Office of Grants and Contracts
Dakota State University
204 Heston Hall
820 N Washington
Madison, SD 57042
(605) 256-5100

• Director of an outreach program which serves South Dakota Non-profit Organizations

• Ph.D. in Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
• M.Ed. in Counseling, South Dakota State University.
• M.A. in English, University of South Dakota.
• B.A. in English, University of Sioux Falls.

• K-12 School Counselor, Parker, SD.
• Director of Academic and Student Affairs, Kilian Community College, Sioux Falls.
• Speech and Journalism instruction, University of Sioux Falls.
• Public Information Specialist, University of South Dakota.
• High School English teacher.
• Reporter and editor, Sioux Falls Argus-Leader.

• Non-profit management issues
• Strategic Planning
• Board training and development
• Grant writing and research
• Fund raising
• Writing and editing
• Coordinating and facilitating meetings, conferences, and travel.

• Grant Tips
• Writing to Win
• Building & Managing a Grant Budget
• Grants in Health
• Board Training & Development
• Strategic Planning
• Managing Conflict in the Workplace
• How to Get Along With Monsters, Mummies, Space Aliens, and the People You Work With
• Team Building
• Researching & Contacting Funding Sources
• Non-Profit Management Issues
• Project Management
• Time Management
• Recruiting and Using Volunteers
• Time Management

• Non-Profit Management Issues, 1993.
• Researching and Contacting Funding Sources, 1991.
• Federal Funding Sources, 1991.
• Building and Managing Grant Budgets.
• Writing to Win: A Proposal Preparation Manual, 1991.
• Grant Tips: A Practical Grantsmanship Manual, 1991.
• Recruitment and Retention of Native Americans: A Series on Minorities in the Health Professions, 1990.
• The Influence of Internships on the Skills of Academic Administrators, 1989.
• AAUP Resource List: Internships and Field Experiences, 1989.

• CASA Volunteer
• Lay Minister
• Youth Leader
• Singing
• Writing Music and Poetry
• Theatre
• Travel (Russia, Haiti, Europe, and in the U.S.)

jean.layton@dsu.edu