Welcome to the home of the SDSMT Title III Program.

The Title III Strengthening Institutions Program is a competitive grant program established by Congress. In July 2000 the U.S. Deptartment of Education awarded SDSM&T a Title III, Part A, Strengthening Institutions Development Grant in the amount of $1,672,071 for the period from October 1, 2000 through September 30, 2005. The purpose of the grant is to improve academic programs, institutional management, and fiscal stability. Visit the following link for further details on the program - Program Details.

The ultimate goal of the of the program is student success. In order to achieve this the SDSM&T Title III program is focused on three activities:
Activity I - Improve student success and retention through better identification and tracking of at-risk students, better mentoring/advising of students, and better data retrieval to support management planning and decisions by better utilizing the regental database system.
Activity II - Improve student learning outcomes and retention through the enhancement of the educational technology in engineering and science to a level that closely matches the current industry standards.
Activity III - Project management. The purpose of project management is to insure efficient and effective accomplishment of the projects goals and objectives.
Please visit the Activity links to find out more.

SDSM&T's Title III Office is located in Room 202 of the McLaury Building. For more information about the project please contact Barbara Dolan, Title III Project Director, at 605-394-1267 or via e-mail at Barbara.Dolan@sdsmt.edu.