391 students who have been awarded the Build Dakota Scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year.
The scholarships cover tuition and fees, books, equipment, and other related program expenses for eligible programs within nine high-need industry areas at South Dakota’s four technical institutes. Recipients were selected by the Build Dakota Scholarship Board from a total of 1,170 applications.
The Build Dakota Scholarship program is funded by a $25 million donation from T. Denny Sanford and $25 million in Future Funds that were committed by former Governor Dennis Daugaard.
Build Dakota aims to support students entering high-need workforce programs at South Dakota’s technical institutes to fill the state’s technical career fields with skilled professionals.
In-state and out-of-state students of all ages are eligible to apply. Scholarship applicants must be accepted into their approved program of interest. Recipients of the scholarship must enroll full-time, complete their educational program on schedule and commit to stay in South Dakota to work in their field of study for three years following graduation.
Recipients from our area include:
Lake Area Technical Institute
Cody Bevers Miller Agriculture – Precision
Ethan DeYoung Redfield Robotics
Dawson Gahm Hitchcock Diesel Technology
Alexis Glanzer Huron Registered Nursing
Dillon Hier Redfield Welding Technology
Kristina Kole Huron Practical Nursing
Christine Michlitsch Tulare Medical Lab Technician
Jazilynn Risetter Redfield Practical Nursing
Reagan Rozell Huron Practical Nursing
Traci Schweitzer Alpena Practical Nursing
Nathaniel Wiant Miller Welding Technology
Reagan Burke Carpenter Practical Nursing
Mitchell Technical Institute
Cullen Beals Huron Architechtural Design & Building Construction
Christopher Hass Wessington Welding & Manufacturing Technology
Hsar Htoo Huron Electrical Construction & Maintenance
EhGay Htoo Huron Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Alexander Hvam Redfield Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Karlo Kesary Woonsocket Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Jakob Lloyd Huron Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Colton Pell Huron Automation Controls / SCADA
Kaylee Milbrandt Huron Licensed Practical Nursing
Karlo Kesary Woonsocket Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Jakob Lloyd Huron Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Kadin Schlenker Woonsocket Diesel Power Technology
Austin Schmit Artesian Precision Ag Technology
William Torres Huron Welding & Manufacturing Technology
Benjamin Walton Huron Electrical Construction & Maintenance
Southeast Technical Institute
Tyrese Theus Huron LPN
Remington Walton Huron Computer Programming
Richard Wertz Huron Computer Programming
(SD Office of the Governor)