SDTA Scholarships
3 Ways to Apply:
- Complete the online application HERE
- Submit typed application via E-mail: karasemmler@sdtaonline.com or
- Submit typed application via Mail to: South Dakota Telecommunications Association, PO Box 57, Pierre, SD 57501. Scholarship pdf form.
Examples of eligible majors or fields of study for the SDTA Memorial Scholarship include, but are not limited to: Telecommunications; WiFi and Broadband Technologies; Information Systems Technology; Satellite Communications; Health Information Technology; Office Technology Specialist; Programming Specialist; Network Specialist; Engineering (Computer Science or Systems, Electrical, CAD, Software, Industrial, Communications Systems, Network Security); Technologies or Computers (Communications Systems Engineering Technologies, Computer Programming, Computer Software Specialist, Computer Systems or Software, Computer Applications, Utilities Technologies, Network Technician, Internet Apps Developer, Laser/Electro-Optics, Marketing, Network Administration, System Administrator); Technology Education; and Communication Arts (Graphic Design or Mass Communications, Commercial Arts, Multimedia/Web Development.)
The Scholarship Program is supported by SDTA and its member companies, including all of the following community-based rural broadband providers operating in South Dakota:
The Scholarship Program is supported by SDTA and its member companies, including all of the following community-based rural broadband providers operating in South Dakota:
- Alliance Communications
- Beresford Municipal Telephone
- Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone Authority
- Faith Municipal Telephone
- Fort Randall Telephone
- Golden West Telecommunications
- Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative
- James Valley Telecommunications
- Kennebec Telephone Company
- Midstate Communications
- RC Technologies
- Santel Communications
- Swiftel Communications
- TrioTel Communications
- Valley Telecommunications
- Venture Communications
- West River Cooperative Telephone
- West River Telecommunications Cooperative
2025 Scholarship Winners
Miles McPeak ($2,500)
Keaton Harvey ($2,500)
Brayden Downing ($2,000)
2024 Scholarship Winners
Ryan Hohenberger ($2,000)
Blake Mommaerts ($2,000)
Kaylen Spotted Bear ($2,000)
Miles McPeak ($2,500)
Keaton Harvey ($2,500)
Brayden Downing ($2,000)
2024 Scholarship Winners
Ryan Hohenberger ($2,000)
Blake Mommaerts ($2,000)
Kaylen Spotted Bear ($2,000)
2023 Scholarship Winners
McCoy Peterson ($2,000)
Brynne Larvie ($2,000)
Sara Peterson ($1,500)
2022 Scholarship Winners
Peyton McDonnell ($2,000)
Nash Colberg ($1,500)
Carson Palmer ($1,500)