{"id":19424,"date":"2022-03-17T10:55:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=19424"},"modified":"2022-03-17T13:48:47","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T17:48:47","slug":"transylvania-alumna-honored-with-south-dakota-state-wellness-center-naming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2022\/03\/transylvania-alumna-honored-with-south-dakota-state-wellness-center-naming\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania alumna honored with South Dakota State wellness center naming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/transylvania_alumna_sdsu-810x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/transylvania_alumna_sdsu-810x511.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/transylvania_alumna_sdsu-350x221.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/transylvania_alumna_sdsu-730x461.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/transylvania_alumna_sdsu-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/transylvania_alumna_sdsu-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2022\/03\/transylvania_alumna_sdsu.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>South Dakota State University has named its wellness center after a Transylvania alumna who served as SDSU&#8217;s first female president from 1998-2006.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peggy Gordon Miller &#8217;59, a Transylvania English major who returned to her alma mater in 1993 to give a commencement address, was honored during a naming ceremony at the facility in Brookings, South Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SDSU Foundation - Peggy Miller Wellness Center\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/643765575?h=a3ba86ba2a&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating from Transylvania, Miller earned a master&#8217;s degree from Northwestern University and an Ed.D. from Indiana University. 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She was instrumental in the university\u2019s move to NCAA Division I athletics and tirelessly advocated for the creation of the Jackrabbit Guarantee scholarship program.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdstate.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/miller-wellness-center-honors-president-emeritas-vision-and-philanthropy\">Read the full release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The center features fitness equipment and is home to various sports programs, wellness education, counseling services and a student health clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTens of thousands of students will walk by the plaque at the entrance to this facility and learn about the strong leadership of the first woman to lead South Dakota State University,\u201d President Barry Dunn said during the naming ceremony. \u201cJackrabbits have gone further because of the decisions President Emerita Peggy Gordon Miller made and the battles she won during her tenure.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her leadership was evident as an undergraduate at Transylvania. 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