3807788

Cherie Noteboom, Vahini Atluri, and Stephen Surles. 2026. Fragmented Conceptions of Agency in AI-Enabled Systems: A Bibliometric Analysis of IS Research. In Proceedings of the 63rd ACM Conference on Computers and People Research (SIGMIS-CPR '26). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 59–66. https://doi.org/10.1145/3768310.3807789