You're listening to the John and Heidi Show Bonus Hour. If you miss any
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Show Bonus Hour. On a Thursday, I have a really cool guest.
I'm gonna be chatting with somebody from Southeast Tech coming up in just a bit
about Build Dakota and tomorrow is what they call signing Day and there are a
bunch of students who are going to be signing for a scholarship tomorrow at Southeast
Tech. We're gonna get all the details about that coming up here in just
a bit, But first I want to remind you it's been I don't know
a couple of days since we talked about this. This Saturday though, is
the Human Race. Yeah, the Human Race from Health Connect. It's an
amazing event. It is coming up this Saturday at Sirtoma Park and we would
love to have you stop and join us at Sirtoma Park Saturday morning. Give
you the time and the details here in a bit, but I want to
let you know this. The Human Race is a community fundraising event for now
profit organizations in the Sioux Falls area. The Human Race features a five k
run and a one mile fun walk. Nonprofits invited by Health Connect to participate
in the event our Center of Hope, Collision Faith Temple, Food Giveaway,
Faith through Frames, National Kidney Foundation, Project car Sue Land, Child Protection
Council, Toy Lending Library of South Dakota, and Union Gospel Mission of Sioux
Falls. And I believe we've spoken with all of those. Are just about
all of those here in the last month. I think we've talked to all
of them. If I did miss anybody, I apologize. I certainly didn't
mean to. But you, the runner or the walker, get to choose
one of these nonprofits to benefit from your registration fee. You sign up to
walk or run, and I've got a link on our Facebook page to do
that. No registration fees already funded, so please fill up form, make
your payment, and then join us. It is this Saturday again. It's
at Sirtoma Park and again. All of the details can be found at Facebook
dot com slash Sunny Radio and Facebook dot com slash Sue Falls News and again.
The event is happening this Saturday. It starts at ADM. It'll be
done by about eleven am. It is again happening at Sirtoma Park in Sue
Falls. I've got a link to sign up. All the details at Facebook
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hour Excited a visit right now with Career Services coordinator Kalie Rogotsky and she is
with Southeast Tech. And tomorrow is kind of a big day because it's Build
Dakota Scholarship signing day. And let's talk a little bit about what this means
and how this works. First of all, what is Build Dakota in the
first place, So we kind of start there. Yeah, So Build Dakota
is an opportunity for students to get a full right scholarship, so they attend
one of the tech schools. They are partnered with an industry sponsor. So
there's about twenty five different program at Southeast Tech has where a student can apply
for a scholarship. They go through an interview process, they meet with employers.
Employers do all the interviewing like they would if they were hiring for them
to come to their job site the next week to start a job. So
they go through that interview process and then employers have the opportunity to extend the
scholarship to students. We are excited this year at Southeast Tech and we've been
able to extend scholarships to one hundred and fifty six students, which is our
largest cohorted students that we've had so far with Build Dakota. That is awesome.
That is an amazing number of people. And tomorrow is the big day
where they get to go. It's called signing day. Does that mean they
sign they fill the paperwork out. Tomorrow's kind of the official day they do.
So they will come to campus tomorrow morning at eight am with their industry.
Sponsors support people in their family, so it could be parents' grandparents,
siblings. They'll come to Southeast Tech, will have a breakfast in a program
for them, and then they'll go through and it will be kind of like
a sport signing day if someone was signing on to play a sport at a
university. They'll come in and they will also do a big signing where they'll
sign off their build Kota contract and then during that time it's when they commit
to coming to Southeast Tech finishing their program. And then part of the Build
Dakota scholarships is when you're done, you work for three years in the state
of South Dakota with your sponsored partner for buil Dacotas. So's help you to
build the workforce in South Dakotas while the students are also able to get their
degree and come out with no debt. I love that. What a great
idea and the thing that's really nice about that. As a student, first
of all, you're going to get your education, You're going to learn a
lot of stuff, and you don't have a giant debtload that comes with it
because it's covered. But you also have a guaranteed job, and it's for
three years, but I've bet a lot of people probably stay even after the
three years. Yeah, it's a great partnership. They're also able to if
they're a local sponsor, so if they're in the Sioux Falls area, they
can work while they're a students so they get a feel for the company.
Or if they go home during breaks like the holiday breaks or during the summer,
we're able to start building that relationship and become part of that family within
the organization. So it's been a really great program. We're excited to have
it on Southeast Texas campus and we can't wait to welcome our new Cohorta students
on Friday. Now, most of these students are they coming from the Sioux
Falls area or are they coming from other places in South Dakota. Are they
all South Dakota students or any from outside of the state. They are coming
from all over, So there are students from all over the Stata South Dakota.
There are students that will come from Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, so
there's a why variety of students that apply for the Build Dakota Scholarship. You
do not have to be from South Dakota. To apply, you just have
to stay in South Dakota once you are done with your program for at least
as three years to help buildup workforce here. But once they get here,
they're going to fall in love with the state. They're going to fall in
love with some other person, They're going to get married and settle down and
plant the roots. It's a great idea. I think this is really really
smart. Yes, we are so excited. It's been a fun program to
be part of and just to be able to give students that opportunity and then
also for them to feel like they're able to give back to the city they
live in and the state. So, if somebody would like to be a
part of the Build Dakota signing day in the future, how do you get
the information about the Build Dakota scholarships and how do people apply for this for
maybe future events. Yeah, so if industry sponsors are interested in being part
of Build Dakota, they can contact Southeast Tech and I would be happy to
visit with them. And if they are students who is looking to get a
scholarship, it is a highly competitive scholarship and dollarship applications open on January first
on our website, So anyone who reaches out to Southeast Tech, we'd be
able to get you the information and would be happy to visit with you.
The majority of the students that apply and end up getting the Build a Coda
Scholarship, are they students right now like they're in high school, just graduating
and doing this, or are there are people who are no longer in school
and still sign up for this. It is both. So there is a
lot of students that are coming right from high school that are traditional students that
will be starting at Southeast Tech. But then there's also a mix of students
who maybe has been out in the workforce. They may have worked in healthcare
for the last fifteen years of their career and I've decided that they want to
be in RN now and so they're working to apply for the builda Cooda Scholarship,
have an industry sponsor who's going to sponsor them, and they're going to
go back to school to do that dream of being an RN and have their
school paid off, but they don't have the financial burden while raising their family.
So there's all different locks of lights that are part of Buildakoda I love
that. If somebody would like to get more information again, Kelly, what
is the website to go to to learn all about it? Yes, they
want to get in there that they can go to Southeast Tech at Kelly.
Thanks for your time today. Thank you again. Southeast Tech dot edu is
the website. I'll throw a link to it as well. Facebook dot com
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It's June, and I don't have the calendar for this month yet, So
instead of telling you about the past, let's talk about the future. Sioux
Falls American Legion Post fifteen has their Pancake Breakfast this Sunday, June fourth,
eight thirty am until noon. It is all you can eat pancakes sponsored by
the Sioux Falls American Legion Post fifteen. This happens at the beginning of every
month. It happens at the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance at sixteen hundred West
Russell Street in Sioux Falls. If you get a chance, come on down
and join us. Thank you to Joe for sending that over to me.
I do appreciate the reminders, by the way, Joe, because it happens
every month, but sometimes I forget about it. And now that I know
about it, I can plan to go there and eat my weight in pancakes.
Okay, maybe not my weight in pancakes, but they are very,
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make this Sunday your Sunday to check it out again. The Sioux Falls American
Legion Post fifteen All you can eat pancake Breakfast eight thirty am until noon.
It's at the South Dakota Military Heritage Alliance, sixteen hundred West Russell in Sue
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