Stretch the Million/Build Dakota
Industry Partner

The Build Dakota Scholarship Fund was established in 2015 by generous business leaders and forward-thinking lawmakers to address South Dakota’s workforce challenges. Lake Area Technical College is proud to facilitate the Build Dakota Scholarship program that supports students entering high-need workforce fields in South Dakota. The program goal is to help close the workforce gap in these high-demand careers by graduating highly skilled workers. In an effort to ‘stretch’ the available dollars in the Build Dakota Scholarship program, we invite our industry partners to consider this unique opportunity to participate as a “Stretch the Million” partner.

How it Works

• After choosing a student scholar, the “STM” partner commits to paying half of the expenses of their Build Dakota Scholarship. The scholarship supports tuition, fees, books, and other required program expenses in the eligible college program.
• By accepting the full-ride scholarship with an STM partner, the student commits to working three years (minimum) for the partner, full-time in their field, in South Dakota.

Student Impact

• Free education
• Guaranteed employment
• Potential on-the-job training

Business Impact

• Alternative upskill for current employees
• Access to a pipeline of new talent from Lake Area Tech
• Guaranteed highly skilled employee
• Free advertising on the Build Dakota & Lake Area Tech websites

South Dakota Impact

• Aids in filling South Dakota’s workforce shortage
• Scholars live and work in South Dakota
• Local businesses thrive with highly skilled employees

Become a Stretch the Million Partner

Please contact us for more information about how to become an STM partner!

Melissa Waldner, Business Partner Specialist
605-882-5284  Ext. 263
Jessi Eidson,  Development & Alumni Coordinator
605-882-5284  Ext. 308
Tracy (Hlavacek) Buisker, Foundation Director
605-882-5284 Ext. 268

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Build Dakota/Stretch the Million Partners

B & R Truck Repair
	Eastman Inc.
	Gail & Delores Miller Charitable Fund
Mobile Mechanic, LLC
	Simco
		Stewart Construction
Tony Arnold Construction	Turkey Ridge Construction
	Wagner Community Memorial Hospital
		Watson Construction

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Additional Companies Interested in Cohort 9 Partnerships

STM Partner	Location
Agropur	Lake Norden
Applied Engineering	Yankton
Associated General Contractors of South Dakota (Heavy Highway Chapter)	Statewide
Avantara	Lake Norden
Avera	Various
B&B Contracting	Aberdeen
Bethesda House	Aberdeen
Binger Homes	Redfield
Bowdle Healthcare Center	Bowdle
Bowes Construction	Brookings
Broadway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram	Yankton
Brookings Auto Mall	Brookings
Brookings Health System	Brookings
Brown Clinic	Watertown
Central Farmers Coop	Various
CHS	Various
Cloverleaf Farms	Elkton
Coteau des Prairies Health Care	Sisseton
Crestone	Watertown
Dakota Family Dentistry	Huron
Dakota Granite	Milbank
Dakota Land Design	Brookings
Dakota Storage Buildings	Milbank
Dakotaland Manufacturing	Watertown
Daktronics	Brookings
Dynamic Engineering	Watertown
East River Contracting	Watertown
Eastside Equipment	Watertown
ESCO Manufacturing	Watertown
Farmers Implement & Irrigation	Various
Fiegen Construction	Sioux Falls
First Rate Excavate	Sioux Falls
Foothills Contracting	Webster
Frontier Motors Ford	Winner
Full Circle Ag	Britton
GCC Consolidated Ready Mix	Watertown
General Equipment & Supplies	Sioux Falls
Good Samaritan Society	Various
Gray Construction	Watertown
Grossenburg Implement	Various
Hartman & Pahl Farms	Pierre
Hora Repair	Olivet
Hull Dental Health	Gregory
Jarrod Smart Construction	Sioux Falls
Kennebec Telephone Co	Kennebec
Kyburz-Carlson Construction Co	Aberdeen
Lake Area Pediatric Dentistry	Watertown
Liberty Superstores	Rapid City
LifeScape	Sioux Falls
Madison Regional Health Care	Madison
Malloy	Sioux Falls & Dakota Dunes
Marmen Energy	Brandon
MASABA	Vermillion
Mereen-Johnson	Webster
Mettler Implement	Menno
Mills Construction	Brookings
Mobridge Regional Hospital	Mobridge
Monument Health	Rapid City
New Horizons Construction	White
Overweg Repair	Kimball
POET	Big Stone City
Prairie Lakes Healthcare Systems	Watertown
Prairie Ridge Endodontics	Aberdeen
Premier Equipment	Huron
Quality Tool, Inc.	Brookings
RDO Equipment	Statewide
Sanford Health	Various
Smile Solutions	Aberdeen
South Branch Farms	Parkston
Stemper Auto Body	Madison
Stern	Freeman
Stewart Construction	Watertown
TEC Equipment	Sioux Falls
Terex	Watertown
Titan Machinery	Statewide
Vander Haag’s Inc	Sioux Falls
Watertown Ford Chrysler	Watertown
Webster Scale	Webster
Westside Implement	Clark
Yankton Medical Clinic	Yankton