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Yankton College was the first institution of higher learning in Dakota Territory, founded in 1881 by Rev. Dr. Joseph Ward. Although the college closed in 1984, it is cherished in the memories of its alumni and Yankton College, a non-profit organization remains active in alumni outreach, awarding scholarships, supporting educational opportunities and sponsoring fine arts and cultural events.
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| Yankton College Grad and Former Yankton Attorney Named U.S. Judge - Thursday, May 23, 2013
Exceprted from the Yankton Press & Dakotan: May 21, 2013
Former Yankton County state’s attorney Mike Ridgway '78, now of Minneapolis, has been appointed a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Minnesota.
Ridgway, who grew up in Charles Mix County, is a 1978 graduate of Yankton College and a 1981 graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. He practiced law in Yankton for nearly 17 years.
The Honorable William Jay Riley, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, announced Ridgway’s appointment. Ridgway joins Chief Judge Gregory Kishel and Judges Robert Kressel, Dennis O’Brien, and Kathleen Sanberg presiding in the bankruptcy court.
Ridgway currently serves as a trial attorney with the U.S. Trustee’s Program in Minneapolis. Before that position, he was an assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Dakota. In that capacity, he handled both civil and criminal matters, including bankruptcy, asset forfeiture, and prosecutions of white collar fraud cases. Ridgway also holds extensive litigation experience, having been in private practice for 17 years and serving as an elected county prosecutor for more than five years.
At Yankton College where Ridgeway majored in pre-law and political science, he was Student Association president during his senior year and showed outstanding leadership during his four years in college.
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| Yankton College Awards Twenty $1,000 Scholarships - Wednesday, May 08, 2013 The Yankton College Board of Trustees are pleased to announce the names of seventeen eligible high school seniors and two post-graduate students from the Midwest and other parts of the nation who will receive a $1,000 Yankton College scholarship to use at an accredited college or university during the 2013-14 academic year. The applicants are ranked on merit and criteria from blinded applications and must, either, have: A) a family relationship to Yankton College alumni, former faculty or staff; or b) a family friend, teacher or pastor with a connection to Yankton College may recommend the applicant.
The general high school scholarship recipients are:
• Zachary Schuman, Crooks, SD - The Charles A. Alseth Scholarship
• Matthew Monfore, Pierre, SD – The Gross Family Scholarship
• Sara Scherschligt, Overland Park, KS, Eric Miller, Wilmington, DE, Carolyne Wilhelm, Chillicothe, IL, Leslie Brondsema, Huron, SD and Sarah Santos, Yankton, SD – The Trantina Revocable Trust Scholarship
• Sarah Hicks, Yankton, SD and Amanda Vander Stelt, Orange City, IA – The Cle & Carl Youngworth Scholarship
• Lily Ealey, Lincoln, NE – The Mary & Glenn Jensen Scholarship
• Grace Rempp, Hastings, NE – The Brown-Daniels Scholarship
• Scott Mah, Sioux Falls, SD – The Rivola Family Scholarship
• Rebecca Danford, Los Altos, CA and Samanth Knecht, Faulkton, SD – The Bennett-Walter Scholarship
• Abigail Mitchell, Yankton, SD – The Rev. Dr. Donald B. Ward Scholarship
• Joshua Arens, Yankton, SD – The Isabel-Reedy Sattler Scholarship
• Hannah Lambertz, Yankton, SD – The George & Kay Means Memorial Scholarship
The post-graduate scholarship recipients are:
• Jordyn Michaud, Denver, CO – The Dr. Richard G. Sherman Scholarship
• Melanie Olson, Omaha, NE – The Dr. Fritz Brink Scholarship
Funds for the named scholarships are endowed either in perpetuity or for one-time from the kindness of Yankton College alumni or their family members in memory or in honor of individuals, couples or a group. The goals of the Yankton College Scholarship Program are to perpetuate the College tradition of its liberal arts education, support deserving young persons who have shown outstanding promise, apply discretionary funds to a higher function and promote the memory and reputation of Yankton College.
For more information on the Yankton College Scholarship Program, call (605) 665-3661 or visit www.yanktoncollege.org. |
| YC Alum Donates His Collection of 18th Century Music Manuscripts - Monday, May 06, 2013
Hundreds of images, like this one, of the original 18th century musical manuscripts are contained in the flash drive donated by Martino and are available for historical research at the Yankton College office.
Tom Martino ’70 from Hyde Park, NY recently donated a flash drive to Yankton College containing over 200 files of 18th century music manuscripts that he has collected, edited and published for over 40 years. These published volumes can be found in the collection of both university and public libraries in the U.S (Stanford University, Columbia University, University of Wisconsin and Baylor and now Yankton College in the Upper Midwest) and in Europe, South America and Asia.
They include styles of compositions (pre-Beethoven and Mozart) of intimate or emotional music that reflect a reaction from social and environmental change in European regions. The composition types are military marches, symphonias and operatic overtures or which are performed in liturgical settings.
While a student at Yankton College, Tom met with Roland Wyatt, the 1967-68 Instructor of Music and Choral Director, who had his own collection of music. It impressed Tom immediately and influenced his interest in musical history.
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| Yankton College Provides Grant to Local Children’s Theatre Group - Wednesday, May 01, 2013 The Yankton College Board of Trustees, at their recent Spring Annual Meeting, unanimously agreed to award the Yankton Children’s Theatre Company (YCTC) and its Executive Director, Allison Spak, a one-time $500 grant to underwrite a late summer project.
Citing the Yankton College Mission Statement which supports “new ways to further a liberal arts philosophy” and “instills the attitude that education is a life-long process”, the YCTC is bringing back a time-honored form of entertainment for Riverboat Days, engaging large numbers of children and parents in an audience-pleasing production.
Rehearsals will begin on June 1st and continue until August 16th at which time The Vaudeville Show will be performed for community and visitors at the Riverside Park Amphitheatre during Yankton’s popular Riverboat Days Event. A later performance schedule will reprise the young performers’ performances as a fund-raising activity to enhance their operating costs.
A non-profit organization, YCTC has a strong volunteer base of actors, members and families, as well as community volunteers, who work together to create costumes, do make-up and engage in prop/set creation/building. The Vaudeville Show will feature various forms of performances including acting, singing and dancing in the time-honored vaudeville style. In addition the young participants will develop team-building, mentorship and leadership skills, all of which will be brought to bear while creating an entertaining show for a large public audience.
Yankton College congratulates Director Spak and her cadre of performers and volunteers for their continuing effort to bring the joy of performance into young lives.
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