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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Seniors,</span><br>
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Letβs kick off your final year at Mines with a celebration! <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">
π</span> Join the Mines Alumni Association for a <b>Bowling Bash</b> this <b>Friday, August 29, from 5β8 p.m.</b> at Robbinsdale Entertainment Center.</p>
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<b>Event Highlights:</b></p>
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<li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">π³</span> Free bowling and shoe rental</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">π</span> Games, prizes, and swag</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">π</span> Alumni garters handed out to seniors</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">π</span> Food & drinks available for purchase</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">π</span> Alumni welcome to celebrate you joining the alumni community soon</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">π</span> <b>Location:</b> Robbinsdale Entertainment Center, 805 East Saint Patrick Street</p>
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Come for the whole time or stop in whenever you canβweβd love to see you!</p>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">π</span> <span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);">
<u><a href="https://cara.sdsmt.edu/events/2025-back-to-school-bowling-bash" target="_new" originalsrc="https://cara.sdsmt.edu/events/2025-back-to-school-bowling-bash" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Register here to save
your spot</a></u></span></p>
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<b>We canβt wait to celebrate with you as you head into your final year at Mines!</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 37, 84);"><b>Shelli Grinager</b>,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; color: rgb(0, 37, 84);"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 37, 84);">Director
of Alumni Relations</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(117, 120, 123);"><b>Center for Alumni Relations & Advancement (CARA)</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(117, 120, 123);">330 East Kansas City St., Rapid City, SD 57701-2935</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(117, 120, 123);">605.394.6148</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="mailto:JoAnn.Strommen@sdsmt.edu" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Shelli.Grinager@sdsmt.edu</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u><a href="http://cara.sdsmt.edu/" originalsrc="http://cara.sdsmt.edu/" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img src="cid:image010.png@01DC1772.5A8BE360" id="x_Picture_x0020_8" width="288" height="56" style="width: 3in; height: 0.5937in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"><u><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-alumni-relations-and-advancement/" originalsrc="https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-alumni-relations-and-advancement/" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img src="cid:image011.png@01DC1772.5A8BE360" id="x_Picture_x0020_11" width="24" height="24" style="width: 0.2604in; height: 0.2604in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/southdakotaminescara/" originalsrc="https://www.instagram.com/southdakotaminescara/" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img src="cid:image012.png@01DC1772.5A8BE360" id="x_Picture_x0020_9" width="24" height="24" style="width: 0.25in; height: 0.25in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></a></u></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthDakotaMinesAlumniRelations" originalsrc="https://www.facebook.com/SouthDakotaMinesAlumniRelations" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><img src="cid:image013.png@01DC1772.5A8BE360" id="x_Picture_x0020_10" width="25" height="25" style="width: 0.2708in; height: 0.2708in; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"></a></u></span></p>
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