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  Yankton College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yankton College was a small liberal arts college in Yankton, South Dakota, affiliated with the Congregational Church.
The man primarily responsible for the college's establishment was Joseph Ward, a local pastor and educator who is one of the two South Dakotans represented in Statuary Hall.
Yankton College closed in December 1984, and its campus became the site of a federal prison, which opened four years later.
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 Yankton - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Yankton is the seat of Yankton College (founded by Congregationalists in 1881, opened in 1882; now non-sectarian).
Yankton was laid out in 1859, first chartered as a city in 1869, rechartered in 1873, and in 1910 adopted a commission form of government.
In 1861-82 Yankton was the capital of the Territory of Dakota.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Yankton   (232 words)

  
 Press & Dakotan - History of Yankton, South Dakota
Custer, his wife Libbie and his soldiers were in Yankton for three weeks in the spring of 1873, enjoying the booming city's hospitality and surviving a ferocious April blizzard.
One of the institutional staples of Yankton had always been Yankton College, which was founded in 1881 and was the oldest private college in Dakota.
However, the college was struggling financially by the 1970s and, in 1984, it closed its doors after 103 years.
www.yankton.net /history   (1072 words)

  
 Wrightslaw - The United States Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
The district court also found that Tracy's impairment adversely affected her educational performance because she would not be able to benefit from regular classroom instruction without the instructional modifications and related services that made it possible for her to achieve.
Because Yankton School District dismissed Tracy from its special education program when she finished ninth grade, it did not create a new IEP for her tenth grade year.
Although Yankton School District acknowledges that Tracy has an orthopedic impairment, it argues that a regulation adopted under IDEA forecloses her eligibility because her impairment does not adversely affect her educational performance.
www.wrightslaw.com /law/caselaw/case_yankton_IDEA_504_8thCir.html   (5243 words)

  
 Yankton, South Dakota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yankton is located on the Missouri River just downstream of the Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake and just upstream of the confluence with the James River.
Yankton is served by the Yankton Public School District (K-12), Sacred Heart Catholic School (pK-8), and Mount Marty College.
Yankton was once home to Yankton College; founded in 1881, it was the first liberal arts college in the United States west of the Mississippi River.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yankton,_South_Dakota   (727 words)

  
 Yankton News
YANKTON - The Yankton City Commission committed $10,000 for a proposed recreational trail on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River.
Yankton's building permit values for 2006 have already clobbered a 1994 record and could reach the $40 million mark by the year's end.
A Yankton man was killed Saturday night in a one vehicle rollover crash near Lesterville in Yankton County.
www.topix.net /city/yankton-sd   (531 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Yankton, city, United States, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
12,703), seat of Yankton co., extreme SE S.Dak., on the Missouri River; inc. 1869.
Settled 1858 as a fur-trading post, Yankton was the Dakota territorial capital from 1861 to 1879; the old capitol building still stands.
Yankton College and Mount Marty College are there.
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 Yankton County, SD News
The Yankton Veterans Memorial, located on the grounds of the Yankton County Government Center, was dedicated Saturday.
Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce The Chamber's Trade & Growth Committee has selected the Clarke Observatory, Yankton College, to be featured on the 2006 Christmas ornament.
A November showdown between two candidates seeking to be Yankton County's sheriff features one man who hopes to continue his partnership with the county and another who wants an opportunity to give back to the...
www.topix.net /county/yankton-sd   (552 words)

  
 A C of E campus story | emporiagazette.com
It was arranged for the Emporia City Commission to go to Yankton to look at that facility and to talk to some of the Yankton citizenry about their feelings toward it.
Most of the afternoon was spent talking with citizens of Yankton about their reactions to having a minimum-security prison in their small community.
Yankton, S.D., is better off with it as it is than if the area had simply been allowed to deteriorate.
www.emporiagazette.com /news/2006/nov/02/c_e_campus_story   (857 words)

  
 South Dakota - MSN Encarta
Of those older than 25 years of age in 2004, 87.5 percent had a high school diploma, while the country as a whole averaged 82.8 percent.
The first college established in South Dakota was Yankton College, which was founded by a Congregationalist group in 1881 and until its closure in 1984 was the oldest institution of higher education in the state.
Other significant schools include Huron University, in Huron; Augustana College, in Sioux Falls; National American University, in Rapid City; Mount Marty College, in Yankton; and Dakota Wesleyan University, in Mitchell.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573285_6/South_Dakota.html   (727 words)

  
 Athletics - Concordia University Nebraska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Great Plains Athletic Conference is an alliance of 13 private, faith-based liberal arts colleges and universities located in Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa.
Its mission is to provide an intercollegiate athletic experience for its student-athletes that is consistent with the purpose of Christian higher education.
The GPAC grew in 2002 as Briar Cliff University of Sioux City, Iowa, joined and in 2003 as Morningside College, also in Sioux City was approved for admission to the conference.
www2.cune.edu /athletics/gpac.htm   (286 words)

  
 Dr. Reynolds
In 1991, she chaired the Annual Meeting of the American College of Epidemiology which focused on the theme “The Morbidity/Mortality Gap: Is it Race or Racism?” and was the Guest Editor of the Special Volume on the proceedings, “The Morbidity /Mortality Gap: Is it Race or Racism?” Annuals of Epidemiology, 1993.
She served on the Minority Affairs Committee of the American College of Epidemiology from 1992 to 1994 and as liaison to the Statistics in Epidemiology Section, ASA from 1995 to 1998.
Reynolds was elected a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology in 1983 and in 1985, Dr. Reynolds was the first person at CDC in Altlanta to be named as a fellow by the American Statistical Association (ASA).
www.cdc.gov /omh/aboutus/Reynolds.htm   (1055 words)

  
 Yankton - HighBeam Encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Yankton sweeps ESD track and field titles, Central boys finish second...
Yankton chokes off Roosevelt rally, will face Lincoln for championship
Yankton bests Lincoln for State AA volleyball championship
www.encyclopedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /doc/1E1-Yankton.html   (270 words)

  
 Oberlin College Archives | Holdings | Finding Guides | RG 30/125 - Dan Freeman Bradley (1857-1939) | Biography
In 1877, the younger Bradley came to the United States and enrolled at Oberlin College, his mother's alma mater, graduating with the A.B. in 1882 and the B.D. from Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1885.
From 1885 to 1902, he held pastorates at Steubenville, Ohio; Yankton, South Dakota (where he was also Acting President of Yankton College); and Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He served as a member of the Oberlin College Board of Trustees from 1891 to 1902 and from 1906 to 1939, the year of his death.
www.oberlin.edu /archive/holdings/finding/RG30/SG125/biography.html   (197 words)

  
 Joseph Ward
Accepting a missionary appointment, he was ordained in 1869 at Yankton, capital of the Dakota Territory, where he organized and directed church efforts.
Ward was instrumental in the founding of Yankton College, the first collegiate-rank institution of the upper Mississippi Valley, and served as its president.
He was the first president of the Yankton Board of Education.
www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/ward.cfm   (242 words)

  
 The Benedictine Sisters of Yankton, SD
Sister Jennifer is a native of Yankton, the first sister born and raised in Yankton to be elected to the office of prioress in the monastery’s 125-year history.
She has served as Program Director of the Benedictine Center, Yankton, Administrator of St. Clare Retirement Community, Cincinnati, Regional Director of the long term care facilities in North and South Dakota for the Benedictine Health System of Duluth, MN, and CEO of the Benedictine Health System, Yankton.
She is currently a member of the Mount Marty Board of Trustees, and served as its chair from 2001-2004.
www.yanktonbenedictines.org /com_news_1.html   (523 words)

  
 The Papers of Arthur McCandless Wilson at Dartmouth College
Arthur McCandless Wilson (1902-1979) was a member of the faculty of Dartmough College for thirty-four years, beginning as an instructor in biography in 1933 and retiring as Daniel Webster Professor of Biography and Government in 1967.
Yankton College Alumni Achievement Award for Professional Excellence, 1972: certificate of award and mementoes of Pioneer Day celebration at Yankton College.
Yankton Academy and Yankton College, 1916-1923: compositions, notes, examinations, etc.; and grades and accounts.
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 Who's Who in South Dakota, by O. W. Coursey; Volume 1
His work with us was eminently successful and satisfactory, but the constituency out of which to build a college was small and scattered, and the growth was bound to be slow.
Since Warren was chosen president of Yankton College in 1892, the presidents of all other colleges in the state have been changed from two to four times apiece.
The eldest son, Howard Hamilton Warren, graduated from Yankton College in 1907, and the same year he won the interstate oratorical contest.
www.usgennet.org /usa/sd/state/whos_who/warren.html   (1294 words)

  
 Biographies : LIEUTENANT GENERAL ROBERT H. WARREN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
He graduated from Yankton High School in 1934, attended Yankton College for two years, and then attended the U.S. Military Academy, graduating in 1940.
He went to the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., in August 1949 and upon graduation in June 1950, was assigned to Headquarters Far East Air Forces where he served as director of operations, then assistant deputy for operations during the three years of the Korean War.
He returned to the United States in 1953 and again was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in Washington, D.C., where he served as executive assistant to the secretary of the Air Force, and for two years as military assistant to the deputy secretary of Defense.
www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=7515   (552 words)

  
 The Teachers College Newsletter: Volume 12, Number 4
At Yankton College I became a professor of mathematics, headed the division of natural sciences; was dean of the college for two years; and served as a track coach for six years.
I was responsible for math education in the college of education at BHSU.
Her son Ryan (20) is in his second year of college, and is currently in Fort Myers, FL with a masters commission; her daughter Melanie (16) is a junior in high school.
www.emporia.edu /jones/tcnewsletter/alumni-all.htm   (4757 words)

  
 ESU TC Newsletter: December 2003, Vol. 12, No. 2
Jan I. (Mahan) Allison (BME, ‘64, EdS, ’86), Mulvane, KS, is an instructor in the social science department at Cowley College in Arkansas City, KS.  She is instructing classes in early childhood, elementary and secondary education as well as children's literature, developmental psychology and exceptional child education.
Martha M. Bleeker (BS, ’99), State College, PA, received her MS in Human Development and Family Studies, with a minor in Statistics from Pennsylvania State University in 2001.
The Teachers College at ESU offers a number of workshops, conferences, and lectures throughout the year to help educators reach their professional development goals.
www.emporia.edu /jones/tcnewsletter/03dec/index.htm   (2580 words)

  
 Yankton (city South Dakota) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Yankton (city South Dakota) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Yankton (city, South Dakota), city, seat of Yankton County, southeastern South Dakota, on the Missouri River, near its confluence with the James...
Rapid City : colleges and universities: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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 Our Firm
Gail is a graduate of Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa, with a Bachelor of Science Degree.
He is a past President of the Yankton Jaycees, past Vice President of the South Dakota Jaycees, and past President of Yankton Junior Achievement.
SHAUNA M. Shauna is a manager in the Yankton, South Dakota office of Williams & Company, P.C. She joined the firm in 1997 as a staff accountant and progressed to manager in 2004.
www.williamscpas.com /OurPeople.html   (1881 words)

  
 Mount Marty College - Yankton, SD, South Dakota hotels
The Yankton Super 8 is located on the shores of the Missouri River in the southeastern corner of South Dakota, bordering Nebraska.
Yankton is nestled along the mighty Missouri River in Southeast South Dakota.
Yankton offers many attractions such as the double decker Meridian B...
www.qwikcast.com /hotelsearch/poi/31041.html   (216 words)

  
 Yankton, South Dakota SD, city profile (Yankton County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Yankton is on the Missouri River, at the Nebraska border
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Yankton was $17,954, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Yankton, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $344.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=13028   (854 words)

  
 Wintz & Ray Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Inc.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
They came back to their hometown because they felt their daughters would benefit from this small, friendly community that was rich with community pride and traditions.
I graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in the fall of 1983 with a degree in Mortuary Science.
After the wedding, we moved to Yankton and were looking forward to becoming active members of the community.
www.rcwfuneralhome.com /aboutus.html   (1372 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Not the size of the dog in the fight
An undersized player in high school, he began experimenting with the muscle-building drugs in college and never stopped.
After Kilgore Junior College in Texas told Alzado he wasn't good enough for the football team in 1967 - Alzado later said his befriending an African-American teammate was to blame - he was accepted at Yankton College, a tiny NAIA school in South Dakota.
The opponent was Yankton, and Alzado performed impressively.
espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Alzado_Lyle.html   (1299 words)

  
 C Haines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Chris has over 20 years of college coaching experience, she was appointed the head women's volleyball coach at Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota in 1984 and led the team to it's first ever play off appearance.
From 1988-1990, Chris moved to Arizona where she was hired as the Assistant Volleyball and Softball coach at Mesa Community College.
In 1990, Chris was hired as the Head Women's Basketball coach at SMCC, where she built her team from 6 athletes to 15 student athletes and a play-off birth in 1996.
www.southmountaincc.edu /Athletics/Haines.htm   (359 words)

  
 Mount Marty - Future Students   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Get connected to an education that leads to a meaningful career, to Benedictine values and heritage, and to a lively campus community of learners and leaders.
And speaking of affordable, 99% of Mount Marty students receive financial assistance.
When you're ready to make the connection with Mount Marty College you can apply for admission.
www.mtmc.edu /admissions/index.html   (170 words)

  
 Yankton, South Dakota - Home of the Great Plains Bison-tennial Dutch Oven Cook-off   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Yankton, SD Great Community: 14,000 friendly faces and exceptional hospitality!
Bicycle Trails: Over 30 miles of groomed Trails including the Auld-Brokaw Trail named in honor of Yankton celebrity, Tom Brokaw of NBC News.
Lyle Alzado - First Yankton College player ever drafted by the NFL.
www.dutchovencookoff.com /yankton.htm   (201 words)

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