RAPID CITY, S.D. (Dec. 4, 2017) – The traditional finals-week late-night study breakfast will be served to hundreds of students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology from 9-10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6.
The energy and morale boost for students who begin taking end-of-semester final exams on Thursday, Dec. 7, will take place in the Surbeck Dining Hall.
Mines faculty and staff members will serve pancakes, sausages and fruit, and Hardrocker gear and other donated items will be given away in door prizes.
At last fall’s breakfast, 830 pancakes, six gallons of syrup, 960 sausage links, 400 pieces of whole fruit and 15 gallons of orange juice were served.
Finals begin Thursday, Dec. 7, and will continue through Wednesday, Dec. 13. The fall commencement ceremony will be at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Theater. Stephen O’Rourke, a senior energy executive and entrepreneur, will deliver the commencement address.