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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Child Finds 33-Million-Year-Old Animal Skull
WSB Atlanta
X-rays will be sent to the South Dakota School of Mines, where they will be used to build a model of the skull. Ferguson's parents said they are excited ...
Egypt trip still planned for School of Mines programming team
Rapid City Journal
(Kristina Barker/Journal staff) A coach of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology computer programming team said Friday that the team still plans ...

Friday, January 28, 2011

Daugaard cuts to cost local universities $2.4 million
Rapid City Journal
Daugaard's proposed 10 percent budget cuts will cost Black Hills State University nearly $1 million and South Dakota School of Mines & Technology around ...
We can see few positives for privatizing SDSM&T
Madison Daily Leader
David Lust of Rapid City has stated that he will introduce a bill that would allow the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to study the possibility ...
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Students will soon light-up the polls on smoking
SDSU Collegian
The South Dakota School of Mines Student Association conducted a survey that SDSU senators are looking at using as a model. Their survey was open to all ...
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Names and Faces for Jan. 28
Rapid City Journal
Sandra Meier, a program assistant I in the student accounts/cashiering services department at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, won the Traditions ...
Entertainment briefs for Friday, Jan. 28, 2011
Rapid City Journal
30, with "Sands of Iwo Jima" at the Elks Theatre. Ticket books cost $35 each at the Devereaux Library at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, ...

Thursday, January 27, 2011

South Dakota: Credit cards, corn - and science?
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The Homestake lab is likely to enrich the research atmosphere at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and other universities, said geologist Bill ...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Editorial: Appreciate the idea, but leave School of Mines as ...
Daily Republic
One idea that was discussed last week was a proposal to privatize the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. House Republican Leader David Lust said ...
Mines programming team to compete with world's best
Rapid City Journal
This is the fourth time that a team from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology have qualified for the world finals. ...

Monday, January 24, 2011

Should the South Dakota School of Mines be put on the auction block?
Dakota Voice
By Gordon Garnos on January 24th, 2011 AT ISSUE: A Rapid City legislator mistakenly wants the state to "privatize" (sell) the South Dakota School of Mines ...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Sen. Tieszen surprised by crackerbarrel turnout
Rapid City Journal
Sessions, sponsored by the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce, run from 9 am to 11 am at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology's Didier Education ...
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Lawmaker shelves Mines privatization bill – for now
Rapid City Journal
... Leader David Lust has decided not to introduce a bill that would allow for the privatization of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. ...
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SD lawmaker shifts on privatizing School of Mines
Bloomberg
By AP PIERRE, SD (AP) — One week after suggesting that the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology should go private, House Republican Leader David ...
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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Local crackerberrels begin this weekend
Rapid City Journal
The event will run from 9 am to 11 am at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology's Didier Education Center. At the forum, lawmakers will make an opening ...
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Mary L. Mydler
Du Quoin Evening Call
Mary attended South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, where she earned her degree in Mine Engineering. Mary loved to garden and be ...
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

SD Mines Student, Fmr. Football Player Dies Suddenly
KELOLAND TV
RAPID CITY, SD - South Dakota School of Mines senior and former Hardrocker football player Eric Westwang died this past weekend at his home is Sheridan, ...
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Our Opinion: School Of Mines Must Stay In State System
Yankton Daily Press
Simply as a budgetary idea, a proposal to convert the South Dakota School ... the School of Mines or South Dakota Tech — into a private institution scores a ...

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Four To Interview For SOU Football Post
College Fanz Sports Network - NAIA
Collins continued at Western from 1998-2002 as special teams coordinator before moving on as defensive coordinator at South Dakota Tech for the 2002 season. ...
2011 Clean Snowmobile Challenge the Biggest and Greenest Yet
Michigan Tech News
... and the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, internal combustion; and McGill University of Montreal and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, ...
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Plan: Privatize SD Tech
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Dennis Daugaard said Friday that he's open to discussing a plan that would privatize the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. ...
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Dancers headed for 'America's Got Talent'
Rapid City Journal
A graduate of Rapid City Central High School, Hoffman is now a freshman industrial engineering major at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. ...
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Alumni intervention
Grant Tribune Sentinel
... Jordan Doell (South Dakota School of Mines), Bryce Hasenauer (Hutchinson Community College - Kansas), and Andy Barner (University of Nebraska Lincoln). ...
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WBK: Coble Appointed As Interim Coach
KELOLAND TV
RAPID CITY, SD - South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has appointed longtime assistant coach Lori Coble as interim head women's basketball coach, ...
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FREDERICK LEE RAUBACH — Formerly of Valier
Benton Evening News
He earned his BS in Geological Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and was a World War II veteran. He was the beloved husband of ...
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Perry questions privatization proposal
KCAU
... of the state Board of Regents says he has some concerns about a proposal to privatize the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City. ...
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Editorial: More legislators must think outside box
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
That's why House Majority Leader David Lust's startling suggestion that the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology should be privatized is refreshing. ...
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Monday, January 17, 2011

Proposal to Privatize South Dakota School Of Mines
KOTA
Some of the reactions to the possibility of the School of Mines going private have been shock and dismay. People have been asking what's wrong with the ...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Aeronautics industry officials see merit in Daugaard idea
Rapid City Journal
A local school with a strong engineering program like the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology could offer another hiring resource. ...
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Northland doctors-in-training get healthy dose of reality
Duluth News Tribune
Her stethoscope is adorned with red, yellow, white and black beads given to her by a staff member at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, ...
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Lawmaker to introduce bill to allow School of Mines to go private
Rapid City Journal
(Kristina Barker/Journal staff) A Rapid City legislator plans to introduce a bill that would allow the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology to convert ...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

SD GOP leader proposes privatizing School of Mines
Bloomberg
By CHET BROKAW - Fri Jan 14 21:26:16 GMT 2011 By AP PIERRE, SD (AP) — The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology should take a look at changing from a ...
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SD GOP leader proposes privatizing School of Mines
PlainsDaily.com
PIERRE, SD (AP) -- House Republican Leader David Lust of Rapid City says he will introduce a bill that would allow the South Dakota School of Mines and ...
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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Mines' appoints interim head women's basketball coach
Rapid City Journal
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has appointed longtime assistant coach Lori Coble as interim head women's basketball coach, athletics director ...
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ASTM International Board of Directors welcomes Dennis D. Rounds.
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release)
Rounds holds an MS degree in civil engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T) in Rapid City, SD He is chairman of the ...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Afghan girl returning to Rapid City for college
Rapid City Journal
"Kind of ready" belies Farzami's preparation for her first year at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, a two-year period filled with ...
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Sale of NAU's Rapid City campus still in negotiations
Rapid City Journal
Officials with the county, city, Rapid City Area Schools and South Dakota School of Mines & Technology all have said they are not in negotiations with the ...
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Sunday, January 09, 2011

Programs starting because of employer need
Prairie Business
In Rapid City, SD, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology received $1.25 million from four major mining companies in an effort to create the Mining ...
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Saturday, January 08, 2011

Business people - Jan. 9, 2011
Bismarck Tribune
... staff engineer with Interstate Engineering Inc. Zuroff graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines with a bachelor of science in civil engineering. ...
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Friday, January 07, 2011

Group had a blast at camp
Stillwater Gazette
Paul Jewell of Stillwater was among a group of students who attended the Mining and Explosives Engineering Camp at the South Dakota School of Mines and ...
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Rapid City Journal
The South Dakota School of Mines athletics department announced that 58 percent of its student-athletes received a grade-point average of 3.0 or better, ...
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Thursday, January 06, 2011

Prairie Business
He graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. Zuroff holds an EIT from the State of South Dakota and ...
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Larry Brown Sports
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and Colorado College School of Mines feature a couple of explosive offenses. For those who don't buy into the ...
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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Rapid City Journal
Crackerbarrels will be held from 9 am to 11 am at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology Didier Educational Center in the Classroom Building on the ...
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Monday, January 03, 2011

Rapid City Legislative Crackerbarrel Meetings
Dakota Voice
The crackerbarrels are held in the Classroom Building at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. ...
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Sunday, January 02, 2011

Is everything truly possible in 2011?
Rapid City Journal (blog)
I'd like to see Black Hills State and South Dakota School of Mines find a conference home in 2011. The two schools are making the move to the NCAA Division ...
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Saturday, January 01, 2011

Business people - Jan. 2, 2011
Bismarck Tribune
... representative in the field services division while completing a civil engineering degree at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City. ...
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