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Higher
education provides students with many career opportunities. The
Board is part of the Workforce 2025 initiative with the departments
of Labor, Tourism and State Development, and Education. The agencies
are working together to retain young people in the state and assist
employers.
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University
Career Planning and Placement Centers The career planning
centers are the point of contact for employers who want to recruit
students for full-time positions, co-op experiences, and internships.
The careers centers assist students with career selection, maintain
student credentials that employers can examine remotely, and
schedule interviews on campus.
Grow
Dakota: An effort to prepare students to enter the workforce .
- collegeprep.com
The Board provides information to parents and students about
college preparation and costs.
- SD
Opportunity Scholarship The curriculum required for the
scholarship provides preparation for the postsecondary education
needed for many careers, including those in healthcare, sciences,
engineering, and technology.
- http://www.flexfactor.info
Flexfactor makes it easy to determine how many South Dakota
postsecondary technical institute credits will transfer to a
public university.
- Degrees
Conferred, Public Universities - associate, bachelor's
graduate and professional degrees, five years.
Build
Dakota: An effort to assess the workforce needs of industries statewide.
- New
Programs and Sites The Board routinely approves new degree
programs and authorizes off-campus delivery of programs to assist
students with career preparation.
- Healthcare
The Board participates in the Healthcare Workforce Initiative
with the Departments of Health, Labor and Education. The link
provides university healthcare programs and a report graduates
over five years.
Dakota
Seeds: An effort to increase the number of internships and assistantships
( www.dakotaseeds.com
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• Contact persons identified by the universities:
BHSU: Arlene Holms, Career Services Director
DSU: Marie Lohsandt, Director, Career Services
NSU: Beverly
Werner, Director of the Career Center
SDSM&T: Darrell Sawyer, Director of the Career Center
SDSU: Keith Corbett,
Interim Dean, College of General
Studies (includes career center)
USD: Billie Streufert, Director, Career Development Center
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