Monthly Archives: May 1999

Wilson receives Augie scholarship Walter Wilson, Wakonda, is the recipient of an Augustana Regent Scholarship. He has been awarded a four-year Regent Scholarship and a ProMusica Scholarship. He is one of 20 incoming Regent Scholars selected to visit Potsdam, Germany, Sioux Falls' sister city, during the 2000 spring semester. Regent … Read Article →

Monfore named to MSU honor roll Lynn Monfore, Vermillion, was named to the dean's list at Montana State University-Bozeman for spring semester 1999. Students must carry a minimum of 12 credit hours and have a grade point average of 3.5 or above to be placed on the list. Monfore also … Read Article →

USD announces chemistry awards Several students were honored by The University of South Dakota Department of Chemistry during the annual Chemistry Awards Banquet this spring. The students honored included: Deana Friesen, ACS analytical division award, $50; Yiqian Lian, graduate student travel grant, $100. Both are from Vermillion.

USD moot court teams fare well The University of South Dakota School of Law moot court teams excelled at two different competitions held this spring. Faculty advisor Jon Van Patten accompanied second-year students Stephanie Amiotte and Steve Pfeiffer, and third-year student Todd Brink, all of Sioux Falls, at the western … Read Article →

Lynn Roach awarded international fellowship Lynn Roach, director of the Quinn Center for Economic Education at The University of South Dakota, has been awarded a 1999 Keizai Koho Center Fellowship for travel and study in Japan this summer. Roach was one of 19 North American, British and Australian educators selected … Read Article →

VHS graduates to receive diplomas May 30 Vermillion High School's Class of 1999 will cross the stage for their diplomas May 30 in Slagle Auditorium at 2:30 p.m. Opening remarks will be presented by Amy O'Connor, senior class vice president. Class comments will be given by Sihaya Reid, class secretary-treasurer, … Read Article →

University names spring graduation candidates Approximately 1,000 students were candidates for degrees at The University of South Dakota's 111th spring commencement exercises recently held in the DakotaDome. Meredith Auld Brokaw, a 1962 graduate of The University of South Dakota, and James Abdnor, the former U.S. Senator from South Dakota, were … Read Article →

Lang receives AAL scholarship Zebulon Lang of Vermillion has been awarded an All-College Scholarship from Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL). The scholarship is for $2,000 ($500 for each of four years). Lang, a graduate of Vermillion High School is one of 1,700 graduating high school seniors to receive an AAL … Read Article →