North Dakotan to take reins of South Dakota Mines in January

Brian Tande hired as 20th president of Rapid City-based university

The South Dakota Board of Regents has selected Brian Tande to be the next president of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City.

Tande, an esteemed engineering academic at the University of North Dakota, has been tapped to lead the Black Hills university after former Mines & Technology President Jim Rankin retired last summer.

“Dr. Tand…