Hardrocker Bingo Bash!
📅 Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025 | 🕓 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
📍 March Ballroom, Pearson Alumni Center

Join us for a night of pizza, prizes, and fun at our Student Alumni Bingo Night!
Connect with alumni, meet new friends, and enjoy some friendly competition.
🍕 Free pizza and snacks
🎁 Awesome prizes
🎉 Games and laughs with fellow Hardrockers

Please register in advance so we can plan for food and seating.
Don’t miss this fun, casual way to celebrate our Hardrocker community!

👉 Register here - https://cara.sdsmt.edu/events/2025-hardrocker-bingo-bash

Event Date(s) / Time: Saturday, January 10, 2026 2:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Details:

30th Annual Pierre Area SDSM&T Alumni Tailgate Party
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026 | 2:30 p.m.
Adults: $10 , Kids under 12: free, FREE entry for food contest participants (limit 2 per family)

The SDSM&T Tailgate Party is a casual and fun event that you do not want to miss!
Enjoy an afternoon connecting with alumni, family, and friends while cheering on the NFL playoff games.
Snacks, beer, and soda will be available—and don’t forget to enter one or all of our famous food contests
for a chance to win SDSM&T apparel!

Food Contests
•    Grub-in-a-Tub
•    Miner’s Miscellaneous Masterpieces
•    Gold Digger Delights

Event Highlights
•    Keg tapped at 2:30 p.m.
•    Updates from South Dakota Mines 20th President Brian Tande & Director of Alumni Engagement Shelli Grinager
•    Contests and door prizes
•    Group photo and Engineer Song
•    Football games on TV

Bring your best dish, your school spirit, and your family—and plan to stay as long as you like.
SEE YOU THERE!

Want to know more? Contact any Tailgate Party Committee member:
Steve Pirner (CE72), Steve Johnson (CE83), Mike Perkovich (MinE83), Jeanne (GeolE79) & Jim Goodman (GeolE71), Nayyer Syed (Geol94), Kathleen Grigg (GeolE13), Dustin Witt (CENG05), Bryce Kampa (GeolE15), Brandon Carda (ME15).

👉 Register here - bit.ly/3LnaWIt

Location: American Legion Cabin 520 South Pierre Street
Fees: Adults: $10, Kids under 12: free, FREE entry for food contest participants (limit 2 per family)
Contact: Shelli.Grinager@sdsmt.edu
Updated by: Jo Dwyer

Event Date(s) / Time: Thursday, December 11, 2025 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Details:

You're invited to kick back and join us for a casual happy hour and mingle with our new leader, Dr. Brian Tande, the 20th President of South Dakota Mines.

📅 Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025 
🕔 5 - 7 p.m.
📍 Divots (206 W Norfolk Ave - Norfolk, NE 68701) 
✨ Appetizers will be provided and drinks are available for purchase.  

Come on out to Divots for a relaxed evening of conversation, catching up with old friends, and hearing a bit about the exciting things happening on campus. 
No formal speeches—just a great chance to meet Dr. Tande face-to-face and welcome him to the community! 

Let's show him the spirit of the Hardrocker alumni! 

👉 Register here - bit.ly/3JOqfJH

Location: Divots 206 W Norfolk Ave Norfolk, NE 68701 
Fees: Drinks - individual tickets
Contact: Shelli.Grinager@sdsmt.edu
Updated by: Jo Dwyer

Celebrate the Next Chapter at Our New Alumni Welcome Mixer!
Join us as we welcome our newest Hardrocker grads into the alumni family!

📅 Thursday, Dec 4
🕠 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
📍 Robbinsdale Lounge
805 E Saint Patrick St, Rapid City, SD 57701

Enjoy a delicious taco bar, exciting prizes, and plenty of laughs
as you reconnect with classmates and mingle with local alumni.

Whether you’re graduating, newly moved to the area, or a longtime alum,
this is the perfect chance to celebrate, network, and share your Hardrocker pride.

👉 Register here - bit.ly/4oxPzD6

Join us for our monthly alumni lunch in Rapid City! All alumni and their guests are welcome. Second Thursday of every month from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Thirsty's. Food & drinks are available for purchase. 

No RSVP necessary. See you there!!