Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. In the United States and Canada, it is also used to refer to the advancement from a primary or secondary school level. Many colleges have different traditions associated with the graduation ceremony, the best-known probably being throwing mortarboards in the air.

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South Dakota is a Midwestern state in the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota (Sioux) American Indian tribes. South Dakota was admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889. North Dakota was admitted on the same day. It is probably best known as the location of Mount Rushmore. Economy According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the gross state product of South Dakota was $29.4 billion as of 2004. The per capita personal income was $26,894 in 2004, the 37th highest in the nation and 13.08 percent below the national average. 13.2% of the population is below the poverty line. South Dakota does not collect a personal income tax. The state sales tax is 4 percent. Personal and property taxes are local taxes and are the primary source of funding for school systems, counties, municipalities and other local government units. Their administration is a local responsibility. The state revenue department does not collect or use property taxes, but it does centrally assess the property of large companies. Property owners in South Dakota may be taxed by two or more of the following units of government: cities, counties, townships, school districts, water districts, and, in some cases, units such as fire and sanitary sewer districts. South Dakota does not assess tax on intangible personal property, and there is no inheritance tax. State symbols State bird: Ring-necked Pheasant State flower: Pasque flower State tree: Black Hills Spruce State nicknames: Mount Rushmore State (official), Coyote state & Sunshine state (same nickname as Florida) State slogan: "Great Faces. Great Places." State mineral: Rose quartz State insect: Honey bee - Apis Mellifera L. State animal: Coyote State soil: Houdek State fish: Walleye State gemstone: Fairburn agate State dessert: Kuchen State drink: Milk State bread: Native American fry bread State grass: Western Wheatgrass State Sport: rodeo Source: Wikipedia.org - English