Student Life
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 […]
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 […]
MUC addition on schedule
Construction on the Muenster University Center expansion is in full swing. Construction crews were scheduled to break ground this summer, but progress was visible a few weeks ago. Cathy Wagner, director for Planning & Construction at the University of South Dakota, said most of the work being completed right now is laying foundation for the […]
Diversity: International students have hard time adjusting
With a 20 percent spike in international students currently residing on USD’s campus, International Student Services struggles to keep up with the increasing flow of foreign-born students. Preeti Gupta came to the University of South Dakota and learned everything by herself. Food, slang terms, party culture – it was all unknown terrain to the international […]
Alumni remain local: Part 1 – USD graduates create businesses
For nearly 45 years, University of South Dakota alumna Phyllis Packard has incorporated her passion for fiber weaving into her career in some shape or form. Whether through teaching her craft to curious minds, spinning, dying, and selling South Dakota wool to other talented weavers or showcasing her work to the world by means of […]
Theft of newspapers sets a new precedent
The University of South Dakota’s Student Publication Board held a meeting Tuesday night to discuss the recent newspaper theft. Late Oct. 31, Volante staff members noticed copies of the paper missing from several locations on campus. University faculty and police were alerted that same night, and by the next morning, the newspapers had been returned. […]
PostSecret craze comes to campus
What started as a website will come to life Wednesday night. PostSecret founder Frank Warren will speak Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Aalfs Auditorium of Slagle Hall at the University of South Dakota. Campus Activities Board President and senior Darcy Leischner said the preparation for Warren’s presentation has been in the works since April. Common […]
Religious diversity on campus lacks presence, action
With more than 20 churches in Vermillion, the University of South Dakota is exposed to a wide array of religious diversity. But Jesus Trevino, associate vice president for Diversity, said religious diversity is not currently in the university’s plans to increase diversity and inclusive excellence on campus. “No one has talked about that,” Trevino said. […]
Soup feed, auction support trips
Since 2004, Alternative Week of Off Campus Learning has been a sanctioned organization at the University of South Dakota. On Nov. 28, USD’s AWOL club will be hosting its biannual soup feed, one of the group’s many events and one of their biggest fundraisers of the year. “It provides an opportunity for all participants to get […]