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| Title | Tech News - December 2001 |
| Transcript | Tech News – December 2001 Tech Symphonic Band Concert Dec. 14 The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Symphonic Band will perform its annual free Winter Concert at 7: 30 p. m. Friday, Dec. 14, at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Tech invites the public to attend. The concert is the culmination of the band's work during the Fall 2000 semester. Sixty Tech students and community members are part of the band. Frederick Ellwein conducts. The concert will include works by John Philip Sousa, Norman Dello Joio, Frank Tichelli, Cecile Chaminade, Brian Balamges, and more. # 30# Tech Students To Present ‘ Carpetball' Table A team of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology students has designed, and will build, a " carpetball" table for the Rapid City Club for Boys. The students will present the table to the Club at 3 p. m. today, Dec. 12. The presentation will take place at the Club for Boys, 320 North 4th St. " The game was created at the Boys' club. We took the current model and redesigned it to improve stability, durability and safety features, " team member Christina Zellmer said. Zellmer and the other Tech students in the Mechanical Engineering 262 class designed and built the table. # 30# Tech Presents December TEA Award The Career Service Council at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology havs given its Tradition of Excellence Award for December to Carolyn Brich, a secretary in Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Brich started at Tech in January 2000 as a secretary in the Surbeck Student Center. In August 2000, she transferred to her current position. Her nominator said, " Carolyn is a key member of the ECE Department. She is very creative in establishing a positive atmosphere for students and staff. She makes all students feel welcome. She takes special pride in getting to know students by name and something about each one of them." The Career Service Council gives the award to someone who has performed their assigned duties at a high level or above and beyond expectations, who has taken the initiative to promote the concept of successful job completion and has promoted a positive working relationship with students, faculty and staff. # 30# Tech Honors Distinguished Alumni The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will honor five alumni during Tech's 144th Commencement scheduled for 10 a. m. Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Theater. Tech gives the " Distinguished Alumni" awards to graduates who have made outstanding contributions in their professions and to Tech. This year's Distinguished Alumni: Jay A. Brink ( Electrical Engineering, ‘ 56) After graduating from high school in Corsica, Brink started his career with the Brink family company. After graduating from Tech, he served two years in the U. S. Army and then rejoined Brink Electric as a partner. When the company was sold, he went to work for Southern California Edison in Los Angeles. He returned to Brink Electric in Rapid City when the company was reacquired. Brink retired as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Brink Electric Construction Company, a multi- million dollar company that constructs and maintains electrical transmission substations and distribution systems in the western United States. He also was corporate officer for several Brink Electric subsidiaries. Jay has consulted for numerous large corporate power companies and contractors, and he is a long- standing member of the Power and Communications Contactors Association. Brink has served on the Rapid City Airport Board, as a Director of First Federal Savings and Loan and as a Community Advisor of the former National Bank of South Dakota in Rapid City. He currently serves on the Children's Home Society Board, is an elder in the First Presbyterian Church and was one of the founding members, Vice President and a Board member of Westhills Village retirement center in Rapid City. Dr. Dianne Dorland ( Chemical Engineering, ‘ 69) Born and raised in Belle Fourche, Dorland received her bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering from Tech. She worked for both Union Carbide and DuPont before returning to West Virginia University for her PhD in 1985. After a year at the Department of Energy in Morgantown, W. V., Dorland joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota- Duluth, where she excelled from assistant professor to full professor to head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. While at Duluth, she also served as an Environmental Engineering Specialist to the UMD Sea Grant Extension Program and a Special Project Associate to the Vice Chancellor of Academic Administration at UMD. She is currently the Dean of the College of Engineering and a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Rowan University, Glassboro, N. J. Dorland has worked on pollution prevention and hazardous waste management with companies in a wide range of industries. Daniel P. Landguth ( Electrical Engineering, ‘ 68) Originally from Lead, Landguth began his first career position as a commercial representative for Pacific Gas and Electric Company in Santa Rosa, Calif. In 1970, he returned to Rapid City as a sales engineer with Black Hills Power and Light, a subsidiary of Black Hills Corporation. He progressed in his career with Black Hills Corporation from sales engineer to manager of Rates and Power Use to Power Plant manager to vice president of administration, then to president/ chief operating officer. In 1991, he was elected chairman and chief executive officer of Black Hills Corporation in addition to continuing as president Dan has given thousands of personal hours in community service by serving in leadership positions in civic activities such as chairman of South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, chairman of the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Spearfish Canyon Foundation, trustee of Rapid City Regional Hospital, commissioner of the Black Hills Boy Scout Council, trustee of the Crazy Horse Foundation, president of the North Central Electric Association, president of the Rocky Mountain Electric League, director of United Way of Rapid City, president of Canyon Lake Little League, and many other civic organizations. Dr. Bill B. May ( Electrical Engineering, ‘ 57) Originally from Sturgis, May received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from Tech. He began his career as a research assistant with Systems Techniques Laboratory, Stanford Electronics Laboratory. Bill received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1964. May and seven other staff members from Stanford University founded ARGOSystems in 1969. Using their own capital in the beginning and supplementing this equity by offering stock to employees, ARGOSystems grew by the late 1980s to more than $ 100 million in sales and more than 1, 350 employees. In the middle 1970s, ARGOSystems entered the international marketplace, eventually achieving one- third of its sales overseas. Through the years, May led the administrative, financial and management evolution of ARGOSystems from a start- up company to a mature enterprise. In 1987, he negotiated the sale of ARGOSystems to The Boeing Company. Memberships include the President's Roundtable, consultant to the Packard Commission of the U. S. Government, Sigma Xi and National Association of Corporate Directors. He has been honored as a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has received the Bronze Award for Chief Executive Aerospace- Defense Electronics, Tech's Guy E. March Medal and was a Centennial Alumnus for Tech during the school's centennial. Albert D. Schmidt ( Electrical Engineering, ‘ 49) Albert was born and raised in Alpena. He received his Electrical Engineering degree from Tech in 1949. During World War II, he served as an officer with the U. S. Navy. After graduation, he went to work for Northwestern Public Service Company in Huron. He worked his way from cadet engineer to safety director and gas engineer to assistant superintendent of production and then superintendent of gas properties. In 1958, Schmidt became vice president of operations for Northwestern Public Service and was promoted to president and chief executive officer of the company in 1965. In 1980, he became chairman and chief executive officer, a position he held until 1994. Schmidt has held the position of director for the Northwestern Public Service Company, US Business & Industrial Council, South Dakota Council on Economic Education, National Food and Energy Council, National Association of OTC Companies, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce, Midwest Gas Association National Association of Electric Companies and the American Gas Association. Schmidt also was on the executive committee and the past president of the North Central Electric Association, was on the executive committee and past chairman of Mid- Continent Area Power Pool, and was a former trustee for Huron University. Schmidt's community involvement includes serving as past exalted ruler of the Huron Elks Lodge, past patron of the Eastern Star and past counselor of United Commercial Travelers, and also with the Masonic Lodge, Yankton Consistory, American Legion, Airline Passengers Association and the Downtown Rotary of Sioux Falls. Schmidt is an active member of the Hope Lutheran Church where he is involved with the choir and offers his woodworking talents for numerous projects at the church. # 30# Tech Graduation Dec. 15 The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will holds its 144th Commencement at 10 a. m. Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Theater. Tech invites the public to attend. Homestake Mining Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack Thompson will deliver the commencement. Thompson also will speak during a luncheon scheduled for immediately following commencement. The luncheon will be held in the Surbeck Student Center Ballroom on the Tech campus. Tickets cost $ 10 each, and must be reserved by Wednesday, Nov. 12. Call 394- 2413 for tickets. Tech student Karen Carda will be the ceremony's student speaker. The 23- year- old Mechanical Engineering major is from Hermosa. South Dakota Board of Regents Vice President Jack Rentschler will represent the Regents. # 30# Suicide Prevention Forum Topic The Rev. Bruce Herrboldt, minister at South Park United Church of Christ in Rapid City, will speak about " Network of Concern: Preventing Suicide in Rapid City" at noon Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. The discussion is part of the weekly Forum Series sponsored by Tech's United Campus Ministry. The forum will be held in the Surbeck Student Center Bump Lounge on the Tech campus. Herrboldt will speak and answer audience questions. This is the final forum this semester. The forum is free and open to the public. Lunch is available beginning at 11: 30 a. m. # 30# Students Massage Away Finals Stress South Dakota School of Mines and Technology students will have finals week stress massaged away during an event Monday, Dec. 17. Licensed massage therapists will give free massages to Tech students from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. in the Surbeck Student Center Bump Lounge on the Tech campus. Tech invites the media to attend. # 30# Midnight Breakfast Gives Students Study Break South Dakota School of Mines and Technology faculty and staff will cook and serve a Midnight Breakfast to Tech students from 9 p. m. to midnight Sunday, Dec. 16. The event is designed to give students a reason to take a break from studying the night before Finals Week begins. Students can win door prizes while they enjoy the eggs, bacon, and other breakfast foods prepared by university vice presidents, deans, and others. Finals Week runs from Monday, Dec. 17, to Friday, Dec. 21. Tech invites the media to attend the Midnight Breakfast. # 30# Homestake CEO Tech Commencement Speaker Homestake Mining Company Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack Thompson will deliver the commencement address during the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's 144th Commencement scheduled for 10 a. m. Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Theater. Tech invites the public to attend. Thompson also will speak during a luncheon scheduled for immediately following commencement. The luncheon will be held in the Surbeck Student Center Ballroom on the Tech campus. Tickets cost $ 10 each, and must be reserved by Wednesday, Nov. 12. Call 394- 2413 for tickets. Tech student Karen Carda will be the ceremony's student speaker. The 23- year- old Mechanical Engineering major is from Hermosa. South Dakota Board of Regents Vice President Jack Rentschler will represent the Regents. # 30# Give The Gift Of Fossils The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's Museum of Geology has a holiday gift for museum visitors. The museum, located in the O'Harra Building, will offer a 10 percent discount for purchases made in the museum Gift Shop between Sunday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 22. The museum sells books about paleontology and geology, fossils, minerals, T- shirts, posters, and other unique gifts. The museum will be open form 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. Sunday, Dec. 16, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday, Dec. 17 through Friday, Dec. 21, and from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. Saturday, Dec. 22. Call the museum at 394- 2467. # 30# Eclectic Vision Coming To Apex Gallery The Apex Gallery at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will show an exhibition of collaborative prints and drawings from Jan. 11 to Feb. 15. The exhibition, " Eclectic Vision, " is the work of Kent Kapplinger and a variety of collaborators. Kapplinger is the director of the Printmaking Education Research Studio and assistant professor at North Dakota Sate University. The collaborators include Kapplinger's 5- year- old niece, a semi- retired farmer, an office manager and students in an Advanced Drawing class at North Dakota State University. As a printmaker, Kapplinger has found an inherent sense of collaboration exists within the print studio. Because of the necessity of sharing equipment and the camaraderie that evolves from the technical requirements of printmaking, the art form welcomes the communication of artistic vision. That inspired Kapplinger to put together this exhibition. A video conference with the artists will be held at 5 p. m. Friday, Jan. 11, at the Apex Gallery. The public is invited to attend. The gallery is open from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Monday through Saturday and from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. Sunday. The gallery is closed school holidays. The gallery is located in the Classroom Building Room 211. # 30# Children's Science Center Special Events The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's Children's Science Center will be open for two special events Saturday, Dec. 15, and Sunday, Dec. 16. The Science Center is located at 515 West Blvd. in Rapid City. Saturday, Dec. 15: Pick up fun and educational holiday gifts during Saturday Shopping from noon to 4 p. m. The Science Center is offering a 10 percent discount on all items in the Gift Shop. You can choose puzzles, volcano kits, brain teasers, dinosaurs and much more. Admission is free. Sunday, Dec. 16: The Science Center invites everyone to attend the first- ever Family Fireside Caroling Party from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. There will be singing, hot cider and lots of fun. Admission is free. Call 394- 2554 for information. # 30# |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology |
| Local Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Date | 2001-12 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Is part of Office of University Relations SDSM&T News Collection |
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| Submitting Institution | Devereaux Library. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. |
| Date Digital | 2009 |
| CONTENTdm number | 4856 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 5836.pdf |
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