Metallica & Lowe’s Home Improvement to fund supplies for construction programs at Western Dakota Tech
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - Western Dakota Technical College received funding for supplies in various construction programs in the 2023-2024 school year from a source you might not expect - Metallica. The metal band launched the Metallica Scholars Initiative in 2019 as a part of their charitable foundation, ‘All Within My Hands.’ In 2023, Western Dakota Tech became one of 41 community and technical colleges receiving $100,000 grants from the foundation.
“They started this Metallica Scholars Initiative to dignify the trades, to draw attention to them,” said Western Dakota Tech Director of Industry Relations & Grant Management Chandra Calvert. “And so, we think that if a band like Metallica believes in our students and the programs that we have, then everybody should too. They should come here and study a construction related program.”
For 2024, Lowe’s Home Improvement is teaming up with Metallica in providing these funds to Western Dakota Tech and four other technical schools. Programs where students will have books, tools, and other supplies funded include plumbing, precision machining, architectural design, and other construction-related fields.
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