Signature Co-curricular Programs

South Dakota Mines offers students a unique opportunity to participate in a student-centered, hands-on, engineering program called CAMP.  

CAMP is a competitive, nationally recognized program that brings together students, faculty, and industry leaders to partner on real-world projects. Students participating in CAMP can be part of a team preparing for a wide range of national collegiate competitions ranging from robotics to rockets to race cars.
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The first-year peer mentoring program pairs first-year, degree-seeking students with upper-class students in the same discipline.  Mentors help their first-year mentees get acclimated to campus life, make the home-to-college transition, prepare for finals and get connected to academic resources, and find their way around the Black Hills and Rapid City. 
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The SD-FIRST program at South Dakota Mines supports first-generation students, creating an environment where they will find success.  
Our SD-FIRST program provides evidence-based resiliency support in academic, social, and economic areas with the goal of helping first-generation students find success, and ultimately graduate with a degree from South Dakota Mines. The program is designed to give students the tools to better understand and navigate a college culture and encourage higher levels of emotional intelligence in students, which results in greater involvement in campus life, higher retention and graduation rates, and more first-generation students entering the STEM fields.
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This program helps develop personal and professional skills beyond both learning and research spaces to fulfil the contemporary needs and global challenges of world-class industries, public service, and society.