Academic Programs and Sustainability, elements of recruiting, Retention of students, Making Collaborations Work

1. Academic Programs and Sustainability, elements of recruiting, Retention of students, Making Collaborations Work Damon Fick Foster Sawyer South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

2. Academic Programs SDSMT Civil and Environmental Engineering Geological Engineering SDSU Civil and Environmental Engineering SDSMT Civil and Environmental Engineering Geological Engineering OLC Math and Science

3. Department of Math and ScienceAssociate of Arts in Pre-Engineering *Articulation agreements with SDSU and SDSMT are in place

4. Course Delivery

5. Elements of Recruiting “Booth” Method: LNI Basketball tournament, OLC Career Fair, SDSMT Gear-up Expo

6. More effective recruitment • Tiospaye Program – SDSMT • AISES Student Chapter – SDSMT • GEAR-UP – SDSMT • Native American Club – SDSU • Campus Flyers – SDSU • Personal Contact - OLC Presentations, announcements, reminders Can be competitive

7. 2011-2012 native American Student Retention • SDSMT – 6 of 6 interns still enrolled at SDSMT, first B.S. graduate May 2013 • SDSU – 2 of 2 interns still enrolled at SDSU, 1 MS in process, 1 MS complete • OLC – 6 of 7 interns still enrolled, 2 matriculated to 4 year programs Personal experience: mentoring and advising are critical! Financial support also important.

8. Sustainability Instructors and students required for sustainability • OLC faculty audit class (new offerings) the first semester it’s offered. • Instructors from SDSMT/SDSU help as needed the 2nd year. • Carefully planned course schedules • Recruitment: create interest in Pre-Engineering • Deliver high-quality, motivational courses Variety Flexibility

9. Making Collaborations Work Other • Project meetings • Conference calls w/SDSU • Bi-Weekly SDSMT/OLC • Service Learning Projects • Daily updates/coordination • Field work • Poster presentations • NSF Back to the Future REU • 2011 PEEC intern currently participating • Blacksmithing, Crazy Horse hike, poster presentations Teaching • Intro to Engineering • Hansen/Benning, Tinant • Surveying • Berdanier, Tinant • Construction Materials • Hansen/Fick, Schwalm • Intro to Geological Engineering • LaGarry, Sawyer • Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science • Berdanier, Tinant

10. Collaborations Established as a result of PEEC • NSF Back to the Future REU • Thunder Valley Regenerative Community • NSF EPSCoR RII T1 planning grant • University of CO’s Native American Sustainable Housing Initiative (NASHI) • EPA Environmental Education Grant

11. Thunder Valley Regenerative Community

12. Opportunities as a result of Collaborations • Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Design Class – 2012-2013 project (SDSMT/SDSU) • Surveying • SDSU/OLC/SDSMT • Geotechnical Testing • 2013 Projects • NSF EPSCoR • Geologic mapping • OST EPP/NRRA OSSPEEC engineering and CU architecture students pose next to a net-zero straw bale house foundation

13. NSF EPSCoR Planning Grant • SD is eligible for submission in Fall 2013 • Several planning grants awarded, many themes in development. “Net-Zero Energy Community Concepts” Bruce Berdanier, P.I. Tremendous Potential Design and Experimentation • Water and Waste • Bio – Inspired Materials • Alternative Energies

14. Questions?