Jason Berger, Ph.D., assistant professor of English at the University of South Dakota, is the 2013 recipient of the Monsignor James Doyle Humanities Teaching Award, presented by the College of Arts & Sciences at USD. Berger was honored with the award at the 2013 Phi Beta Kappa initiation/Lifto Amundson Lecture … Read Article
By Parker Knox Sportswriter Vermillion’s girls golf team split a pair of duals in the first week of the season, dominating Madison and losing by four strokes to Canton. The Tanagers bettered Madison by 24 strokes, 373-397, in a dual played at The Bluffs. Brooke Schwasinger and Allison Heine … Read Article
By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net IdeaFest, an annual event at the University of South Dakota, brought former NASA astronaut Capt. Mark Kelly to the Vermillion campus Wednesday. Wednesday night, he talked about his success in space as well as his personal life in a lecture in Aalfs Auditorium at Slagle Hall. … Read Article
The Alpha Xi Delta Womens’s Fraternity at the University of South Dakota in conjunction with Autism Speaks are celebrating Autism Awareness throughout the month of April. To help spread awareness for Autism, a disorder that affects 1 in 88 children, Alpha Xi Delta is decorating Prentis Park with blue ribbons … Read Article
By Parker Knox Sportswriter Vermillion High’s baseball team, with a resounding season-opening win under their belts, open their home schedule tonight (Friday) in league play against Dakota Valley. The varsity will take the field at Prentis Park at 5 p.m. with a JV game to follow at 7. On Sunday … Read Article
Megan Glisar placed second in section A of the women’s high jump as the University of South Dakota track and field team finished competition at the Texas Relays on Saturday. Glisar, Auburn’s Maya Pressley and Texas’ Shanay Briscoe all tied for the top-mark of 6 feet (6-0), but Pressley won … Read Article
University of South Dakota pole vaulter Bethany Buell set a new career-best and USD outdoor record of 14 feet, 7 inches while winning section A of the women’s pole vault on Friday night at the Texas Relays. The mark is the best height in the nation so far this season. … Read Article
University of South Dakota men’s golf shot 300-308-301 – 909 and improved from 11th-place to a tie for seventh in the final round of the 41st Annual Beu Mussatto Invitational at the Harry Mussatto Golf Course in Macomb, IL, on Saturday afternoon. Sam Matthew led the final round charge, shooting … Read Article
Samuel Pearson, a senior at Vermillion High School, won the state Poetry Out Loud (POL) competition, Monday in Sioux Falls. Pearson will travel to Washington, D.C., to represent South Dakota at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals April 28-30. Pearson also won a $200 cash award, and his school will … Read Article
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