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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.sdsmt.edu/News/SD-Mines-Team-Preps-for-Launch-with-the-National-Eclipse-Ballooning-Project/#.WabpEdiQy61" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:blue;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="600" height="300" id="Picture_x0020_15" src="cid:image002.png@01D327E7.659D69A0" alt="https://i1.createsend1.com/ti/j/BC/3F0/655/eblogo/Balloon_Launch_2.png"></span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h1><strong>SD Mines Students Help Capture Moon Shadow in National Eclipse Ballooning Project </strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p>A team of students from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and area high schools lead by Peggy Norris, Ph.D., the deputy director of education and outreach at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), successfully launched a high-altitude
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<p>Over 200 SD Mines students took part in this year’s Freshman Day of Service. Students went into area neighborhoods and joined local service organizations to clean, restore and assist with various projects.
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<p>Area high school students spent their summer at SD Mines researching and developing everything from 3-D-printed rocket propellant to titanium biomedical implants that combat the body’s rejection of foreign objects.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>SD Mines & Oglala Lakota College (OLC) students in the <a href="http://www.sdsmt.edu/Research/Research@Mines/$1-5-Million-NSF-Grant-Brings-Native-Students-into-STEM-Fields-at-Three-South-Dakota-Schools/#.WaX2E9iQy60" target="_blank">OSSPEEC</a> collaborative
presented their research to tribal agencies, community organizations, citizens and students at Oglala Lakota College in Kyle.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>SD Mines professor Travis Kowalski, Ph.D., won the George Pólya Award for his paper <em><a href="https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/awards/college.math.j.47.5.322.pdf" target="_blank">The Sine of a Single Degree
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<h2><strong>Wharton Challenge </strong><br>
Sept. 9<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p>SD Mines <a href="http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/CAMP/CAMP/" target="_blank">CAMP</a> program will hold the 7th annual Wharton Challenge 5k/10k run on Saturday, Sep. 9, 2017. <br>
Registration is from 8-9 a.m., race starts at 9 a.m. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><strong>Business Plan Competition Info Sessions</strong><br>
September 12 & 21<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p>Entrepreneurial-minded students from high schools and colleges throughout the region are being encouraged to enter a “Shark Tank”-like student business plan competition sponsored by local and state partners and hosted by the South Dakota School of Mines
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<h2><strong>Black Hills Brawl</strong><br>
September 23<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p>Come root for the Hardrocker Football team as they take on BHSU in the 132nd Black Hills Brawl in Spearfish. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><strong>Pumpkin Chuckin' </strong><br>
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<p>SD Mines engineering and science students will put their skills to the test in a public display of ingenuity at the annual Pumpkin Chunkin' contest. 10 a.m. in Memorial Park.<o:p></o:p></p>
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