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Western Dakota Tech is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Great Colleges to Work For® program. This honor puts the college in elite company.

The results, released today, Sept. 14, in a special insert of The Chronicle of Higher Education, are based on a survey of 221 colleges and universities. In all, 79 of the 221 institutions achieved “Great College to Work For” recognition for specific best practices and policies. Results are reported for small, medium, and large institutions, with Western Dakota Tech included among the small colleges with 500 to 2,999 students.

Photo L-R: WDT Board of Trustees Chair Mike Roesler; WDT Board of Trustees Vice-Chair Tom Brunner.

The leadership of the first Western Dakota Tech (WDT) Board of Trustees was determined during the Board's regularly scheduled meeting, in the Event Center, on Sept. 9.

Mike Roesler, former Rapid City Area Schools (RCAS) Board President and retired firefighter, of Rapid City, was elected Chair of the new WDT Board of Trustees. Tom Brunner, South Dakota State Representative and farmer from Nisland, S.D., was elected Vice-Chair.

WalletHub has released its 2020 Community College rankings and South Dakota and Western Dakota Tech (WDT) have fared well once again. 

South Dakota ranked #10 in the nation and WDT ranked third in the state, just behind Mitchell Tech and Lake Area Tech. Of 650 individual community colleges ranked by WalletHub, WDT came in at a respectable 356.