Wellness Center Begins Youth Basketball Program
The Wellness Center is starting a youth basketball program for the fall and spring this school year. The program has different opportunities for grades first through sixth. Steve Mayer, the wellness center director, said the program meets six Saturdays in the fall and in the spring at 8 a.m. Other programs running at the Wellness […]
USD Gets a New Way of Getting Around
From walking to riding, driving to even scootering, there are many ways to travel around the South Dakota campus. This fall semester, the university has implemented a new method of transport and received motorized scooters for students heading to class. The scooters are owned by Hailie Warren, the creative director for visual storytelling at USD, […]
Student Athlete Mental Health Awareness Week
Sept. 30 through Oct.7 is nationally recognized as National Student Athlete Mental Health Week. By acknowledging the challenges student athletes face in juggling academics and athletics, we aim to foster mental toughness while also promoting a culture where seeking support is seen as a strength. Tanner Peterson, USD’s coordinator of student athlete mental health, said […]
Expected 70 Participants at D-Days Parade
This year is the 109th year of the Dakota Days Parade, businesses and organizations alike are getting ready for the big day. With all the bands, organizations and businesses combined, there are over 70 participating groups in the parade.Taylor Kathol, the vice president of the branch manager at CorTrust bank, talked about what being in […]
12th Annual Harlan and Rita Temple 5k
This year the occupational therapy program at USD hosted the 12th annual Harlan and Rita Temple 5k race at Prentis Park. The race was started by Harlan and Rita Temple to raise money for students in the occupational therapy field after Harlan was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and lost most of the motor function in […]
Oscar Howe Exhibition Opens
One of South Dakota’s greatest artists, Oscar Howe, is having his legacy remembered in USD’s fine arts building with “The Howe Legacy Across Four Generations” Exhibition. Howe was a Yanktonai Dakota artist and a professor at USD from 1957 until 1983.The exhibition features art from 16 different artists that were inspired by Howe from across […]
UPD Introduces New Safety App
A new school year brings on a list of new changes to USD, and one of those changes is a new safety app, Everbridge. Everbridge is a replacement for USD Safe, a similar safety app that campus police believed was outdated. Chief of University Police Bryant Jackson shared that this new app is important for […]