NSU Presidential Investiture Ceremony Set for Friday, Sept. 25

ABERDEEN, S.D. (NSU) Northern State University will hold the investiture ceremony for Dr. Alan D. LaFave, the institution s 19th president, on Friday, Sept. 25, at 1 p.m. in the Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater at the Johnson Fine Arts Center. The South Dakota Board of Regents, along with the faculty, staff and students of Northern State University, invite the campus and Aberdeen community to attend. The event is free and open to the public. The investiture is a long-standing academic tradition dating back centuries in which the South Dakota Board of Regents will formally confer upon Dr. LaFave the authority and responsibilities of the Office of the President. Similar to an inauguration, the ceremony will include a formal procession, music, remarks from university leaders and the official conferral of presidential authority. The investiture marks a historic milestone, Dr. LaFave is the first alumnus ever to serve as president of Northern State University. A native of Onida, S.D., he