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SGA introduces Patriots Plaza funding plan, discusses new campus meal proposal
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Student Government Association introduced a new bill to allocate funding with cash advances for the ongoing Patriot’s Plaza project, discussed a new university meal plan proposal and passed a bill requiring student organizations to attend campus leadership mixers. Senator Macy Halverson and Sophia Lima, Director of Finance, introduced a bill that […]
Brust & Weightman
Our campaign stands out. Retention is a complicated topic involving several steps and each of these steps contributes to our platforms: advocacy, accessibility and affordability. We believe there’s more to student government than student representation. One must also be active in their leadership role and support the student body regardless of race, gender, religion, political […]
Jiel & Larsen
We want to thank The Volante for giving us this opportunity to share more about our campaign for Student Government Association President and Vice President. Our campaign is passionate about the student body and we would be humbled by the opportunity to advocate for students and bring positive change for our campus. Our three pillars […]
Occhipinto & Brown
Over the last few years, the Student Government Association has become a broken organization that has failed to represent the student body. What was once an organization devoted to students has now become a hollow place of resumé building and empty promises. But we believe SGA can be so much more. SGA could be a […]
2020 SGA Presidential Candidates Announced
For the second year in a row, students have three running teams to choose from for Student Government Association president and vice president. The teams are Katie Brust and Erin Weightman, Abuk Jiel and Carter Larson and Carrissa Occhipinto and Blake Brown. The three competing teams were announced at the first SGA meeting of the […]
USD Student Government votes in favor of Dakota’s Promise Scholarship
The 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, the South Dakota Student Federation […]
Student Government Association votes against Kevin Hart visit
The Student Government Association voted against bringing Kevin Hart to campus. The breakdown of the vote was 18 No’s, 2 Yes’s and 4 Abstains. SGA’s Student Affairs Committee released a survey to the student body, which received 209 responses. 86.6% of respondents said they would be interested in Kevin Hart coming to campus. 72.7% of […]
SGA discusses funding for Kevin Hart
The Campus Activity Board (CAB) spoke at Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting to discuss the possibility of comedian Kevin Hart performing at USD. The bill is sponsored by Kelsey Berger, CAB President, as well as the Finance Committee Chair at SGA. Berger said Kevin Hart’s management team reached out to the MUC front desk and […]
SGA: UPD Chief search narrowed to three candidates
The search for the new director of the University Police Department took a step forward as the first candidate held his public forum last Friday in Farber Hall. Hannah Booth, Student Government Association Vice President, attended the forum to hear the candidate, Jef Rice, answer questions about diversity on campus and how working at a […]
SGA discusses business school, funding guidelines
The Student Government Association continued its series of academic deans forums on Tuesday with Venky Venkatachalam, the dean of the Beacom School of Business. He told SGA of the positive feedback he received from three deans of other business schools during their USD visit last February. “They made a visit to the campus for three […]