Mid-Con President's Meeting

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From the SDSU student newspaper The Collegian:

http://www.sdsucollegian.com/media/stor ... legian.com

The long wait may be over

Mid-Con officials visit SDSU campus in early August, say they liked what they saw.

Brian Kimmes

SDSU has taken another step closer to achieving conference affiliation.

From Aug. 9 - 11, Mid-Continent Conference, Mid-Con, officials visited SDSU. The Mid-Con may expand by up to three schools, and officials are considering adding SDSU to the conference. North Dakota State University and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne are the other schools up for possible admission.

Conference officials visited Brookings to see firsthand SDSU's facilities, research and academics.

"The goal of our site team was to learn as much as possible about South Dakota State University,"

was on the site visit team. "Until you're on campus ... you don't get a sense of their passion and energy about their athletic program."

The site visit team submitted reports Aug. 18 and the Mid-Con Presidential Conference should make decisions within the first two weeks of September.  .  .  .  (read more)