South Dakota Mines invests in student success

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – On Monday, South Dakota Mines devoted the Vanderboom Workplace of Pupil Success, honoring alumnus Steve Vanderboom and his spouse, Julie.

The couple donated $1 million to the college to develop and renovate the workplace in Deveraux Library.

Whereas the main target of the scholar success workplace is to assist first-year college students transition to being on campus, the workplace helps all college students of their journey to commencement. The Vanderboom Workplace of Pupil Success brings first-year advisers, tutoring companies, and the testing middle beneath one roof.

”It actually eliminates the frustration that college students have after they really feel like they’re being bounced round from workplace to workplace and we will actually shortly assist college students connect with these assets very seamlessly,” mentioned Lisa Carlson, affiliate vice chairman of Pupil Success for South Dakota Mines.

By way of the work of the workplace, South Dakota Mines had an 82% retention fee between freshman and sophomore college students in the course of the 2021-2022 faculty 12 months.

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