A student uses a VR headset during the 2023 iNSPiRE by Omnitech at South
Dakota Mines.
South Dakota Mines will once again play host to iNSPiRE by Omnitech in Rapid City from 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
on April 11 in the university’s Surbeck Center.
Omnitech’s iNSPiRE event gives 8th-12th grade girls
an opportunity to engage in workshops and connect with local professionals in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. Attendees will learn
more about the variety of college and career paths available in high-tech
industries, particularly engineering. The event is free of charge to all
participants. Many of the volunteers and student mentors at iNSPiRE are South
Dakota Mines alumnae with careers in local high-tech companies.
This year, Amber Hulse, former Miss South Dakota,
will offer opening remarks and inspiration. Students will then break into
smaller sessions with mentors from various fields.
The keynote speaker at iNSPiRE is Molly Christianson
of Empowered Coaching. Christianson will empower attendees and discuss what it
takes to be an effective leader, focusing on finding your voice and going after
the most important things to attendees. Through Christianson’s words of
inspiration, attendees will be guided to figure out who they want to be as
leaders, the strengths they’ll lean into, and the values they want to honor as
they make a difference in their world every day.
Members of the press are welcome to attend the event
to interview organizers and participants.
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About
Omnitech
Omnitech
provides custom software solutions to businesses in South Dakota and
surrounding states. Omnitech started in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1998 with
a mission to provide a local option for software engineering solutions. Since
then, we have expanded our reach nationally while still maintaining our
relationships centered on honesty, integrity, and quality. Over the last 26
years, we have evolved to best serve our clients’ needs based on technology
trends and enhanced our engineering capabilities to include data, DevOps,
business analytics, and SharePoint.
Opening a Rapid City, South Dakota office in
2018 has allowed Omnitech to provide full coverage across the state and
increase interaction with students from the South Dakota Mines. This close
relationship with Mines and other state universities has helped us fine-tune
our multi-year internship program and foster strong engineering talent in the
state.