Darcy Briggs

Headshot of Darcy Briggs.

Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at the South Dakota School of Mines

2017 SEM-EP Graduate

Over 18 years progressively responsible experience in higher education, with a breadth of experience in Student Affairs at two-year, four-year, public, and private institutions. Areas of responsibility have included admissions, recruiting, records / registration, graduation, prior learning assessment, First Year Experience program, academic advising, institutional research, assessment, financial aid, and curriculum and program development.

Expertise: Admissions, Enrollment Management, Registrar, Records and Registration, Process Improvement, and Leadership.

Capstone Project - “Evaluating the Impact Proactive Full-time Registration has on Student Retention.” This research project sought to determine if proactively enrolling a specific population of students full-time in their first semester of courses would result in student success when compared to prior year data. Student success is defined as an increase in enrollment, persistence, and retention.