Academics
VIDEO: Conference puts women and gender issues at forefront
Graduate students Haley Schwenk and Elise Hocking presented their results from research regarding college students’ attitudes toward workers requesting paternity and maternity leave during the Biennial Women and Gender Research Conference April 9. Their results showed something few audience members expected. College students considered women who request maternity leave as more dominant, and men who requested paternity […]
Language department chair draws from West Point, ballet experiences to teach students
Three months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Laura Vidler couldn’t shake off the urge to serve her country in some way. She didn’t come from a military background and didn’t know if she had what it took to be in the military, but she knew she had to contribute to her devastated country one way […]
Administrators explain reason for class on Easter Monday
Unlike high school students or even some college students in the region, University of South Dakota students were in class on Easter Monday, or April 6. Jim Moran, USD provost and vice president for academic affairs, said classes are held on Easter Monday because it is not recognized as a religious holiday. “There is this […]
Published faculty write about array of topics, use books as learning tools
From reggae reference books to a cat memoir, professors at the University of South Dakota are publishing books on a variety of topics. USD professors are required to publish their own work, whether it be in the form of a scholarly article or a fiction novel. David Moskowitz, a music professor, has written four books […]
Farber Lecture sheds light on elections, legacy of Doc Farber
The 2016 elections, while still a year away, were at the forefront of this year’s University of South Dakota Farber Fund Lecture. Presenting this year’s lecture was Paul Light, a professor of public service at New York University. The lecture was held March 19th in Farber Hall and was hosted by the Political Science League […]
Spanish students embrace service-learning opportunities
Uver Rodriguez and Sophia Taggart learned a lot about each other March 24 over the lunch hour. Both enjoy soccer and have specific countries they would like to visit someday. Rodriguez, a sophomore at the University of South Dakota, will be teaching Taggart, a junior at Vermillion High School, about how to hold a conversation […]
USD community adapting to anonymous posting social media apps
Anonymous social media is picking up steam at the University of the South Dakota. Apps such as Yik Yak and FADE are allowing students to post anonymously to message boards, opening the door for more student interaction as well as hostility between social groups. Even university faculty are getting in on the action. Shane Semmler, […]
VIDEO: First-year exceeds expectations in Lakota class
USD to offer unique Native American language studies degree next fall, pending SDBOR approval Colton Sierra hopes to one day start his own business. But if that doesn’t work out the way he’s imagined, he’s counting on his culture to construct a life-long, fulfilling career. Sierra, a first-year business major with an undecided specialization, is […]
Medical school only accepts students with ties to S.D.
The University of South Dakota’s Sanford School of Medicine hopes to better meet the state’s healthcare demands by restricting admission to South Dakota residents, or applicants with strong ties to the state. Paul Bunger, dean of Medical Student Affairs at the School of Medicine, said about 40 to 45 percent of Sanford School of Medicine […]
Honors students push academic limits with theses
Although leaders of the United States haven’t yet come up with a successful solution to balancing the federal budget, junior Sydney Duncan thinks she might have the answer to a seemingly impossible endeavor. “For my honors thesis, my intention is to balance the federal budget in hopes to essentially decrease the deficit of the United States and […]