Build Dakota Scholarships Sending 300 To School This Fall

Workforce-jobsOver 300 students planning to attend South Dakota technical schools will be doing so for free this fall. The Build Dakota Scholarship Board has announced the recipients of the first round of scholarships, funded by T. Denny Sanford and The Future Fund program in South Dakota. Scholarship Program Manager, Deni Amundson says that the scholarship is open to anyone looking to fill a career in a high need occupation…

Amundson 0810 a

She says this year’s funds were dispersed evenly across the state’s four technical schools into the programs designated “high need”. She says there were probably more that went to students in the automotive curriculum, and there were even more programs added to the critical need list….

Amundson 0810 b

Amundson says that anyone interested in applying for next year’s Build Dakota Scholarships can find more information at build Dakota scholarships dot com.