Elizabeth Eitrheim Vogt

Liz Vogt

Elizabeth Vogt of Pierre, is a 1979 Augustana graduate, and a recent retiree after a 42 year career teaching English to students in central South Dakota.  Her first nine years she taught at Stanley County High School in Ft. Pierre and the final 33 years at Riggs High School. An avid reader, she loved introducing her students to classic literature but perhaps took the most joy in teaching her students to write well. She advised the student newspaper at Riggs, the Governor, for many years, accruing many All-State awards along the way. Her students honored her five times in her career as the “Teacher of the Year,” and the Pierre community selected her as BankWest’s Investor in Education in 2001. She was also a 2018 Educator of Excellence nominee and has been honored on the Pierre Educational Foundation eWall of Honor.

Along with her service to students, Vogt has been a supporter of the Pierre community by serving on the Rawlins Municipal Library Board and the Pierre Players Board of Directors and Season Select Committee. An accomplished quilter, she was a founder of the local quilt guild, Stately Stitchers, in 1996 and has been an active member ever since, currently serving as the president of the guild. As she and her husband are both cancer survivors, supporting the expansion of cancer services in Pierre has been important to them. Liz and her husband have been members of the State Historical Society for over 23 years and are dedicated to the preservation of South Dakota’s history.