Jacks ELEVATE Program
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2026 Information
Dates: Aug. 16-21, 2026
Cost: Free to incoming engineering freshmen.
Attention, Engineering Freshmen
Jacks ELEVATE program is a one-week experience immediately prior to the start of the semester. The program emphasizes development of key skills to kick-off your engineering education on the right foot. Your week starts Sunday with the move-in to your dorm — before all other SDSU first-years — followed by a welcome picnic. Students and their families and SDSU staff are invited.
Activities for the week include:
- touring college facilities, including engineering lab and workspaces
- team and community building activities and projects
- learn the places to eat, shop and play
- meeting faculty, staff, department heads and the dean, plus industry leaders
- workshops on wellness, study habits, leadership and communication
- identifying campus and community resources
Program Objectives
- Connect: Teamwork and peer collaboration
- Navigate: Learn the campus, community and resources
- Develop: Problem-solving and critical thinking
- See: Science, engineering and research
- Learn: Time management, study skills, good communication and leadership concepts
- Be: Ethical, professional, teammate and friend
- Have: Fun, fun, fun
No cost to participate
Yes, that’s right — no cost, no fees, nothing. Your early dorm move-in, your food, your first Jacks logo wear — it’s all included at no cost to you.
Support for the Jacks ELEVATE programs comes from the David and Shelley Frazee Scholarship Fund.
Registration
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Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering
Physical Address
1151 8th St.
Brookings,
SD
57007
Mailing Address
Crothers Engineering Hall 201, Box 2219
Brookings,
SD
57007
Hours
Mon - Fri: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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