In The Moment … August 4, 2020 Show 873 Hour 1

In The Moment … August 4, 2020 Show 873 Hour 1

During this centennial year of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which assured that women in the United States have a right to vote, SDPB has embarked on a project to tell the history of suffrage in South Dakota.

Woven in with the stories you've been hearing all summer about the original vanguards of suffrage, we've also been bringing you profiles of women who have changed (and are changing) South Dakota history. Today we highlight the Presentation Sisters. Sister Lynn Marie Welbig joins us with more.

In The Moment … August 4, 2020 Show 873 Hour 1

Schools around South Dakota are moving forward with returning students to the classroom. In-person education is important but so is the health and well-being of students, faculty and support staff, and families at home. Rita Baszler is a school nurse and former president of the South Dakota School Nurses Association, she joins us today to talk about the role of school nurses in back-to-school 2020.

Health reporting on SDPB is supported by Monument Health

How does the state Department of Education plan to use $6.9 million in federal grant money to support students during the pandemic? Plus, how are state associations responding to Governor Kristi Noem's opposition to mandatory masking?

All this and more in today’s SDPB News Podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts or Spotify today.

Governor Kristi Noem’s office is clarifying her stance on mask wearing among students, after a campaign email last week says she’s encouraging them return to school “without masks.”

A governor’s spokesperson calls the fundraising email “in-artfully written.” They say Noem believes if people want to wear a mask, that is their own prerogative. The spokesperson says she has—and continues—to oppose mandatory masking, but she has never discouraged wearing them.

The state’s only law school has a new name.

A 12.5 million dollar gift from T. Denny Sanford will fund up to ten full-ride scholarships at the newly-dubbed USD Knudson School of Law.

David Knudson served as chief of staff for former-governor Bill Janklow and as majority leader in the South Dakota state senate. He’s also overseen more than two-billion dollars in other gifts as T. Denny Sanford’s lawyer.

But this latest gift came as a surprise to Knudson—a difficult feat, according to Law School Dean Neil Fulton

In The Moment … August 3, 2020 Show 872 Hour 1

In this installment of Summer with the Symphony, we hear the music of Sergei Prokofiev. 

Find us on Apple, Spotify, and Google Play. Plus, watch interviews from our show on YouTube.

In The Moment … August 3, 2020 Show 872 Hour 1

Today we welcome Sanford Health's Dr. Wendell Hoffman back to the program. We're going to talk about the emerging research about kids and teenagers and Sars-CoV-2 transmission. What does a safer classroom look like? In the absence of a statewide mandate for school openings and classroom mitigation efforts, how can parents and teachers evaluate the science we currently have so they can make smart decisions about how to live out personal responsibility during the pandemic? 

In The Moment … August 3, 2020 Show 872 Hour 1