The winners of the annu-al USD Symphony Orches-tra concerto competition willjoin the orchestra for a freeconcert on Thursday, March5 at 7:30 p.m. in KnutsonTheatre in the Warren M.Lee Center for the Fine Arts.

Each year the orchestrahas a concerto competitionopen to all juniors, seniorsand graduate students atUSD. This year there werefive winners. Megan Dono-hoo, a master’s voice per-formance student studyingwith Professor Rick Piersall,will sing Mozart’s virtuosic“Der Holle Rache,” alsoknown as the Queen of theNight Aria. Katie Blunck, asenior violin student of Dr.John Thomson, will play thefirst movement of MaxBruch’s first violin concerto.

Scott Arens, a junior pianostudent of Dr. Susan KeithGray, will play the finale ofMendelssohn’s First PianoConcerto. Wind players arewell represented by DavidEarll and Andrew Wulf, whowill play the solo parts inthe Tuba Concerto by RalphVaughn-Williams and Bas-soon Concerto by JohannHummel, respectively. Bothstudents are seniors.

Earll studies with USD

tuba professor Dr. KennethDrobnak, and Wulf workswith USD bassoon professorLaurie Thomas. The pro-gram will end with thesoloists joining the orches-tra for a reading of Prokofi-eff ’s sparkling LieutenantKije Suite.

The orchestra will give theprogram for the fourth gradestudents of the Vermillionpublic schools at 1:30 p.m.the same afternoon. For addi-tional information contactRick Rognstad, 677-5722.

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The University of South Dakota Department of Theatrepresent Arthur Miller’s classic American drama All My Sons thisweek. Performances in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre arescheduled for 7:30 p.m., Feb. 25 – 28, and March 1 at 2 p.m.

First staged in 1947, All My Sons is Miller’s first play toappear on Broadway and his first theatrical success. It confrontsmorality in the face of desperation, parental responsibility andthe deconstruction of the American Dream – themes that aretrademarks of Miller’s work. Upon its arrival on Broadway,AllMy Sons was especially appealing to a nation that had justemerged from both an economic depression and a war. Theplay’s themes are as relevant today as they were in 1947.

Paul Petersen of Cheyenne, WY, plays Joe Keller, an exon-erated war profiteer and the Keller family’s patriarch. IvoryStahly of Sioux Falls, plays his wife, Kate, a mother mourningthe death of one of her sons during the war. Tyler Hudson ofSouth Sioux City, NE, plays Chris, their remaining son, andDanielle Heeren of Sioux Falls plays Ann Deever, Chris’ loveinterest and the daughter of Joe Keller’s ex-business partner.Brian Zealand and Frederick Adams of Omaha, NE, ShaneSather of Watertown,Avalon Kann of McGregor, IA, and MaryFitzgibbons of Sioux Falls, round out the cast of neighbors andfamily members who help move the drama to its cathartic end.

Directed by Professor Ronald L. Moyer,All My Sons featuresscenic and costume designs by theatre faculty members Tim Caseand Linda Wigley Scribner. Graduate students Lionel Riley ofChicago, IL, is lighting designer while Aaron Larson of Cham-berlain, is sound designer for the production.

Tickets to All My Sons are $10 for adults, $6 for youth (K-12) and non-USD students, and $4 for USD students with ID.Box office hours are noon to 5 p.m. weekdays and noon to cur-tain on days of performance. To make reservations, please call(605) 677-5400 or go online at www.usd.edu/cfa/Theatre.

Two assistant professors fromthe School of Education at TheUniversity of South Dakotarecently had an article publishedin the winter issue of “The DeltaKappa Gamma Bulletin,” a pub-lication by the Delta KappaGamma Society International,an international women’s edu-cation and service organization.

The article, “Homelessness:Learning About the Topic andEach Other,” was written byMarcia Morrison, Ed.D., andJoanne VanOsdel, Ed.D., bothassistant professors in the edu-cational administration depart-ment at USD. Morrison andVanOsdel explain strategies theyused to teach a capstone courseat USD as part of the primarybaccalaureate graduationrequirement, the Interdiscipli-nary Education & Action (IdEA)Program, which combines inclass academic experiences withcommunity-based learning.

Morrison and VanOsdeldemonstrated how they used aninterdisciplinary approach hav-ing students investigate the his-torical and contemporary move-ments that shape homelessness.Through the course, Morrisonand VanOsdel wanted studentsto apply their future career skillsto a real world problem.Accord-ing to the article, students stud-ied, researched and analyzed thecomplex issues of homelessnessusing strategies more familiarto their majors.

Additionally, students madepresentations using knowledgefrom their major areas of study,which added to the interdisci-plinary perspective, and partic-ipated in various service proj-ects, including preparing andserving community-sponsoredmeals for those in need. Morri-son and VanOsdel confessed inthe article that they, as profes-sors, learned as much about theissues surrounding homeless-ness as the students.

The IdEA Program, a signa-

ture program of USD, recentlyfocused student and facultystudy into one interdisciplinarytheme, “Liberal Learning: Stu-dents in a Global Community,”and projects like Morrison’s andVanOsdel’s will continue as partof that effort. The theme willprovide significant student expe-riences in critical thinking, inte-grative learning and citizenship,key outcomes of a liberal educa-tion.

To read the complete article,please go to www.deltakap-p a g a m m a . n e t / a s s o c i a -tions/6498/files/Homeless-ness.pdf

The University of SouthDakota’s Interfraternity andPanhellenic Councils were rec-ognized for their outstandingleadership and educationaldevelopment at the 2009 Mid-American Greek Council Asso-ciation and National BlackLeadership Conference in St.Louis, MO recently.

The Interfraternity Coun-cil received the outstandingachievement in Leadershipand Educational Developmentfor the Jellson Division II whilethe Panhellenic Council washonored for outstanding Lead-ership and Educational Devel-opment in the SutherlandDivision I.

“The councils work veryhard throughout the year atproviding the optimum in pro-gramming and leadershipdevelopment to their memberchapters,” said Andrew Davis,coordinator of Greek Affairsat USD.“The councils deservetheir honored recognition andshould be proud of their

achievements.”The Panhellenic and Inter-

fraternity Councils are thewomen’s and men’s Greek gov-erning bodies dedicated tooverseeing chapters with val-ues driven guidance, account-ability and governance. The2009 Mid-American GreekCouncil Association andNational Black LeadershipConference annual meetingfeatured more than 2,100undergraduate students,including eight representativesfrom USD’s Greek community.

While in St. Louis for thethree-day conference, the USDcontingent had an opportuni-ty to network with peers,expand their knowledge ofGreek life best practices andtake away new ideas.

“The conference is the pin-nacle opportunity for USD tocompare and contrast how tobest serve the Greek studentbody and take away ideas thatcan be implemented on theUSD campus,” stated

Jonathon Brown, interfrater-nity council president.

Julie Dieltz,president of thePanhellenic Council, addedthat she’s proud to be part of astrong Greek community at

USD. “I could not be moreproud of the women I serveand to be able to represent, ona national level, USD’s Greekcommunity,” she added.

Morrison

VanOsdel

USD School of Educationprofs have article published

Greek councils recognized for outstanding leadership

USD’s conference attendees (from left to right) are Paul Rann,Sioux Falls; Jennifer Stadler, Arvada, CO; Jonathan Brown,Rapid City; Julie Dieltz, Sioux Falls; Frank DePaula, Vermillion;Kasie Olson, Grand Island, NE, Chris Kirkeby, Rapid City;Rachel Muldbakken, Sioux Falls; and Andrew Davis.

Featured are Shane Sather as Dr. Jim Bayless, Danielle Heerenas Ann Deever, and Ty Hudson as Chris Keller.

USD presents classic ‘All My Sons’

Orchestra concert tohighlight USD students

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