USD celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month with Drag Show

October is LGBTQ+ History Month, and the University of South Dakota celebrated with the annual fall drag show Monday night, as well as other events around campus. Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance hosted the fall drag show Monday night in the Muenster University Center Ballroom. The show featured 21 acts from performers, including Spectrum’s president, Nate Keane. During […]

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Sellers named associate vice president for diversity

Former director for the Center for Diversity & Community Lamont Sellers has been promoted to associate vice president for diversity, filling the spot of Jesus Trevino. Sellers has been at the University of South Dakota since September 2014, and said this position was “a good move” in furthering his plans for diversity and inclusiveness. “It’s […]

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USD collects supplies, raises awareness for DAPL

Students and faculty around the University of South Dakota’s campus have joined the protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.78 billion production that will transport about 570,000 barrels of crude oil from Bakken, North Dakota, through South Dakota, Iowa and Patoka, Illinois. Tribes across the nation have come together to protest the pipeline’s passing […]

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USD community celebrates Eid al-Adha at CDC

The Center for Diversity & Community was packed with almost 60 people Monday night for the 2nd annual Eid al-Adha dinner celebration, hosted by the Muslim Students Association. Eid al-Adha is the Muslim Holy Day or Festival of the Sacrifice, which commemorates Abraham’s sacrifice of his son Ishmael to God. This holiday overlaps the period of […]

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