A pancake and informational breakfast for TRIO participants Location: North Commons 101

Presenter: Richard Vo, M.D. Location: Sanford USD Medical Center, Schroeder Auditorium, Videoconferenced to registered videoconferencing sites

The CTL reading group will read Angela Duckworth's "Grit" this spring. This book argues that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent but a special blend of passion and persistence. As we read the book, we'll consider how it impacts both our students and ourselves. As always, books are provided to you free courtesy of the CTL and the USD Foundation.

This workshop will help faculty better understand the BOR/USD's teaching evaluation process, and provide you with strategies to receive higher IDEA ratings. Lindsay Hayes (Student and Instructional Effectiveness), Bruce Kelley and Eric Mosterd (Center for Teaching and Learning) will lead this discussion. Please bring your ID.

Wayne State's Karl Kolbeck presents a clarinet masterclass, open to the public at no charge. To learn more about Kobeck, please visit https://www.wsc.edu/info/20081/music/229/karl_kolbeck.

The data-driven economy is creating an exploding demand for business analysts in all sectors of the economy. Join us and learn more about the University of South Dakota's new Master of Science in Business Analytics program and how it can open many doors for students to build and grow successful and rewarding careers.

This workshop will provide an overview of the Quiz tool and Dropbox features of D2L. The session includes populating the Question Library, creating a quiz, randomizing questions, grading a quiz and creating individual and group Dropboxes. We will also discuss pedagogical strategies and best practices related to Quiz creation. This workshop is part of the Teaching with Technology Statement of Achievement. Please bring your ID as we track attendance electronically. If you are unable to join us, you can join us remotely.

Keynote speaker Samuel Sinyangwe will hold a workshop as part of Black History Month. Light refreshments provided.

Optional workshop to edit, revise and get feedback on your personal statement or scholarship application.

Please Join us for an art history colloquium featuring papers by Sydney Bitz and Hunter Smith in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts, room 107. This colloquium is designed to help Sydney and Hunter improve their papers prior to the upcoming Student History Conference. Each student will present a twenty-minute paper, followed by time for a Q&A session. All are welcome!

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The keynote will be given by Samuel Sinyangwe. Mr. Sinyangwe is an American policy analyst and racial justice activist. Sinyangwe is a member of the "Movement for Black Lives" and co-founder of "We the Protestors," a group of digital tools that include "Mapping Police Violence," a database of police killings in the United States, and "Campaign Zero," a policy platform to end police violence. Sinyangwe is a co-host of the "Pod Save the People" podcast, where he discusses the week's news with a panel of other activists.

Ethan Rahn, baritone, presents his senior voice recital, open to the public at no charge.

Join us in celebrating your admission with a program designed for accepted students. During your visit, you'll have the opportunity to attend a class, interact with current students and sit in on sessions to help prepare you for your life as a Coyote. Admitted Students Day runs from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (check in begins at 8 a.m.) and includes lunch.

The South Dakota Shakespeare Festival's annual fundraiser to support our 2019 season. Guests will enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvre pairings, live entertainment and a silent auction. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased online.

The USD piano faculty and students welcome pre-college competitors to this annual event. For more information visit https://www.usd.edu/fine-arts/music/truran-piano-competition .

Faculty & graduate students, leave distractions at home and join us for Shut Up and Write, where you can work in silence, surrounded by like-minded writers working on their projects. Bring your laptop, writing utensils, paper, notes and whatever else you need to write. Free coffee and hot water for tea, hot chocolate and cider will be available. We meet from 1 to 5 p.m. every Saturday in I. D. Weeks Library room 112. Questions? Email Lisa Ann Robertson at lisaann.robertson@usd.edu or Michelle Rogge Gannon at mrogge@usd.edu. Sponsored by the USD Writing Center and the Department of English.

Brazilian pianist Ney Fialkow, D.M.A., gave his first recital at the age of ten. Winner of several piano competitions, he was awarded best pianist in 1993 in the much coveted Eldorado Music Prize, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He pursued graduate studies at the New England Conservatory, with Patricia Zander, and at the Peabody Conservatory with Ann Schein, with whom he served as teaching assistant. Fialkow will be working with USD student pianists at this event, open to the public at no charge.

Sopranos Bailey Quade and Mikayla Trenhaile present their junior recital, open to the public at no charge.

Jason Hausback presents a bass trombone recital, open to the public at no charge. Hausback has been active in many musical spheres. Prior to his arrival at Missouri State University, Jason was the Adjunct Professor of Low Brass at Eastfield College (Mesquite, Texas) and Brookhaven College (Farmer's Branch, Texas). He was also a teaching fellow in both the trombone studio and the jazz studies department at the University of North Texas. Under his direction, the U-Tubes won the 2010 Eastern Trombone Workshop National Jazz Trombone Ensemble Competition, and issued their first CD entitled "The U-Tubes" in the spring of 2011. For more information about Dr. Hausback, visithttps://www.missouristate.edu/music/jhausback.aspx.