Beacom School of Business

VERMILLION, S.D. – The University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business will host USD alumna Andrea Thompson, under secretary of state for arms control and international security, at its upcoming Distinguished Speaker Series Thursday, March 14 at 5:30 p.m. at The Country Club of Sioux Falls.

VERMILLION, S.D. – The University of South Dakota is set to host the Invent-2-Innovate Business Competition (i2i) on March 29 at 1 p.m. at the Beacom School of Business located on USD’s campus in Vermillion. The competition is open to high school and college students and will award $7,000 in total prize money to the aspiring entrepreneurs.

VERMILLION, S.D. – University of South Dakota junior Josh Sorbe, a political science and economics double major, a member of the swimming and diving team and the current Student Government Association (SGA) President at USD has been named a finalist for this year’s Truman Scholarship.

VERMILLION, S.D. – This spring, two groups of University of South Dakota students will pitch their ideas to address worldwide youth unemployment as part of the international Hult Prize competition.

VERMILLION, S.D. – A collaborative research project between South Dakota KIDS COUNT and USD’s Master of Public Health (MPH) program reveals that rising numbers of South Dakota families with children rely on safety-net health and social service programs. The research highlights changes in child poverty and enrollment in health and social service programs since the Great Recession, and it includes data from Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the National School Lunch Program.

VERMILLION, S.D. – University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business students Eli Richards and Paige Lonbaken each won first place in competitions at the Pi Sigma Epsilon Midwest Regional Conference.

VERMILLION, S.D. – Hallie Downs, a sophomore from Rapid City majoring in biology and operational analytics at the University of South Dakota, was awarded a $2,000 Insight into Diversity Global Engagement Travel Scholarship to help her travel to Costa Rica this May as part of a USD field ecology class led by Jake Kerby, Ph.D., associate professor of biology.

VERMILLION, S.D. – U.S. News & World Report ranked the University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business online Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) and Master of Professional Accountancy (M.P.A.) programs among the top in its 2019 Best Online Programs Rankings.

VERMILLION, S.D. – Students from the University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business Alpha Eta chapter of Delta Sigma Pi won first place in a case competition and were honored with a total of five top awards at the Northcentral Leadership Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the fall.

VERMILLION, S.D. – The University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter was recognized as a highest honors chapter and was awarded the opportunity to attend the 2018 Global Leadership Summit.