June 22, 2007

Article Body: Dear Friends,

Summer is here, but the campus is as busy as ever with many activities, visitors, and events. I am pleased to
announce several major accomplishments of our faculty, staff, and students over the past weeks since my last newsletter.

The School of Mines Formula SAE Team placed sixth overall out of 80 teams at the international competition held
June 13-16, 2007, at the California Speedway in Fontana, California. This is the highest placement achieved
in this competition by a School of Mines team. Congratulations to this talented group of students. For more information, visit: http://sdmines.sdsmt.edu/pressreleases/2007June/formula-sae.

The team’s advisor, Dr. Dan Dolan, was awarded the Carroll Smith Mentors Cup Award—the top honor
that can be bestowed on any Formula SAE Advisor. This award is presented to the person who has given extraordinarily of their personal time and expertise to help the students become professional engineers, and have developed a personal relationship with the team members and set a positive role model. Dr. Dolan has devoted a tremendous amount of his time and talents to the success of the entire CAMP program, and we congratulate him for his efforts and achievements.

For the third straight year, the School of Mines is the recipient of the Dakota Athletic Conference Scholars Award. The award is presented annually to the school in the conference with the highest percentage of athletes honored as DAC Scholar-Athletes. Fifty-three percent of Hardrocker athletes earned recognition for their academic achievements. In order to be honored as a DAC Scholar-Athlete, a student athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or better and have earned twelve or more credit hours for a semester in which he or she participates in a conference sponsored sport.

Special thanks to Dr. Larry Simonson, professor of electrical engineering for organizing for the seventh year the Youth Engineering Adventure (YEA) summer program. This year dozens of high school students from across the country participated in one of two week-long programs designed to introduce high school students to engineering and science.

As always, I welcome your thoughts and comments. I can be reached at charles.ruch@sdsmt.edu.

Charles Ruch

Posted by Vickie Bender on 6/22/2007 3:50:00 PM

June 22, 2007

June 22, 2007

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