Vince Staples performs annual CAB concert in SCSC
Rap music artist Vince Staples performed for students in the Sanford Coyotes Sports Center Tuesday night. The Campus Activities Board (CAB) invited Staples for this performance as their annual concert. Lauren Lavin, a sophomore psychology major and the special events director for CAB, helped with the security team throughout night. She said attendance for the […]
Brookman residence hall makes security changes, front doors now locked 24/7
Brookman residence hall has seen new security changes to the building’s front door, beginning the Thursday prior to Dakota Days weekend. The front doors of Brookman will now be locked 24/7. All exterior entrances to the hall will now require residents to use their key cards to enter. Prior to the change, the front doors […]
USD’s online master’s program in addiction studies ranked third for low cost
USD’s online master’s degree program in addiction counseling was ranked third in a compilation of the nation’s lowest-costing programs. According to the Best Counseling Degrees website, who compiled the list, this ranking is generating by gathering a list of all colleges who offer an online master’s program in substance abuse and addiction counseling. The schools […]
USD administration discredits Coyote Village destruction rumors
A popular rumor among students, that the university must tear down Coyote Village by 2020, has been discredited by USD administration. The rumor includes stories of Coyote Village, which was built in 2010, being built too quickly, making its foundation and structure unsound and that the university will be required to take down the building […]
First-year enrollment breaks record, campus leaders look to the future
As first-time, full-time first-year enrollment made university history with a class of 1,427 students, campus leaders look towards the future of a growing USD community. This record first-year enrollment is a 6.4 percent increase over the 2017 incoming freshman class. Specifically, this year’s freshman enrollment saw an increase in South Dakota students of 7.2 percent, […]
Fourteen Dakota Days royalty finalists announced, students perform musical talents
The 14 finalists for Dakota Days royalty were announced at the Yotes Got Talent event on Sunday evening. Also at the event, six student acts performed their musical talents to kick off the week of Dakota Days celebrations. Riley Ackerman, Josh Anderson, Marcus Ireland, Jacob Meyer, Ezra Voigt, Sawyer Stevens and Noah Thompson were announced as the […]
National Music Museum prepares to close for expansion Oct. 7
The National Music Museum (NMM) will close its doors to the public on Oct. 7, in order to prepare for upcoming expansions. The construction will officially begin in June 2019 and is planned to be completed in Dec. 2020. The expansion will include additional gallery space, a permanent temporary exhibit gallery, a new concert hall, […]
Undergraduate enrollment hits new record
This semester, USD has seen the largest enrollment class in its history, with 1,427 first-time, undergraduate students. This is a 6.4 percent increase over the 2017 incoming freshman class. In a university news release, university president Sheila Gestring said she is thrilled to see the high enrollment numbers. “Now, more than ever, is a great […]
USD law students’ bar passage rates rise to 82 percent
Based on results from the July bar exam, the USD law school’s first-time passage rate rose to 82 percent. This is the second consecutive increase in bar passage rates, after the February exam saw a first-time passage rate of 70 percent. In a university press release, Tom Geu, dean of the law school, said he […]
USD Law School celebrates Constitution Day
USD’s law school celebrated Constitution Day by inviting Nancy Chi Cantalupo, an assistant professor of law from Barry University, to lecture about due process and civil rights laws on the issue of sexual assault. More than 60 students, faculty and community members attended the lecture in the law school courtroom on Monday afternoon. Tiffany Graham, […]