Argentinian piano player serenades USD
On Monday, the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts hosted international pianist Ingrid Fliter for a concert in the Colton Recital Hall. Fliter was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She began her piano studies in her native Argentina with a teacher named Elizabeth Westerkamp, and by the time she was 11-years-old, Fliter began playing […]
Fortune magazine editor speaks at Farber Hall about liberal arts
Fortune magazine senior editor-at-large Geoff Colvin spoke in Farber Hall Thursday night as part of the celebration of liberal arts education that has been happening throughout the week on campus at USD. Colvin is an author and a native of Vermillion. Colvin spoke about how machines will never be able to have the deep interactions […]
She Said Yes to the Dress, and No to Cancer
Last Saturday, a group of over two dozen area women donned wedding gowns to raise money for a good cause. The fundraiser, “She Said Yes to the Dress,” was coordinated by Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vermillion. “She Said Yes to the Dress” was a fashion show featuring wedding […]
Law school hosts juvenile justice symposium
The topic of about 50,000 children under the age of 18 being incarcerated across the nation was front and center at symposium hosted at the USD School of Law last week. On Thursday and Friday, the South Dakota Law Review and the USD School of Law presented a symposium to discuss issues associated with juveniles in […]
Graduate student completes prestigious Department of Energy internship
This past summer, USD graduate student Riley Paulsen travelled halfway across the country to participate in a prestigious and competitive internship funded by the Department of Energy. When Robert Pinsker, a laboratory education director (LED) for the internship program, first received an internship application from Paulsen for the Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship he thought her application was […]
International students adjust to life at USD via multiple programs
A group of 245 USD students from about 56 different countries are experiencing college life in a whole new world. Many of the international students on campus have to deal with a new language, a new country and a new culture, all while trying to adjust to life at college. With the struggles of international students in […]
USD couple to tie the knot at Danforth Chapel next year
A majority of USD students may never see the inside of Danforth Chapel—the small brick building near the center of campus has neither classes nor regular church services. At least two USD students, however, are planning a major milestone of their lives at Danforth next year. In May 2017, accounting graduate student Tanner Comp and senior […]