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Students Take Advantage of “Build Dakota” Scholarships

Students Take Advantage of “Build Dakota” Scholarships

Antonio Gonzalez, Connor Sudbeck Photo: WNAX


The “Build Dakota” scholarship is a partnership between businesses and the state to help fill gaps in the workforce. Two area students will be able to take advantage of the program.

Connor Sudbeck, a 2020 graduate of Yankton High School, is working for List Electric and decided to follow up on the scholarship…

Antonio Gonzalez graduated this spring from Gayville-Volin High School and says he explored the scholarship with his employer, Carl Livingston with Dakota Drywall…

Sudbeck says the scholarship helps keep him focused on his job and studies…

Gonzalez says he wanted to avoid debt for higher education..

The “Build Dakota” scholarship provides full tuition and expenses for a two-year technical college education. Students then sign a contract to work for their sponsor for three years.

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