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Dakota Corps
Scholarships available for critical need occupations, including teaching
Dakota Corps scholarships
are available to encourage high school students to obtain their post-secondary
education in a South Dakota college/university and to stay in the state and
work in an area of critical need, including teaching, nursing, and allied
health occupations. Applications must be postmarked by February 1.
Candidates must apply
within one year of their high school graduation, or within one year of their
release from active duty in the armed forces. They must have graduated from
an accredited South Dakota high school with a GPA of 2.8 or grater, and a
composite ACT score of 24 or better. Alternative provisions are available for
home-schooled students.
The student must attend a
participating college or university in South Dakota as an undergraduate in a
program that will prepare the student to work in a critical need occupation.
The applicant must be a US citizen or national.
In order to accept the
scholarship, the student must agree in writing to stay in South Dakota and
work in a critical need occupation after graduation for as many years as the
scholarship was received plus one year.
High school seniors can
get further information on the Dakota Corps Scholarship from the guidance
counselor or from the financial aid office at a participating college or
university in South Dakota. |
