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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning Hardrockers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LG is looking for student athletes, with a decent social media following, to help promote the 2<sup>nd</sup> Phase of their Campus Challenge Series between BHSU and South Dakota Mines.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Please respond back to me if you are interested in working on this opportunity by Thursday September 7<sup>th</sup> at 5:00pm</i> as their group will evaluate your social media following to make their selections.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As LG will be utilizing your platform as a student-athlete to promote their activity, this is an NIL opportunity where you will be compensated. All selected individuals will work with me to report your compensation package if selected.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below for the statement from LG. (Remember, the deadline to be selected is TOMORROW, Thursday September 7<sup>th</sup> at 5:00pm).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Have a great day,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">LG is bringing a new rivalry video contest to SDSMT, competing against Black Hills State University, to show how the rivalry extends beyond the field.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Phase 1 of the contest kicks off on September 25th and students from SDSMT are invited to create and submit short individual videos expressing their school pride and highlighting
the rivalry between the two schools. As part of the launch, LG is bringing the LG Creator Studio to each campus for three days each with a full production crew to help students create their videos. Within Phase 2 of the contest, LG will showcase the winning
videos (the ones with the highest vote counts) from SDSMT and BHSU as both enter a head-to-head showdown to compete for a grand prize.
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<p class="p1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">LG is looking for student athletes to amplify the program by posting on their social channels throughout the duration of the program to help
create buzz and boost voting participation to extend the reach.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554;mso-ligatures:none">Seth Nichols, M.S.</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554;mso-ligatures:none">Assistant Athletic Director for NCAA Compliance</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002554;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none">Hardrocker Athletics</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none">South Dakota Mines</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none">501 E. Saint Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none">605.394.1689 | <a href="mailto:Seth.Nichols@sdsmt.edu"><span style="color:#385E9D">Seth.Nichols@sdsmt.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.sdsmt.edu/"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#002554;background:white;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="268" height="62" style="width:2.7916in;height:.6458in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D9E09A.942B6E80" alt="South Dakota Mines"></span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#75787B;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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