October 19th, 2021195 The South Dakota Board of Regents’ (SDBOR) Senate Bill 55 (SB 55) Task Force came to USD Oct. 14 to present the BOR’s strategies for addressing the bill’s charges to students and faculty. SB 55 is “An Act to require the Board of Regents to assemble a task force to study the operations and functions of the institutions of...
September 28th, 202176 The USD men’s basketball and head coach Todd Lee announced the team's non-conference schedule in full Sept. 24. The non-conference schedule is highlighted by six home match-ups and trips to Nebraska and the west coast. The Coyotes will open the season on Veteran’s Day in Sioux Falls, where they will face the Air Force...
September 23rd, 2021144 Senior wide receiver Kody Case always knew what sport he wanted to play: football. Case grew up surrounded by the sport from a young age due to family ties. “My dad had been a head football coach for the past 25 years or so,” Case said. “I just grew up around the game. I was playing football at a really young age.” Even...
September 7th, 202160 The USD football team made the trek to Lawrence, Kansas with the goal of opening their season with a win, and the Coyotes nearly pulled it off, falling 17-14 after a last-minute touchdown for Kansas. With the Coyotes leading 14-10, Jayhawk starting quarterback Jason Bean found Lawrence Arnold for a 16-yard touchdown, giving...
August 31st, 202144 The Coyote soccer team is coming off the 2021 spring season, where they made the Summit League Tournament and fell in the opening round. After a trio of exhibition games, the Coyotes got their season underway Aug. 21 with a 1-0 win over Northern State, followed by a 0-0 tie at Colorado State Thursday and a 2-1 loss at Wyoming...
August 31st, 202182 By Tavin Carncross The USD Volleyball team is coming off a strong spring season where the Coyotes won the Summit League Tournament Title and made an NCAA Tournament appearance. The Coyotes were scheduled to get the 2021 season underway last weekend, but due to COVID-19 protocols, the team’s first three games of the...
August 24th, 202179 The University of South Dakota partnered with the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company (VCDC) as well as Vermillion NEXT—a young professionals network—to host an event titled “GatheRED” located at the Vermillion City Hall parking lot August 26 from 5:30 till 7:30pm. GatheRED seeks to connect USD with the...
August 24th, 2021243 The Community College of Sioux Falls (CCSF) will begin offering a Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (DNAP) degree program by summer 2023 in order to boost South Dakota’s health care infrastructure. The DNAP prepares nurses to become Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs). Duties of CRNAs include administering anesthesia...
August 24th, 2021257 USD is still monitoring COVID-19 cases among students, faculty and the community as a whole. Kevin O’Kelley, USD Assistant Vice President for Research Compliance and Director of Environmental Health and Safety, is the university's point of contact for the South Dakota Department of Health. He will know about every COVID-19...
August 20th, 202187 Editor's Note: This article was written by The Volante's news editor Maddilynn Kallsen and The Volante's photo editor Sydney Johnson. With new students beginning new chapters of their lives at USD, families of the incoming students will also start a new chapter by having one less constant in their own home. “My parents...
