January 14th, 20201784 The Dean of Students announced the loss of a student early Tuesday evening. According to the email, Viviana Akot, passed away on Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Akot was originally from South Sudan, Africa and was a senior at USD. She was an active member of the Center for Diversity and Community and a Resident Assistant. Akot moved to...
December 19th, 2019179The student governments of South Dakota's six regental universities passed a resolution in support of the Dakota’s Promise Need-Based scholarship on Dec. 10. This scholarship would move the Board of Regents one step closer to their post-secondary education goal. According to the resolution from the South Dakota Student Federation,...
December 14th, 201946 The Coyotes (31-2) advanced to the finals on the NIVC
Tournament with a 3-1 (19-25, 25-21, 25-15, 25-13) victory over Tulsa (18-16) in
the semifinals on Saturday inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. It was the
team’s 31st win of the season. After the victory, head coach LeAnne Williamson addressed the 1,315 in attendance to...
December 5th, 201968The South Dakota volleyball team defeated Central Michigan in the first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championships after a first set loss on Thursday night. Inside the Sanford Coyote Sports Center, the coyotes moved up to 28 and two in the season while 11 and oh at home pushing their home court went streak to 15. The...
December 4th, 201940The women’s basketball team downed Creighton in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Wednesday, beating the Bluejays 72-65. The No. 24 ranked Coyotes (8-1) topped their Big East opponent (6-2) after taking the lead on the first play of the game. During the two teams' fifth straight meeting, Coyote redshirt sophomore and center Hannah...
November 24th, 2019172 After nearly two decades of falling short, USD (5-7, 4-4 MVFC) finally bested their in-state rival SDSU (8-4, 5-3 MVFC) 24-21 in front of 5,405 fans inside the DakotaDome on Saturday. After falling behind 7-0 early, the Coyotes battled back and produced three defensive stops late in the game to achieve the three-point victory on...
November 19th, 2019128 Sophomore Leah Drengenberg led the Coyotes to a second-place finish at the USA Triathlon Collegiate National Championships in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday. In the process, she became the university's first All-American triathlete. Drengenberg crossed the finish line in one hour, seven
minutes and 21 seconds to secure a spot on the...
November 19th, 2019110South Dakota is on meth. Governor Kristi Noem launched a very confusing and controversial anti-meth campaign, “Meth: We’re On It” on Monday to bring awareness to the meth epidemic in South Dakota. The campaign will include a TV ad, billboards, posters and a website: onmeth.com. The truth is, the whole thing seems kind of...
November 19th, 2019840 After forty years without an upgrade, the sidewalks and street corners of downtown Vermillion could have a different look by 2021. The $2,450,000 Downtown Streetscape project will remodel Main Street’s streets and sidewalks, adding landscaping and seating features outside of businesses from McVicker Plaza to North Dakota...
November 18th, 201951 To attract students outside the borders of South Dakota, the Board of Regents offered a tuition break to students from Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota and Colorado at the beginning of the 2019 fall semester. This is the first semester the university has had to market the tuition advantage to students from theses states. In the fall...
