Date: April 11, 2022
A Message From the President
I recently had the opportunity to sit in a great event on campus, the Community Volunteer Fair. It was organized and hosted by Business students in capstone, social media and InDesign classes. The group invited several non-profit organizations to come to campus and recruit students for their volunteer activities. 

While there were more than 55 student hosts and 75 attendees, the Volunteer Fair was one of many community-orientated volunteer events at Southeast Technical College.  

Service to Community (STC) Days is going on now:

  • Mechatronics students are adapting battery operated cards for children with mobility issues through LifeScape’s Go Baby Go program.
  • Electrician students are wiring houses at CTE Academy.
  • SGA and Media Design Technology is holding a Campus Clean-Up Day on April 21.
  • General Education classes are assisting with outdoor projects at the Great Plains Zoo.
  • Environmental Science classes are cleaning up the Outdoor Campus.
  • The Nursing programs are volunteering at Special Olympics Southeast Games.
  • The Surgical Technology program is hosting a fundraiser at an upcoming professional conference and planning to donate the funds to charity. 
  • Civil Engineering Technology and Land Surveying students are working with the Sioux Falls Monument Project.
  • Students taking Communication in the Workplace sent letters and thank you cards to nursing home workers, community members and government officials.
  • The Early Childhood Student Organization celebrated Week of the Young Child by developing and distributing a handout to positively influence young children.
  • Student Success held “Catch the Wave,” an event for high school students with disabilities to learn about college life.
  • Volunteers painted at a local Habitat for Humanity home.

Thank you to all of those participating in these volunteer activities for our community. Please watch STC’s website and social media channels for more news information about STC Days. 

Best,

Bob Griggs
ACROSS CAMPUS
Plant Sale April 28-29
The Horticulture Technology department is again holding its annual plant sale, April 28-29 at the Ed Wood Center. Stop down and spruce up your outdoor space with annuals, perennials, vegetables, hanging baskets and foliage plants.
Dental Daycare Provides Mini Exams
Children at the Scarbrough Center enjoyed a look of the Southeast Technical College Dental Assisting lab when they participated in Dental Daycare last month.
KUDDOS!
Vandekamp, Prokop accepted into Rotary Club
Two Southeast Technical College Employees, Sara Vandekamp and Marcella Prokop, were recently accepted into the Rotary Club of Downtown Sioux Falls. Congratulations!
Marcella Prokop, Director of Access and Workforce Opportunity, fourth from left
Sara Vandekamp, Perkins Consortium Director, center
Wolff Reappointed to ATEA Board of Trustees, Region 5 President
Dana Wolff, an instructor in STC's Business programs, has been reappointed to the American Technical Education Association (ATEA) Board of Trustees as well as the President of Region 5, a position she has held for the past 8 years.

Congratulations, Dana!
IN THE NEWS
Marsh McLennan Agency Invests $50,000 in STC
Sioux Falls Business featured Southeast Tech and the Marsh McLennan Agency's partnership to increase access to education. MMA has donated $50,000 to STC to help further this cause.
ICYMI: STC Announces Expansion With Healthcare Simulation Center
ICYMI: Campus is expanding! Southeast Tech will be converting the Zeal building into a new Healthcare Simulation Center.
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Help keep Southeast Tech healthy! COVID VACCINES are FREE and READILY AVAILABLE IN SIOUX FALLS through your healthcare provider, Avera and Sanford clinics, Falls Community Health, South Dakota Urban Indian Health and most Hy-Vee, Lewis, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies.

To find a location, appointment time or walk-in hours for a vaccine, use the CDC’s interactive vaccine tool at vaccines.gov/search.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Easter Holiday (No Classes/Campus Closed): April 15, 2022
Easter Holiday (No Classes/Campus Closed): April 18, 2022
Job and College Transfer Fair: April 19, 2022
Academic Advising and Registration Day: April 22, 2022
Plant Sale: April 28-29
Health Career Fair: May 5, 2022
Graduation Ceremony: May 6, 2022
Career Exploration Event: May 11, 2022
Academic Advising and Registration Day: May 13, 2022
Effectiveness Day (No Classes/Campus Closed): May 19, 2022
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