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"Western Dakota Tech is a public institution of higher education where students acquire the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary for successful employment."

WDT Vision Statement

It is the vision of Western Dakota Technical Institute to prepare our students for living, lifelong learning, working, and succeeding in the 21st century. 

In order to realize our vision, we dedicate our energy and efforts to the following principles:

  • WDT strives to provide a caring, nurturing, and disciplined learning environment for students of all ages and backgrounds, and does so by providing quality courses and programs, encouraging academic rigor, and maintaining a skilled, dedicated, and student-oriented faculty and professional staff.
  • WDT strives to provide programs that lead to successful employment and career pathways for our graduates, by providing opportunities both for existing careers, and for new employment trends and opportunities.
  • WDT strives to be a model civic partner by collaboratively engaging communities, organizations, and businesses in programs, projects, and activities that lead to improved economic development, greater levels of service, and enhanced quality of life.
  • WDT strives to utilize the most effective teaching and learning technologies and strategies that enhance student skills and abilities now and into the future.
  • WDT strives to build a community of lifelong learners of all ages and backgrounds throughout our service area, who have the skills and ability to understand and respond to a changing world and its impact on business, technology, economy, and workplace strategies.
  • WDT strives to reach its goals by operating in an ethical, open, and cost efficient manner in all of its programs and business affairs.
  • And finally, it is the vision of Western Dakota Technical Institute to be a leader, in both our state and region, for quality educational programs and service, and to develop and/or adopt those practices which will result in continuous improvement, improved quality of life for our graduates and communities, and for providing a trained workforce who will meet the challenges of the 21st century.