MITCHELL, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) He hopes to become the next owner of Social Media Giant TikTok.

If he does, Wyoming businessman Reid Rasner says South Dakota will play a key role in hosting the company.

If that all comes to pass, one of the primary benefactors will be Dakota State University in Madison.

DSU President, Dr. Jose-Marie Griffiths, says the school has worked hard to develop critical relationships in the cyber-tech world…

“We’ve made it our mission to lead in cyber education research and national security, and we’re called to be only one of only 10 universities in the nation to hold all three in National Security Agency Center of Academic Excellence designations.” The Chinese owner of TikTok has a June 19th deadline to sell the platform, or go dark in the U-S