SDTA Scholarships

Congratulations to the 2024 SDTA Scholarship recipients!
Ryan Hohenberger - $2,000 winner
Blake Mommaerts - $2,000 winner
Kaylen Spotted Bear - $2,000 winner

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)

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

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.)