Minnesota students! Join us on the beautiful USD campus during your Education Minnesota Professional Conference break. Select either Thursday or Friday for an informative and entertaining program designed just for you. In addition to a tour of campus, you'll meet your admissions counselor and learn more about the application process, academic programs and student life at USD.

Event open to participants of TRiO Student Support Services. Transportation and meal provided. Participants will visit graduate schools and go to the zoo.

Swimming and Diving vs. Iowa State (woman)

volleyball vs. SDSU

The USD Symphony Orchestra is proud to present this concert and welcomes guest artist Eddie Mora. Eddie Mora is a Costa Rican composer of orchestral and chamber works. Mora studied composition at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica in Heredia. He is also an active violinist and studied violin and composition at the P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow. He is the recipient of numerous awards, and his music has been performed in Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, the Netherlands, Russia and the USA. As a violinist he has performed his own music and 20th-century music from Costa Rica. He teaches chamber music, composition and violin at the Universidad de Costa Rica in San Pedro, Montes de Oca. This event is open to the public at no charge.

Based on actual events, this hauntingly beautiful play tells the largely forgotten story of the "radium girls." These women worked in factories during the early part of the twentieth century painting watch dials, only to later be diagnosed with severe radiation sickness. Instead of quietly accepting their situation, these women fought back and their court cases significantly improved workers' rights and health standards. By Melanie Marnich.

USD Department of Music Hosts the Quad State Marching Competition at the Dakota Dome. $13 tickets available only at the door. For performance schedule, visit http://trigonroad.com/yea/eventDetail.cfm?searchState=&eventID=1891. Questions? Contact Todd.Cranson@usd.edu.

Join us for a dinner fundraiser in the MUC Ballroom for Circle of Sisterhood, a foundation to financially support education for girls around the world to help break the cycle of poverty. For more information, contact greek@usd.edu.

Based on actual events, this hauntingly beautiful play tells the largely forgotten story of the "radium girls." These women worked in factories during the early part of the twentieth century painting watch dials, only to later be diagnosed with severe radiation sickness. Instead of quietly accepting their situation, these women fought back and their court cases significantly improved workers' rights and health standards. By Melanie Marnich.

Our annual symposium brings together people who are active in the field of disabilities in a welcoming environment that encourages education, the sharing of ideas, rejuvenation and inspiration. The symposium fosters energy and creativity among service providers, educators, employers, persons with disabilities, families and government agencies. It promotes leadership and workforce development for individuals with disabilities and the people who serve them. Location: Sioux Falls Convention Center, 1201 Northwest Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD.

Unified Sports Day, hosted by the Special Olympics College Club, is a day of fun meant to unify SPO athletes with students on campus. Anyone (including their families) is invited to spend the afternoon playing games like dodgeball, basketball, bean bags, bocce and more. This is a free event and refreshments will be provided. Please try to RSVP so we know how many people to plan for.

Based on actual events, this hauntingly beautiful play tells the largely forgotten story of the "radium girls." These women worked in factories during the early part of the twentieth century painting watch dials, only to later be diagnosed with severe radiation sickness. Instead of quietly accepting their situation, these women fought back and their court cases significantly improved workers' rights and health standards. By Melanie Marnich.

volleyball vs. Oral Roberts

The USD Department of Music presents their Concert Choir, Men's & Women's Chorus and the USD Chamber Singers in their fall concert. This event is open to the public at no charge.

Join Student Services every Monday to make new connections, learn a skill and find out what is going on around campus!

Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed has the audacity to believe that educators must learn from their students in dialogue. His pedagogy frees students and educators from mutual suspicion and makes knowledge creation and utilization a critical and participatory process. This workshop presents Pedagogy of the Oppressed as a model philosophy that ensures deliberative, inclusive, critical and innovative teaching/learning process with proven effectiveness.

"Black Germans" is a screening of videos about and by persons of African heritage who were born in Germany. Subtitles are available in English. A discussion on diversity in Germany to follow.

You are invited to join the political science department of USD's Clay County Candidate Forum. Brought to you by POLS 336, local candidates of the Vermillion area will be in attendance to discuss policy and the November Election. Come by to meet your candidates and to speak with future representatives.

Professor Lee Ann Roripaugh (English, USD), Sylvia Plath's Ariel: Contexts and Confessionalism.

African Week, hosted by the African Student Association, Welcome to Africa will be the kick-off to start African week. For more information, contact asa@coyotes.usd.edu.