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Exhibit offers look at former S.D. governor
An exhibition honoring the late Bill Janklow, former governor of South Dakota, is on display at I.D. Weeks Library on the campus of the University of South Dakota. The exhibition, unveiled Feb. 15, is located on the second and third floors of I.D. Weeks and contains documents, letters, photographs, newspapers, audio recordings and videos outlining […]
Sigma Nu ends its chapter at USD
The University of South Dakota’s Sigma Nu chapter was closed down indefinitely in late December said Sigma Nu Director of Risk Reduction Fred Dobry. Dobry said a perpetual lack of finances and recruitment led to the Sigma Nu Board of Director’s decision to close the USD chapter. “The chapter has had problems in the past […]
Students view gender-neutral housing as step forward
The Residence Hall Government Association is considering a policy that would enact gender-neutral housing as an option in residence halls. “We are in the beginning stages of this project and are in the process of creating a proposal to present to the Dean of Students and Student Services administration,” Stephen Goodfellow, president of RHGA, said. […]
SGA meets with Student Federation and S.D. BOR
The University of South Dakota Student Government Association met with South Dakota’s Student Federation Dec. 11 and the Board of Regents Dec. 12 to discuss topics that have been on the agenda for several sessions. Despite being discussed at previous SGA meetings, the issue of General Activity Fee money being spent on housing scholarships was […]
Study shows 24/7 program successful
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said a new report is further evidence that South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Program is working. The program was started in 2005, giving people convicted of alcohol-related crimes a chance to stay out of jail as long as they stay sober. They’re monitored twice daily for alcohol use. Jackley said […]
Commencement to feature Gilbertson
Chief Justice David E. Gilbertson will give the keynote address for the University of South Dakota’s 37th Winter Commencement at 10 a.m. Dec. 15 in the DakotaDome. More than 560 candidates will receive degrees during the ceremony. A South Dakota native and 1975 graduate of the USD School of Law, Gilbertson was elected to a […]
Local business owners capitalize on students as consumers, employees
In part three of this three part series, The Volante focuses on a local businesswoman’s achievements in a predominantely male business environment. Among the sound of freshlybrewed coffee spewing from the machine and hushed, frantic gossip conversations of elderly women, college students of all backgrounds can […]
Graduate School sees 5 percent increase for 2012
The University of South Dakota Graduate School has reached an all-time high. “Graduate enrollment, not including the Medical School and Law School, was at 2,157 this past fall,” Brandy Durham, director of recruitment & marketing at USD Graduate School said. “Based on information from the Institutional Research Office, this would not be the highest headcount. […]
Q & A: Native Student Services director receives award
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Volante news section features a profile on an award-winning USD faculty member. Gene Thin Elk is the director of Native Student Services for the University of South Dakota, and was named a recipient of the Dr. George Blue Spruce Jr. Award, presented by Pathways Into Health at the 2012 Achieving Excellence, Harmony […]
Fifty students take part in six AWOL winter trips
USD’s chapter of AWOL — Alternative Week of Off Campus Learning — is taking students to one of six different locations this winter: Baltimore, Md., Dallas, Texas, Minneapolis, Minn., New Orleans, La., Honduras and the Florida Everglades. Each trip lasts for a week, with five days devoted to doing service work for a social issue […]