More health care opportunities will be available for students at Southeast Technical College.
On Friday, Southeast Tech announced plans to build a new Healthcare Simulation Center, which will be located adjacent to Southeast Tech’s campus and the home of the former Zeal Center for Entrepreneurship.
Avera Health, Sanford Health and Forward Sioux Falls each gave Southeast Tech gifts totaling $5.6 million, while the South Dakota legislature approved a $4.5 million appropriation, which was signed by Governor Kristi Noem.
“South Dakota is finding efficient ways to create a high-skilled healthcare workforce. Southeast Tech’s new Healthcare Simulation Center is a real win for the college, Sioux Falls and the state of South Dakota,” Noem said in a news release. “This Center will train our future health care workers using top-notch, industry relevant tools and technology.”
During a presentation to lawmakers in February, Janice Minder, Board of Regents Vice President for Academic Policy and Planning, said South Dakota has been losing nearly 30% of its nursing program graduates to work in the other states.
