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**The University of South Dakota**

Motto	Veritas
Established	1862
Type	Public
President	James W. Abbott
Staff	400+
Undergraduates	6,408
Postgraduates	2,233
Location	Vermillion, SD, USA
Campus	216 acres
Athletics	called "Coyotes"
Colors	Vermilion █ and White █
Website	The University of South Dakota

The University of South Dakota is the state’s oldest university. The university has been accredited by the North Central Association of College and Schools since 1913. Located in Vermillion, South Dakota, USD is home to South Dakota's only medical school and law school. USD is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents, and its current president is Jim Abbott.

Athletics

The school's team is the Coyotes, and the school colors are red & white. USD competes at the NCAA Division II level, and are members of the North Central Conference for all sports. President James Abbott announced on November 29, 2006 that USD will be moving up to the Division I level, D1-AA for football. Most sporting events are held at the

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Music Department

USD's music departement is a preverbal "gold mine" with some of the most finest musicians in the country teaching.

Notable alumni

Kevin Brady, U.S. Representative from Texas
Tom Brokaw, retired NBC News anchorman
Dan Crippen, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office
George E. "Bud" Day, retired Air Force Colonel, ex-POW, and most highly decorated military officer since Douglas MacArthur.
Joe Foss, figher ace, Governor of South Dakota, television personality, Commissioner of the American Football League, and President of the National Rifle Association
Bill Janklow, former Governor of South Dakota
Tim Johnson, U.S. senator from South Dakota
Ernest Orlando Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron and winner of 1939 Nobel Prize for Physics, the chemical element 103 lawrencium is named for him, participated in the Manhattan Project
Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today and the Freedom Forum, former CEO of Gannett.
Pat O'Brien, Current host of TV's "The Insider"
John Thune, U.S. senator from South Dakota
Abby Whiteside, piano teacher and theorist

Notable faculty

Oscar Howe, Native American painter
Arne B. Larson, founder and currator of the National Music Muesum or "Shrine to Music"
John Thomson, notable violin professor

External links

North Central Conference
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