Editing Dickinson State University (section)

{{Short description|Public university in Dickinson, North Dakota, US}}
{{Infobox university
|name            = Dickinson State University 
|native_name     =
|image           = Logo-Vertical-FULL-COLOR.png
|image_size      = 100
|latin_name      =
|motto           = Small Community. Big Opportunity.
|established     = {{Start date and age|1918}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/dickinson-state-university-2989 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219223631/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/dickinson-state-university-2989 |archive-date=2011-02-19 |title=Dickinson State University {{!}} Best College {{!}} US News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dsu.nodak.edu/AboutDSU.aspx |title=Dickinson State University :: North Dakota |access-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904040850/http://www.dsu.nodak.edu/AboutDSU.aspx |archive-date=2011-09-04 }}</ref>
|type            = [[Public university]]
|academic_affiliations     = [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]
|endowment       = $8.9 million<ref>As of June 30, 2009.  {{Cite web| title = U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009| work = 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments| publisher = National Association of College and University Business Officers| url = http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf| access-date = February 2, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171214124106/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf| archive-date = December 14, 2017| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}}</ref>
|rector          =
|chancellor      =
|president       = Ty Orton
|vice_chancellor =
|principal       = 
|dean            = 
|head_label      =
|head            =
|students        = 1,392<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dickinsonstatenews.com/dsu-sees-third-year-of-increased-student-retention-overall-enrollment-dips-slightly/|title=DSU sees third year of increased student retention, overall enrollment dips slightly|date=Sep 18, 2018|access-date=Dec 23, 2019}}</ref>
|undergrad       =
|postgrad        =
|doctoral        =
|city            = [[Dickinson, North Dakota]]
|country         = U.S.
|coor            = 
|campus          = Urban, {{cvt|110|acres}}
|former_names      = Dickinson State Normal School (1918–1931)<br>Dickinson State Teachers College (1931–1963)<br>North Dakota State College (1963–1964)<br>Dickinson State College (1964–1965)<br>State University of North Dakota at Dickinson (1965–1987)
|free_label      =
|free            =
|colors         = {{color box|#132e52}} {{color box|#bfbfbf}}<br>Navy Blue & Gray
|sports_nickname        = Blue Hawks
|mascot          = Buster Blue Hawk
|sporting_affiliations    = [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[North Star Athletic Association|NSAA]]
|website         = [http://www.dickinsonstate.edu/ www.dickinsonstate.edu]
|logo            =
|administrative_staff           = 212
|faculty         = 63
|colours          = 
|parent          = [[North Dakota University System]]
}}

'''Dickinson State University''' ('''DSU''') is a [[public university]] in [[Dickinson, North Dakota]], United States. It is part of the [[North Dakota University System]].  It was founded in 1918 as '''Dickinson State Normal School'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dickinsonstate.edu/discover_dsu/about_dsu/history.aspx |title=History Of Dickinson State University |publisher=Dickinson State University |access-date=December 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426012614/http://www.dickinsonstate.edu/discover_dsu/about_dsu/history.aspx |archive-date=April 26, 2012 }}</ref> and granted full university status in 1987.