South Dakota Mines CAMP

South Dakota Mines is excited to host the ASCE Regional Competition right here in the Black Hills!

This event brings together top engineering students from across the region—but we’re especially proud to support our own:
🔶 Concrete Canoe Team
🔶 Steel Bridge Team

From racing concrete canoes to assembling steel bridges against the clock, these teams showcase the innovation, teamwork, and hands-on experience that define Mines students.

If you’re in the area, come out and support these teams as they compete on their home turf!

📍 Black Hills, SD
📅 April 23–25
Let’s show them what Mines pride looks like 💪

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🎮 Grubby Games Varsity Tournament – March 28th & 29th

The SDSMT Esports Association is hosting a full weekend of competitive gaming at South Dakota Mines!

📍 Location: CB 204
⏰ Start Time: 10:00 AM (both days)

Main Events:
• 4v4 Crew Battle (March 28)
• Ultimate Singles (March 28)

Additional Tournaments Available:
• Killer Instinct 3 (2XKO)
• Rivals of Aether 2
• Street Fighter 6
• Skullgirls

💰 Venue Fee: $10
🎮 Entry: $5 per event
🎯 Format: Bracket Style Elimination

This event is hosted in collaboration with BHS and MOST.

Whether you’re competing or just coming to watch, all are welcome!

🎮🔥 LAN MINES 2026 is HERE! 🔥🎮

The South Dakota Mines Esports Association is hosting there annual LAN Mines event — and you’re invited!

🗓 Feb 28 – Mar 1
⏰ Noon to Noon (24 hours of gaming!)
📍 Classroom Building Room 204
🎓 Open to ALL Mines students

Bring your own setup 💻
OR borrow one of ours 🎮

Whether you're competing, hanging out, or just looking to connect with the esports community — this is your chance to game together in person.

Can’t make it? Catch the action live on Twitch:
👉 twitch.tv/hardrocker_esports

Join our Discord to stay updated and connect with other players!

Let’s fill the room, fire up the PCs, and make this the biggest LAN yet.


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Raising for Rockers may be over, but the impact is just beginning.

Thank you to every donor, alum, parent, partner, and supporter who invested in CAMP.

Because of your generosity, students will continue turning classroom knowledge into real-world systems, from design and fabrication to testing and national competition.

Your support fuels:

• Hands-on engineering education
• Multidisciplinary collaboration
• Leadership and workforce-ready skill development
• Opportunities for every student to build and grow

CAMP is powered by students, and supported by a community that believes in them.

Thank you for helping us build the future.


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We’re 10 hours in — and already 25% of the way there!

Thank you to everyone who has stepped up to support CAMP during Raising for Rockers. Your generosity is already fueling hands-on engineering projects, national competition teams, and workforce-ready skill development.

But we’re not done yet.

There’s still time to make an impact before the clock runs out.

Every gift helps students design, fabricate, test, and compete with real systems, gaining the experience industry demands.

Let’s keep building.

Support CAMP here:
https://raisingforrockers.sdsmt.edu/campaigns/camp-1



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We’re LIVE — Raising for Rockers has officially begun!

Behind every competition photo is a shop full of builders. A lab full of problem solvers. A team learning to lead.

CAMP is a nationally recognized, hands-on engineering program where students turn classroom knowledge into real systems, from aircraft and race cars to advanced manufacturing projects.

During Raising for Rockers (February 18–19), your support directly fuels:

• Design for Manufacturing experiences
• Tools and materials for student builds
• National competition participation
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration
• Leadership and workforce-ready skill development

Every gift helps students grow into innovative, community-minded professionals ready to make meaningful contributions to society.

Invest in the future of engineering.
Support CAMP today:
🔗 https://raisingforrockers.sdsmt.edu/campaigns/camp-1


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If you built in CAMP, you know what it takes.

The late nights.
The first test runs.
The lessons learned in failure.
The pride of competition.

CAMP builds engineers who can design, fabricate, manage projects, and lead teams — because they’ve already done it.

February 18–19, Raising for Rockers fuels the next generation of builders.
🔗https://raisingforrockers.sdsmt.edu/campaigns/camp-1
Support CAMP. Build the future.


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🚀 Support the Future of Innovation at South Dakota Mines.

CAMP is a nationally recognized, student-centered, hands-on engineering program where students collaborate, create, and compete.

From rockets and robotics to race cars and aircraft, students turn classroom knowledge into fully designed, manufactured, and operational systems.

During Raising for Rockers (February 18–19 | Noon to Noon), your support fuels:

🔧 Real engineering projects
🏁 National competitions
⚙️ Design for Manufacturing training
🤝 Cross-disciplinary teamwork
🎓 Leadership and professional growth

At CAMP, students don’t just study engineering, they build it.

Mark your calendar. Let’s power innovation together.
🔗https://raisingforrockers.sdsmt.edu/campaigns/camp-1

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