SD, IA, NE, MN high school drummers, we are looking for the best high school drummers in the heartland! Send in recording of yourself playing with provided prerecorded big band tracks for a chance to win prizes. Deadline Feb 1, 2021; winners announced Feb 2. To register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNGVechipqbX4eOcLCrDkYhAZrHT2D21Kjz0zm_nNYW63flw/viewform . Email dwadley@usd.edu with questions.

The University Libraries will be displaying the work of international students Anita Shrestha, Yazmin Moktan, Pal Subharaj and Leila Ghasempor on the first and second floors in the library building.

The pandemic has made the already significant poverty in Clay County an even more pronounced problem. In honor of MLK Day of Service, you can help stock the Vermillion Food Pantry shelves in January for individuals and families in critical need. Volunteers needed for various shifts and activities to help make this food drive a success. Sign-up to volunteer at www.tinyurl.com/Food2021 Food donations will be accepted in the MUC near the stairway from Wednesday the 13th until Monday the 18th. For more donation information, please visit www.tinyurl.com/MLKdaydonate If you require a special accommodation to fully participate, please contact the following at least 48 hours before an event:For Students, contact Disability Services at 605-658-3745. For Faculty and Staff, contact HR at 605-658-3660.”

Join us for Wellness Bingo to help you get fit and de-stress just in time for spring break. Commit to doing something healthy for your mind and body. Pick-up a bingo card and work to black it out to win prizes! Play between January 11th and January 22nd! Register online or on out USD Fit App.

Set your intention for this new year... And while you're at it, make a wearable reminder! Free while supplies last!

D2L 5 explains rubric creation and grading, focusing on the types of rubrics supported by the learning management system: holistic and analytic. This workshop will be offered as a synchronous Zoom session. Please email ctl@usd.edu to register.

Free this afternoon? Head on down to the Coyote Twin theater with your ID for FREE admission to the NEW WONDER WOMAN movie!

South Dakota Swimming & Diving teams host Iowa Central in a dual at 6 p.m.

What better way to spend a Friday evening than watching the NEW WONDER WOMAN MOVIE for FREE! Bring your mask and student ID!

Home Track and Field meet hosted by USD inside the DakotaDome starting at 10 a.m.

The USD Invitational will take place in the DakotaDome.

USD Women's Swimming and Diving hosts St. Cloud State in a dual meet starting at 1 p.m.

USD Director of Percussion Studies Darin Wadley presents this event for all drummers wanting to improve their hands for all styles. Only 10 in-person spots available. Zoom participation is offered for all others. Please visit the event URL on this page for more information about the retreat and about registration. Dr. Wadley can be reached at dwadley@usd.edu .

Join us for live presentations from Professor Timothy Davis, John W. & Ruth H. Turnage Professor of Law, and Wake Forest University School of Law about developing quality test questions, while eliminating bias. If you require a special accommodation to fully participate, please contact the following at least 48 hours before an event: For Students, contact Disability Services at 605-658-3745. For Faculty and Staff, contact HR at 605-658-3660.

For the 2021 USD MLK Day of Service, volunteers will be collecting donations for the Vermillion Food Pantry. Join us for a live stream discussion about hunger and food security with guest presenter Jennifer Stensaas of Feeding South Dakota to learn more about the needs in our community and state.

Learn about what opportunities for adventure the Gallagher Center can offer you through studying away.

The USD-HHMI Inclusive Science Initiative and the Center for Teaching and Learning invite you to participate in the Entering Mentoring Workshop, a facilitator-guided workshop that teaches the principles and best practices of mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. The curriculum has been developed and validated by the nationally recognized Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research or CIMER (https://cimerproject.org/). The workshop is open to faculty, staff, and graduate students. Participants must attend 8 of the 10 sessions to receive the Statement of Achievement in Mentoring. Please email ctl@usd.edu to register.

This workshop will cover the main features of Google Sites, a collaborative web space and portfolio tool. Google Sites can be used to create simple webpages that can be edited by multiple users. This tool has been used by faculty to allow students to create portfolios as well as facilitating group work. Sites can also be used as a simple replacement for blogs or wikis. This workshop will be offered as a synchronous Zoom session. Please email ctl@usd.edu to register.

Join us for a live presentation from Dr. Karlos Hill, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, for the USD MLK Celebration Week. If you require a special accommodation to fully participate, please contact the following at least 48 hours before an event: For Students, contact Disability Services at 605-658-3745. For Faculty and Staff, contact HR at 605-658-3660.

This is the weekly meeting of the staff for KAOR-FM, 91.1, USD's student radio station. All students are welcome, they do not have to be Media & Journalism majors to participate. They must be enrolled at USD and pursuing a degree to be part of the staff, however.