Indian student Priya Saxena was cheered when she received her degrees on Saturday in Rapid City. Meanwhile, on the other side of the state at Dakota State, Kristi Noem was met with jeers from hundreds of protesters, people upset with the polarization of her honorary degree and her tactics as head of Homeland Security. Saxena was cheered as “Dr. Priya Saxena,” while Noem was heckled over her deportation record.
There’s a lesson in there somewhere.
Source: South Dakota Searchlight
An international student in western South Dakota overcame Kristi Noem’s attempt to stop her from graduating Saturday, while hundreds of people protested on the other side of the state where Noem received an honorary degree and delivered a commencement speech.
The international student is Priya Saxena, from India. She received two degrees from South Dakota Mines in Rapid City: a doctorate in chemical and biological engineering and a master’s degree in chemical engineering.
