Spring 2024-2025 WDT Foundation Scholarships Application 

Complete this application to apply for scholarships from Western Dakota Tech (WDT) Foundation. In-progress applications DO NOT SAVE. You will start over with a new application if you close the window before completing the application. Therefore, we recommend you work on essays in a word processing software, e.g., Microsoft Word. Then, copy & paste your essays into the scholarship application. You can preview the essay questions before submitting the application.

A WDTC student ID number is required to submit a WDT Foundation Scholarship application. You will receive a student ID number after applying to the college. Apply to the college at https://www.wdt.edu/apply/. 

The scholarship application deadline is October 31, 2024, by 11:59 p.m.

For technical support: call the WDTC IT Helpdesk at 605-394-5355 or visit https://www.wdt.edu/current-students/tech-support/.

For other questions: Email the WDTC Scholarships Office at WDTScholarship@wdt.edu or call the Scholarships Outreach Specialist at 605-718-3064 or the Assistant Director of Scholarships at 605-718-3061.

NOTE: All communications about your application or scholarships will be done through a Western Dakota Technical College (WDTC) Student Email or your personal email if you do not have a student email account. You must check your email daily!

First:

Middle:

Last:

WDT College ID (must be 7 digits):

Email:

Major:

WDT or most recent GPA:

Gender: 

Race: 

Some scholarships may give preference to students with certain qualifications. Please answer the following inquiries: 

1. Were you ever in Foster Care or utilize Abbott House services?

2. Does your household use Montana-Dakota Utilities services?

3. Do you have a Native American Tribal Identification Card?

4. Are you a Veteran or spouse/dependent/widow/widower of a Veteran?

5. Are you planning to work while attending college?

Personal Statement

Please tell us why in detail you chose your career field as your professional vocation and how you plan to contribute to this career field?

You can include hobbies, job experiences, inspiring people, life experiences, and prior knowledge you have about your career field to help explain your reasoning. (approx. 500 - 700 words).

Leadership Skills

Describe a challenge you have faced, the steps you completed to overcome it, and how you will apply what you learned from the challenge going forward. 

You can draw from experiences such as a conflict with a classmate or co-worker, a personal life experience, or a time you struggled to learn something new.  Include any interactions you had with others or other leadership skills you used to help arrive at a resolution. (approx. 500 - 700 words)

How did you hear about Western Dakota Tech scholarships?

Certification and Release

1. I attest that the information included in this application is true and accurate.
2. I give permission for Western Dakota Technical College and the WDT Foundation to share with each other any relevant information necessary to consider my scholarship application including any academic transcripts from WDT or any other school or degree program, any and all financial aid information, any other relevant information known to the College or Foundation.
3. I give permission for Western Dakota Technical College to release pertinent academic and financial information to grant providers from which I receive a grant-based scholarship.
4. I understand that the sole use of the information is to determine eligibility for scholarships and to evaluate the Scholarship Program.
5. I further understand that all representatives of WDT and the WDT Foundation will maintain confidentiality of this information consistent with applicable laws and policies.
6. If awarded a scholarship, I agree to help the WDT Foundation and the College thank scholarship donors by:
   1. providing a thank you note to the donor to use in a thank you package, and
   2. providing a photo to use in a thank you package
7. I understand that if I receive a scholarship award, it is intended to be used in the semester(s) for which it was awarded. If I receive a scholarship and I no longer meet the scholarship's eligibility requirements and/or I am not enrolled in the semester(s) for which the scholarship was awarded, I may be required to forfeit the scholarship for that semester(s) it was awarded and those funds may no longer be available to me.
8. I understand that if I receive a scholarship award, I must accept the scholarship and complete the thank you package before any scholarship funds will be posted to my account. If I do not complete this acceptance process by the last day to withdraw from classes, I will forfeit the scholarship for the academic year.

By typing my name in the signature box below and clicking on the "Agree and Submit", I agree to all of the above. 

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