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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

Abra Auto BodyAgc Sd Hhu New Logo W Tag LineAjs Automotive
Apex Iron WorksAutomatic Transmission & GearAvantara Lake Norden
Avantara
Medical Laboratory Technician/medical Technologist
B&b Contracting Logo
B & R Truck RepairBanner 2Bethesda Home Aberdeen
BethesdaBjm.jpg LogoBrown Clinic Logo
Bx Civil & Construction LogoC&b LogoChildren's Dental Parkway Ortho Logo
ChsCommunity Health Center Of The Black Hills LogoCoteau Des Prairie
Crenlo Color Cmyk Commercial Go To Market LogoCommunity Memorial Hospital LogoCrestone Companies Logo (002) New
Dakota Granite LogoBuilddakota DakotalandmanufacturingDakota Tool & Sharpening
Daktronics LogoDescologo4cDouglas County Memorial Hospital Logo Ss
Dynamic Engineering LogoEastman Inc. East River Contracting
Farmers Implement And IrrigationFiegen New Logo HorizontalFirst Rate Excavate
Floyds Trucks LogoGail & Delores Miller
Charitable Fund

Sd Community Foundation

Gcc Logo
General Equipment And Supplies LogoGevo LogoGood Samaritan Society
Graco LogoGray ConstructionHalme Inc Logo 01
Harr MotorsHarrredfieldlgo (3) LogoHenriksen Auto Body Logo
HortonHuron RegionalJays Autobody
Jh Diesel RepairJohnson Feed LogoLien Transportation
Loiseau Construction LogoMaher Dental LogoMalloy Logo
Mart Brothers Construction LogoMilbank Ford LogoMills Construction
Mobile Mechanic, LLCMobridge Regional HospitalMonument Health
MorrisMustang Seeds LogoNorth American Truck And Trailor
Northside Imp LogoOverweg RepairPedco
Prairie LakesPrmHuron Pro Clean Plus
Prostrollo LogoRay's GarageRdo Equipment Co Logo
Reil Repair Logo2Logo White BackgroundRoute 15 Body Works Logo
Sanford Health Logo WinnerSd 811Sd Community Foundation
Dhslogo 2Sd Department Of Transportation LogoSelect Service Center
Service Plus 2Simco Sioux International
Stans Est2015Stemper Auto Body LogoStewart Construction
Terex LogoTitan Design & Construction LogoTitan Machinery
Tony Arnold
Construction
Turkey Ridge
Construction
Vanderhaag
Van Laecken Orthodontics LogoMedical Laboratory Technician/medical Technologist
Wagner Community
Memorial Hospital
Wagner Contracting Logo
WdcWatertown FordWatson
Construction
Webster ScaleWheatcrest Hills3

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Additional Companies Interested in Cohort 9 Partnerships

STM PartnerLocation

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

*Watch for updates in the coming weeks.