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| Transcript | South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Michael Steinmetz, of Alexandria, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Steinmetz will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Ti Kauth, of Belden, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Kauth will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Kajda Stevens, of Benson, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Stevens will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Brian Lee, of Beulah, N.D., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Lee will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Yasmin AbuAyed, of Big Lake, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. AbuAyed will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Alexis Braun, of Bismarck, N.D., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Braun will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Douglas Renken, of Blue Earth, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Renken will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Tyler Ode, of Brandon, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Ode will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Jeffrey Lamb, of Bremerton, WA, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Lamb will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Tyler Flattum, of Bristol, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Flattum will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Michael Volosin, of Claremont, Calif., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Volosin will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Edmundo Ruiz, of Crooks, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Ruiz will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. ���These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant James Parrish, of Deadwood, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Parrish will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Daniel Deisch, of Elbert, Colo., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Deisch will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Jeffrey Schnabel, of Emery, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Schnabel will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant John Eppen, of Fountain, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Eppen will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Kelly Hansen, of Fruitdale, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Hansen will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Andrew Fairhead, of Gordon, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Fairhead will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 �� Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Jonathan Patten, of Green River, Wyo., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Patten will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Michael Grave, of Hartford, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Grave will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Caitlin Greenfield, of Hermosa, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Greenfield will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Joshua Hoover, of Hopewell, Pa., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Hoover will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed.��� FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Jeremy Wolf, of Hosmer, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Wolf will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Matthew Deis, of Hudson, Wisc., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Deis will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Brad Zemke, of Kodiak, Alaska, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Zemke will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Scott Kranz, of Kranzburg, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Kranz will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Jacob Thaler, of Lake Andes, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Thaler will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Lucas Wheeler, of Lemmon, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Wheeler will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant David See, of Liberty, Mo., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. See will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Zachary Albrecht, of Little Falls, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Albrecht will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Kari Kippes, of Marion, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Kippes will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Collin Rogers, of McKinleyville, Calif., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Rogers will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. ��These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Terence Satchell, of Milford, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Satchell will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Lukas Munsell, of Mills, Wyo., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Munsell will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Garrett Schmitz, of Minneota, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Schmitz will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Whitney Robeck, of Monticello, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Robeck will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Benjamin Bangasser, of New Hope, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Bangasser will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Joshua Anderson, of Newcastle, Wyo., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Anderson will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Kenneth Hansen, of North Saint Paul, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Hansen will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Brian Schochenmaier, of Oacoma, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Schochenmaier will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Steven Hector, of Omaha, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Hector will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant William Baker, of O'Neill, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Baker will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Mariah Tooley, of Platte, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Tooley will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Chadd Steffes, of Plevna, Mont., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Steffes will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Alan Larson, of Pollock, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Larson will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Logan Loeb, of Raleigh, N.D., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Loeb will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Christopher Rauch, of Rice, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Rauch will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Paul Buchanan, of Robbinsdale, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Buchanan will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Brandon Lampe, of Salem, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Lampe will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Jordan Hein, of Scottsbluff, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Hein will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Ryan Tucker, of Sheridan, Wyo., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Tucker will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Kevin Rogers, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Rogers will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Scott Connor, of St. Bonifacius, Minn., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Connor will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Jason Booth, of Timber Lake, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Booth will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant John Tines, of Venango, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Tines will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Mark Horton, of Wall, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Horton will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Michelle Zier, of Watford City, N.D., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Zier will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Trevor Krugman, of Wayne, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Krugman will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Brett Morlok, of Wayne, Neb., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Morlok will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Steven Easter, of Widefield, Colo., is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Easter will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Seth Mosteller, of Winner, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Mosteller will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# South Dakota Tech News 501 E. Saint Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-6082/2554 • Fax: (605) 394-6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2004 Contact: Steve Buchholz, Public Information Manager, 394-6082 Local Student Selected As FIRST Participant Carie Schneider, of Yankton, is one of 101 students selected to participate in a new South Dakota Tech program designed to help freshmen succeed. Schneider will begin studies in the fall 2004 semester at South Dakota Tech, an engineering and science university in Rapid City, S.D. The program, called FIRST, Freshman Introduction to Real Success at Tech, will help students develop connections with each other and the university during each student's first year on campus. "These connections provide the students with a foundation of support both academically and socially during their first year at Tech" Reeny Wilson, Tech's director of Residence Life, said. "Also, participants will be able to take advantage of in-hall tutoring and coordinated study groups. Various other features of the program will give participants opportunities to live, learn and succeed." FIRST evolved during a year of planning after Tech staff and faculty saw a need for students to have a more integrated first year. "First-year students spend a majority of their time in the residence halls, so making a stronger connection between academics and life in the dorms just makes sense" Wilson said. "We also want to help students develop strong, healthy relationships in their peer groups and with the university. These types of relationships have a positive impact on a student's success." #30# |
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