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| Title | Higher Ed Center Officially Opens |
| Transcript | Higher Education Center — West River 515 West Blvd. • Rapid City, SD 57701 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2005 Contacts: Steve Buchholz, School of Mines, 394-6082 Corinne Hansen, BHSU, 642-6215 Higher Ed Center Officially Opens West River residents who want to pursue their higher education goals now have an easy, efficient way to find the information they need, thanks to the Higher Education Center — West River. South Dakota Board of Regents members and representatives from the four participating universities will officially open the center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 23. The ribbon-cutting will be held at the center, located at 515 West Blvd. in Rapid City. The media is invited to attend. The Higher Education Center - West River was established to provide a "one-stop shop" for all West River area students considering enrolling in higher educational programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. Some courses and programs will be taught at the center. The purpose of the Center is to provide a cooperative and collaborative effort from the participating universities — Black Hills State, School of Mines, University of South Dakota and South Dakota State — to meet the needs of students — especially the large population base in western South Dakota. "We are providing a coordinated effort for course offerings for all residents in this area, " Dr. Dean Myers, vice president for academic affairs at BHSU and director of the center, said. "By contacting the center, students can get information about financial aid, apply to the universities and meet with representatives from the schools. The Center is designed to handle all of their needs." The center is striving to be responsive to the needs of residents in the entire West River region. One of the first tasks for the center will be assessing what those needs are and formulating a plan to meet them. The Center plans to conduct market research to find out what programs are needed and what needs are currently not being met. Deleted: March 22, 2005 "We are looking at how we can be more efficient in offering higher education options, " Myers said. The Center will work as a clearinghouse to avoid duplicate coursework and facilitate a plan to share professors for courses offered by separate universities. The center's location near downtown Rapid City includes more than a dozen offices and a large classroom and houses representatives from several universities. The Center is under the direction of a consortium composed of BHSU President Dr. Thomas Flickema and School of Mines President Dr. Charles Ruch as well as Dr. Tad Perry, executive director of the South Dakota Board of Regents. "This is an important step for the state university system, " Ruch said. "Helping students succeed in life is the goal of every university, and we think this center will help more students reach that dream." "That's absolutely correct, " Flickema agreed. "The whole purpose of the Higher Education Center is to provide the best possible service to current and potential students." #30# |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | South Dakota Board of Regents; |
| Local Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Contributors | Buchholz, Steve; |
| Date | 2005-03-22 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | Is part of Office of University Relations SDSM&T News Collection |
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| Submitting Institution | Devereaux Library. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. |
| Date Digital | 2009 |
| CONTENTdm number | 7048 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 7887.pdf |
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