Monthly Archives: March 1999

Students raise funds for Heart Association Vermillion students jumped rope and played basketball March 20 to help raise money for the American Heart Association. A 3-on-3 round robin basketball tournament was held for third-through sixth-graders. In the girls division the "Reds" (Maggie Thorn, Amy Mart, Carrie Christensen and Michelle Olson) … Read Article →

Students meet with regents, discuss federation The South Dakota Student Federation met in conjunction with the Board of Regents meeting March 18 in the basement of the Trojan Center on the campus of Dakota State University. All six state universities were present as they discussed the process of The University … Read Article →

Governor announces USD faculty awards Gov. Bill Janklow has announced state university faculty who will receive the Governor Janklow Awards for Teaching with Technology. Sixteen University of South Dakota faculty are among the 57 professors statewide named to receive the special awards designed to assist South Dakota public university faculty … Read Article →

Bruening receives college scholarship Dr. Myrvin Christopherson, president of Dana College in Blair, NE, has announced that Garrett Bruening, a senior at Vermillion High School, was selected as a winner of a $6,000 presidential scholarship as a result of a competition held at Dana in mid-February. The scholarship is renewable … Read Article →

Erin Conlon participates in music day Erin Conlon of Vermillion participated in Concordia University's musical arts day on March 23. As a member of the high school honors choir, Conlon spent the day on Concordia's campus, rehearsing with Concordia music department faculty and students and with honor music students from … Read Article →

Student of month awards presented First National Bank in Vermillion announces the selection of Megan Tolsma and Garrett Bruening as the VHS Students of the Month for February. All recipients will receive a $100 scholarship and a plaque in recognition of their achievements. Tolsma is the senior class president. Her … Read Article →

Baron selected sorority delegate University of South Dakota freshman Sarah Brown was recently selected as the New Member Panhellenic Delegate for the Alpha Rho Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Kappa Alpha Theta is a greek letter sorority which emphasizes social, intellectual and moral growth. Sarah is the daughter of … Read Article →

Symphonic band members rate high at Region I Music Contest Members of the VHS Symphonic Band competed at SDHSAA Region I Instrumental Music Contest Thursday, March 18 at Vermillion High School. The original date of March 9 was postponed due to snow. Of 49 individual events, VHS band members received … Read Article →

New York artist discovers USD, will exhibit, lecture New York artist Sylvia Schuster's works will be on exhibit in Gallery 110 and in the hallways of the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts at The University of South Dakota through March 31. The artist will also visit the … Read Article →

School Comments By Robert Mayer The following article is the third and last in a series on the high school expansion project. The first two articles dealt with a history and need for the project. The subject remaining for discussion is cost. The projected cost of the project is $5,612,433. … Read Article →