Monthly Archives: May 2009

USD School of Medicine awards honor to Dr. Porter A leader in medicine and the military, Dr. Richard Porter of Sioux Falls, S.D., received the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota at a banquet in mid-May. Porter graduated from USD's … Read Article →

USDâ�?�?s CMJ program re-accredited The Department of Contemporary Media and Journalism (CMJ) at The University of South Dakota was re-accredited for six more years by The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC).  The ACEJMC is the agency responsible for the evaluation of professional journalism and mass … Read Article →

USD, Farber Center hosts Girls State The W.O. Farber Center for Civic Leadership at The University of South Dakota will host the 2009 American Legion Auxiliary Girls State program on the USD campus, June 1 through June 6. The annual event, now in its 63rd year, is designed to teach … Read Article →

FSA Notes By Keith L. Zanter Clay County FSA Office Vermillion â�?¢ 624-7060, Ext. #2 ACREAGE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS All farm operators in Clay County should have received their FSA farm maps in April to report their acres. Producers should review these maps, since corrections have been made due to CRP … Read Article →

Jiwen Li wins NHS Scholarship Jiwen Li, a senior from Vermillion High School in Vermillion, is the national winner of  the National Honor Society's (NHS) scholarship program sponsored by the National Honor Society and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Li was selected from among more than 6,000 … Read Article →

Vermillion airport receives federal grant U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) has announced that Vermillion's Harold Davidson Field will receive a $227,519 federal grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for airport enhancements.  "This funding will improve transportation conditions at Vermillion's Harold Davidson Field," Johnson said. "As a member of the … Read Article →

Birth Jonathon and Jennifer (Mollet) Leffers of Norwalk, CT, are delighted to announce the birth of their first child, Gus Jonathon.  Gus was born at 5:15 p.m.  on May 19, weighing 7 lbs., 14 oz., and measuring 20 1/2 inches. Maternal grandparents are Ken and Janna Mollet of Beresford and … Read Article →

University of Kanas announces graduates The names of more than 4,500 candidates for degrees at the University of Kansas this spring – representing 97 Kansas counties, 43 other states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico ad 59 other countries – have been announced by the university registrar. Thomas Kolbeck, Vermillion … Read Article →

Clark accepted at UNLâ�?�?s Jeffrey S. Raikes School Taylor Clark, Vermillion, is one of 36 high-achieving 2009 high school graduates that have been accepted into the highly competitive and prestigious Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for fall 2009. The Raikes School … Read Article →

Rusch receives Richard Cropp Award At its 41st Annual Dakota Conference, held in Sioux Falls in April, 2009, the Center for Western Studies at Augustana College presented Arthur Rusch of Vermillion with the Richard Cropp Award.  This award is presented annually for the outstanding paper presented at the Dakota Conference … Read Article →