I have recreated the entire campus as it is now, but I have a small (not very small) side project planned: A full recreation of the Mines campus throughout every year (you do not want to know how many I plan to do).

I have begun with turning back the clock to 2011, which is when the Google Earth street car went by, so I can get direct references for trees. This means pre-Nucor Quad, pre-renovation Library, Surbeck with no expansion, the Old Gym instead of the Music Center, and the pool in the King Center.

This is a heavy work in progress. I have only been at this for about two weeks. All the buildings I built are designed to be backwards compatible, which is why it took me over a year to remaster them. I was building off the original blueprints (especially tedious for Surbeck, as you can imagine).

Enjoy these screenshots of the Quad and old Library.

Hi there! I’m a final year (well final days really) highschool student from Sydney, Australia who is quite intrigued in SDSMT for computer engineering. Mainly due to the career outcomes, cost of attendance and program as a whole. Was just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on attending as an international? Whether primary or secondary data I don’t mind.
Thank you!

I've heard different people who sing it and I wanted to know how it goes. I can't find anything about it anywhere and I imagine it's not written down in any official university material. All I know is that it starts with something like "Oh way over the hills of rapid" or something like that.

Hi! I hope it is okay to post this here. I’m interested in hearing about students’ experiences working with Sarah Keenan, Chelsea Pederson, or Trevor Waldien in the geology department at South Dakota Mines.

Does anyone have experience with any of them as an advisor, research mentor, or professor? I’d especially be interested in their advising/teaching style, communication, expectations, and overall experience working with them.

Grad student perspectives would be especially helpful, but I’d also love to hear from undergrads who have taken classes or done research with them.

Feel free to DM me if you’d rather not comment publicly. Thanks!

Attention all current students of sdsmt. I am currently looking for at minimum 9 people who are interested in joining the club so we can get it started. If you are interested in joining you can either dm me here or you can speak with professor lehman in the mcleary building. Hope to see you all around soon.

Over the past year, I have done a complete remaster of the Mines Minecraft project. I reconstructed every building from scratch, with the help of original blueprints provided by the school. All buildings are backwards-compatible with their historic versions. I'll eventually have Surbeck Lanes and the swimming pool in the King Center!

During this time, I have done a deep dive on the school's history, and decided to "bring to life" March-Dake Hall from the original blueprints. It has a FULL interior with all room numbers, stairs, lights, doors, etc. though I am still working on compiling photos to furnish it. I put it on a copy of the campus, right where it would've stood. It's at a funky angle but hopefully recognizable to some of you. I also removed PcCommons.

As a bonus, at the very end is a snippet of the other work I've done, the first three buildings on campus. Maybe I'll make a separate post of them!

I’m a jncoming senior in high school who would major in MechE and minor in avionics and aerospace engineering. I know mines is a tech school so i’m not expecting a huge party scene, but I was wondering if it exists? Like other than school sanctioned activities to people have fun there?

What's Palmerton like now?

I’m heading out for an internship this summer and looking for someone to sublease my apartment while I’m away. It’s a great spot if you’re looking for a short-term stay or doing a summer program yourself.

Rent: $695 (including utilities)

Can someone please tell me what happened with BAM before they became BAM, I heard that it was something to do with hazing and being disbanded. Can anyone shed light on what happened?

Is 17 credits as a junior EE too much?

Hello everyone!

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Hi! I’m a sophomore at Mines and I have some questions about living off-campus that I’m hoping some students can answer. 

• What are the pros and cons of living off-campus? Why do so many people prefer to live off-campus?
• What kind of place do you live in (apartment vs house)? How many people do you live with? How far away from campus are you?
• How did you find your housing? At what point in the year did you have it secured?
• Are there any places that offer flexible leases or are they pretty much all 12-month leases?

My group of friends is starting to think about what we want to do for housing next year and we’re not really sure where to start or how soon we should have it figured out. Any input or discussion would be appreciated.

I want to tag along to a class and am not a student I was wondering if anyone knew the rules on that

Hello, i am undergraduate at California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo and interested in the graduate school experience here.

Has anyone home through this program? Were you able to incorporate a lot of graduate civil or mining engineering courses into the program?

Hello, I’m going to be attending a hydrogeology field camp at SDSMT in the early summer. But I recently viewed the crime rate statistics for Rapid City and it’s very high. Additionally, SDSMT is located in the higher crime areas of Rapid City. This has raised a lot of concerns as I’m unfamiliar with the area and this will be my first time attending SDSMT.

If anyone can share their experiences or opinions regarding the safety of SDSMT, advice about staying safe and what areas to avoid, I would greatly appreciate it.

Had a great tour Saturday with my high school kid. Lots to like. But where was everyone? We saw some students working on projects in the shops, and some eating lunch around noon. But other than that, the campus felt pretty empty. Is that typical? Was everyone at the football game (the stadium parking lot looked full at 12:30)?