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| Transcript | Office of University Relations SDSM& T News 501 E. St. Joseph Street • Rapid City, SD 57701- 3995 Phone: ( 605) 394- 6082/ 2554 • Fax: ( 605) 394- 6177 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ( February 19, 1998) SDSM& T HAS BUSY WEEK OF ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FOR NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK, FEBRUARY 22- 28 The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology has a busy week of activities scheduled to celebrate the 21st Annual National Engineers Week, February 22- 28, 1998. Following is a summary of the activities taking place next week: Sunday, Feb. 22: Book- Signing Reception for Vine Deloria, Jr. 2: 00 - 4: 00 p. m., Devereaux Library Featured books: Red Earth, White Lies; God Is Red; American Indians, American Justice and Custer Died for Your Sins 1998 NOSTALGIA NIGHT Film Series: A Man for All Seasons 6: 00 p. m., Elks Theatre ( Admission by series booklets or individual tickets ($ 4) sold at the door on a space available basis. Monday, Feb. 23: An Informal Fireside Chat with Vine Deloria, Jr. 2: 00 pm, Surbeck Ballroom 7: 00 pm, Didier Education Center ( CB 204) Deloria's appearances are cosponsored by the South Dakota Humanities Council and SDSM& T. Programs are free and open to the public. Contact: Vice- President's Office, 394- 2256 Tuesday, Feb. 24: United Campus Ministries Forum: " The Engineer's Role in Design- Build Projects" Speakers: An Engineers Panel from Black Hills Chapter, South Dakota Engineering Society 12: 00 noon - 1: 30 p. m., Bump Lounge ( lunch available at 11: 30 a. m.) Rube Goldberg Contest: " Turn Off an Alarm Clock in no less than 20 Steps" 3: 00 - 5: 00 pm, Surbeck Ballroom Hardrocker BB vs. Black Hills State 5: 30 pm, Women's Game / 7: 30 pm, Men's Game Wed., Feb. 25: " Anything Goes" Contest 4: 00 - 6: 00 pm, Surbeck Ballroom Outrageous contests designed for SDSM& T students by SDSM& T students. Thursday, Feb. 26: Outstanding Recent Graduates Recognition / Mayor's Proclamation of Engineers Week / Order of Engineer Initiation 11: 00 am - 1: 00 pm, Surbeck Ballroom Outstanding recent SDSM& T graduates will be honored based on their professional and civic accomplishments since graduation. -- more— -- 2— Friday, Feb. 27: " Just in It for the Toys" by Prof. Jack Weyland 11: 00 am, Surbeck Ballroom Over 500 area 6th- 12th grade students are scheduled to attend Professor Weyland's program on how to have fun with physics. Experiments/ Displays in Departments 1: 00 - 3: 30 pm, Participating Depts. Tours conducted by SDSM& T's ROTC students and Student Ambassadors " Grubby Number One" Contest 3: 00 - 5: 00 pm, Surbeck Snack Bar Geol/ GeolE Friday Afternoon Seminar: " A Scientist's Guide to Staying Afloat in the Sea of Cyber- babble�� Speaker: Trevor Davenport, SDSM& T 4: 00 pm, MI 222 Contact: Geol/ GeolE Dept., 394- 2461 " Fossil Expedition to Antarctica" Speaker: Dr. Jim Martin, Museum of Geology 5: 00 pm, Surbeck Bump Lounge H. M. Weisz Philosophy Society Meeting 7: 30 pm, Faculty Club, Classroom Building Speakers: Marie and Richard Wiggin will lead the discussion of " The Divinity of Numbers", a lecture by Georgetown University's Professor Daniel Robinson that is part of the ' Great Ideas of Philosophy' Teaching Series taught by Professor Robinson. Contact: Dr. James Miller, 394- 1982 Drama Club One Act Festival 8: 00 p. m., Surbeck Center Ballroom The production is free and open to the public. Plays ( all comedies) to be performed include The Danes of Our Lives; The Nerd; Words, Words, Words; and Sure Thing. Contact: Scott Talsma, Drama Club President, 394- 2476 Saturday, Feb. 28: Tech Student Team Competes in ACM Intercollegiate Programming World Championship Atlanta, GA SDSM& T's 3- student team will compete against 53 other teams from the U. S. and around the world. Only the top 162 students qualified for the ACM World Finals from the 3, 750 students from 700 universities in 40 countries who competed in regional contests. Contact: Drs. Ed Corwin and Toni Logar, 394- 6146 High School Computer Programming Contest 9: 30 am - 3: 30 pm, EP 342 Contact: Computer Science Dept., 394- 2471 West River Mathcounts Contest 1: 00 pm, CB 204 Contact: Ginger Wessel, 343- 1997 -- more-- -- 3— Sat. Feb. 28 ( cont'd): Drama Club One Act Festival 8: 00 p. m., Surbeck Center Ballroom The production is free and open to the public. Plays ( all comedies) to be performed include The Danes of Our Lives; The Nerd; Words, Words, Words; and Sure Thing. Contact: Scott Talsma, Drama Club President, 394- 2476 Sunday, March 1: Devereaux Film Series: " West Side Story" 6: 00 pm, Elks Theatre Contact: Devereaux Library, 394- 2418 ++ 30++ ( f:\ programs\ dept\ univrel\ pressrele\ 298\ Mediatip 0220 fax/ local) |
| Creator | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. University Relations; |
| Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; |
| Local Subject | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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| Digital Publisher | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Devereaux Library
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| Date | 1998-02-19 |
| 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 | 980 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 981.pdf |
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