Category Archives: Schools

Area students named to USD deans' lists Approximately 800 students, or nearly 11 percent of the student body, have been named to Fall semester dean's lists at The University of South Dakota. The lists are broken into the various schools and colleges at USD, according to that academic unit criterion … Read Article →

USD Community Orchestra to perform world premiere The University Community Orchestra will give the world premiere of a new work in its Spring Concert April 20 at 8 p.m. in Slagle Auditorium. "We will be performing the South Dakota Suite by Marifran Wohlenberg," said orchestra conductor Dr. John Thomson. "It's … Read Article →

Area students to present art exhibit Three University of South Dakota students will feature paintings, drawings, prints and graphic design work as part of a Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition April 28 to May 5 in the Main Gallery of the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts … Read Article →

Photographer, dinosaur expert featured at Ideafest IdeaFest '99, a celebration of undergraduate research, will feature dinosaur expert John R. "Jack" Horner of Bozeman, MT, and Sam Abell, a freelance photographer of the National Geographic Society from Albemarle County, VA, during events at The University of South Dakota April 22-23. Abell, … Read Article →

USD will host teleconference The Center for Instructional Design and Delivery at The University of South Dakota and South Dakota Public Broadcasting will sponsor a video teleconference April 22 on the USD campus. A live, interactive satellite event, "Pitfalls + Progress: Cost-Effective and Appropriate Use of Technology in Higher Education," … Read Article →

CIDD to sponsor annual Secretaries Day Seminar The Center for Instructional Design and Delivery (CIDD) at The University of South Dakota will host the Annual Secretaries Day Seminar on Wednesday, April 21 at USD's Center for Continuing Education Room 122. A professional development workshop for administrative professionals, the seminar will … Read Article →

Distance education expert will speak April 26 at USD A statewide teleconference, featuring nationally recognized distance education authority Thomas Russell, will be held at 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 26 at The University of South Dakota's Center for Continuing Education. This seminar, sponsored by the CIDD at USD, will … Read Article →

Pride of Vermillion bands rate superior at contests Vermillion High School's bands have been very busy the last month at jazz band and large group competitions. At both the Coyote Jazz Festival on March 16 and the Northeast Jazz Festival on March 30, VHS Jazz-One received Division I ratings. Patrick … Read Article →

Area high school students earn scholarships The Clay County Youth Trust Fund, Inc. Board has announced the 1999 scholarship recipients. The Rosie and Vi Venard Scholarship was awarded to Robyn Ann Danielson. She is a 1998 graduate of Vermillion High School and is attending Presentation College in Aberdeen, majoring in … Read Article →

The Extravaganza's coming The Vermillion High School Department of Music has announced that the second annual All-School Band Extravaganza will be held on Tuesday, April 20, at 7 p.m. at the VHS gymnasium. The concert will feature all the instrumental music students of the Vermillion School District, grades five through … Read Article →