The Associated General Contractors (AGC) announces it has selected its 2020 Scholarship recipients, including local students.
Applicants must be enrolled in a two-year post-secondary school or college/university, majoring in a career field directly related to the construction industry. In addition, applicants must achieve an above average academic achievement and be committed to working in South Dakota following graduation. More than $27,000 is awarded annually.
2020 AGC of SD HHU Chapter Scholarship Awards include a $5,500 scholarship for Jasmine Green of Ipswich and a $1,000 scholarship for Dillon Weig of Ipswich.
Green was also awarded the Build Dakota/Stretch the Million at Lake Area Tech.
Weig was also awarded the LICA Scholarship.
According to Margaret Pennock, Director of Workforce Development for the AGC of SD, “The AGC SD HHU Chapter provides financial recognition for extraordinary candidates who are pursuing degrees that lead to rewarding construction careers. The AGC of SD is deeply committed to fostering a new generation of construction professionals and this is one way that we can assist with that.”
The Associated General Contractors of South Dakota Highway-Heavy-Utilities Chapter represents hundreds of firms which employ several thousand workers in the construction industry across South Dakota.
The Chapter was formed in 1935, when it was incorporated as the "Highway Construction Industry of South Dakota, Inc." It then joined the AGC of America in 1944 and later became the AGC of South Dakota. The Mission, Vision, and Purpose of this association has remained the same since 1935.
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