College Honors Students During Special Event
Western Dakota Technical College (WDTC) students recently demonstrated their exceptional career readiness during the SkillsUSA South Dakota Skills Competitions in Mitchell, S.D. At the event, WDTC students placed in eight skill competitions, earned six gold medals, and swept the three top medals in the Plumbing category.
At the conference, the students competed against fellow students from Lake Area Technical College, Mitchell Technical College, and Southeast Technical College.
WDTC honored all students who competed and specially recognized the 16 students who earned medals on May 1. The celebration took place at the college with the students’ peers, faculty, and Leadership in attendance.
WDTC SkillsUSA SD Skills Championship medal winners are as follows:
- Automotive Service Technology: 2nd place - Quinn Ernst, 3rd place - Caine Svarstad.
- Cyber Security: 1st Place Team - Austin Evans and Lance McNeese.
- Heating, Ventilation, AC and Refrigeration (HVAC-R): 1st place- Jantzen Fisher, 3rd place Jorge Ucan.
- Information Technology Services: 1st place - Haley Erickson, 2nd place - Casey Clarke.
- Internetworking: 1st place - Lennon Purdue.
- Plumbing: 1st place - Remington Bremer, 2nd place - Jameson McClain; 3rd place - Micah Warren.
- Welding Team Fabrication: 1st place - Team W: Collin McCracken, Dylan Beaver, and Kurt Primo.
- Individual Welding: 2nd place - Tanner Brunskill.
PHOTO CUTLINE:
Ann Bolman, Ed.D, WDTC President, and John Geiman, WDTC Computer Science Program Director, WDTC SkillsUSA Cyber Security Team Advisor, and S.D. SkillsUSA Board of Directors Member, honored the college's SkillsUSA S.D. medal winners and participants during a special celebration on May 1. Not all medal winners and participants are pictured.
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About SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is the #1 workforce development organization for students, empowering them to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members. SkillsUSA represents more than 400,000 career and technical education students and teachers in middle schools, high schools and college / postsecondary institutions nationwide. Those members represent more than 130 in-demand occupational areas, from 3-D animation to welding. A vital solution to the skills gap, SkillsUSA has served nearly 15 million members since its founding in 1965.
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About Western Dakota Technical CollegeWestern Dakota Technical College (WDTC) was established in 1968 and is the only technical college serving the western South Dakota region.
WDTC offers more than 40 programs in a variety of fields, including Business and Computers, Construction and Manufacturing, Energy and Environmental Technologies, Health Sciences, Legal and Public Services, and Transportation Technologies.
Ninety-nine percent of Western Dakota Technical College's most recent graduates are working, continuing their education, or are enlisted in the military per the WDTC 2022 Placement Report. There were 320 respondents out of 342 graduates surveyed. [*Placement information is derived from graduate surveys, faculty-collected data, placement surveys started six months after graduation, and the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation. Overall placement rate is figured by: (responding graduates employed, continuing education, or in military service)/(responding graduates who are seeking employment). The number of program graduates are unduplicated by CIP code.]
Western Dakota Technical College faculty, staff, and administration focus their efforts on helping students gain the skills and experiences they need to succeed. Through hands-on learning, internships, and industry partnerships, Western Dakota Tech students graduate ready to make a real and immediate contribution to their employers and to their communities.
For information about WDTC, call (800) 544-8765 or (605) 718-2565 or send an email to Admissions@wdt.edu. Visit us on the web at wdt.edu.
