October 19th, 2021101 The Student Government Association (SGA) heard concerns from students involved in Spectrum about the Opportunity Center at Tuesday's meeting. SGA also passed Senate Bill 68, Senate Resolution Eight and Senate Resolution 11 as an emergency resolution. SGA introduced Senate Resolutions 10 and tabled Senate Resolution Nine. Isabel...
September 28th, 2021447 EDITOR'S NOTE: The Volante's Verve Editor Bennett Clary and Managing Editor Miles Amende contributed to this story. The USD committee working on the South Dakota Board of Regents’ (SDBOR) “Opportunity for All” action plan held a listening session Sept. 28 to report on the committee’s progress and receive feedback from USD...
November 10th, 202094 USD's Student Government Association introduced special appropriation bills for the campus College Democrats and the Orthopedic Interest Group, and also discussed a proposal to vote on disarming the University Police Department at Tuesday's meeting. Senators raised concerns about the College Democrats' eligibility for university...
November 3rd, 2020135 USD's Student Government Association hosted Megan Red Shirt-Shaw, the new director of Native Student Services on campus. SGA also passed a special appropriations bill for Yotes for Life and discussed the result of a Student Affairs Committee audit of student organizations on campus. Red Shirt-Shaw started in her position on Oct. 26...
October 20th, 2020100 The USD Student Government Association (SGA) hosted Jessica Preister and Jared Heiden of university financial services at this Tuesday's meeting. SGA also passed a resolution encouraging the South Dakota Board of Regents to cancel classes on future federal election days and introduced a resolution regarding the Green Initiative...
October 10th, 202032 While on campus, safety is a top priority for students and faculty, as well as for the university itself. To maintain the safety of all, the Student Government Association (SGA) is partnering with the University Police Department (UPD) in holding a campus safety walk to address unsafe areas on campus. The walk around campus will be...
September 22nd, 2020251 The Student Government Association hosted Kevin O'Kelley of the USD COVID-19 task force at Tuesday's meeting. The body also passed a bill to implement election transparency and introduced a bill to implement ranked-choice voting in SGA presidential elections. O'Kelley said starting next week, USD will begin testing for asymptomatic...
April 21st, 2020128 As the budget season continues, the Student Government Association saw two financial appeals from large student organizations. The body also discussed and passed Senate Bill 1, which has seen multiple amendments since its introduction. Dakotathon, which was denied large organization status at last week’s meeting, appealed to SGA to...
April 14th, 202062 The Student Government Association deliberated the approval of large organization status for eight student groups at Tuesday’s meeting. SGA also discussed changes to Senate Bill 1, a bill to establish Campus Leaders Mixers in SGA governing documents. The eight student organizations petitioning for large organization status included...
April 6th, 202053For Student Government Association President Carson Zubke and Vice President Hannah Booth, their term was a learning experience. While Zubke and Booth saw the creation of Charlie’s Cupboard and the approval of an SGA donation to the Patriots Plaza throughout their term, they said learned quickly not every project is easy. One of the...
