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The South Dakota Pilots Association gives 50% scholarships ($112.50 each) to two high school students to participant in the Aerospace Career and Education (ACE) Camp held each July at South Dakota State University.
Background:
Aerospace
Career and Education Camp is held annually in mid-July on the campus of
South Dakota State University in Brookings and is open to all students enrolled
in grades 9-12 for the following school year. The SDPA provides half-tuition
scholarships to two students, one from East River and one from West River to
the ACE Camp. The SDPA has provided numerous scholarships to students in the
past (recipients are listed below). The Yankton Regional Aviation Association
(YRAA) also provides scholarship assistance to two students from southeastern
South Dakota, west-central Iowa, or northeastern Nebraska to the ACE Camp.
The YRAA has provided half-tuition scholarships to 21 students between 1993-2004.
Major ACE Camp sponsors are the South Dakota Space Grant Consortium, which
is funded by NASA, and the SD Office of Aeronautics.
Activities:
The annual ACE Camp provides an inside look at
careers in aerospace, and at the education needed to pursue those careers.
Activities include in-flight training, hot-air balloon rides, tours of SD Air
National Guard, U.S. Geological Survey’s EROS Data Center, Big Sioux
Aviation in Brookings, Business Aviation in Sioux Falls, an air ambulance,
star-gazing, and several other aviation/aeronautics related facilities.
Application:
To request an application,
contact the ACE Camp Coordinator at 605-688-6341, or go
the web site
(or
search SDSU web site on ACE Camp) or write to ACE Camp Coordinator, SD Space
Grant Consortium, Box 220, Harding Hall, SDSU, Brookings, SD 57007-0199.
The
application deadline is typically the end of June.
Tuition:
Tuition is $250, and includes room, meals, instructional
materials, transportation during camp, in-flight training (weather permitting),
a hot-air balloon ride (weather permitting), one evening’s entertainment,
and a T-shirt. Tuition assistance is available, such as scholarships from the
South Dakota Pilots Association and the Yankton Regional Aviation Association.
SDPA Scholarship Winners:
- 1995: Chad Edwards (Tea) & Jessica Goodart (Rapid City).
- 1996: Amanda Brandt (Brookings) & Steven Spanbauer (Iroquois).
- 1997: Darren Bryant (Centerville) & Brent Chapman (Hills, MN).
- 1998: Lee Huber (Emery) & Matthew Doerr (Mitchell).
- 1999: Andrew Schaunaman (Westport) & Ryan Siebrasse (Aberdeen).
- 2000: no scholarships.
- 2001: Leah Battin (Yankton) & Jesse Julius (Watertown).
- 2002: Nicole Siebrasse (Aberdeen) & Benjamin Zeeb (Lesterville).
- 2003: Andy Cahoy (Aberdeen) & Kris Schwartz (Dallas).
- 2004: John Bowman (Dakota Dunes) & Fielding Russell IV (Meckling).
- 2005: Emily Moncur (Miller) and Taylor Hagel (Rapid City).
- 2006: no scholarships due to paperwork problem at SDSU.
- 2007: Ryan Peterson (Hitchcock) and Sebastian Nabb (Kearney, NE).
- 2008: one East River student and one West River student.
 ACE Camp students at Aerostar International for hot air balloon demonstration in 2000. |
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ACE Camp students building and launching rockets in 2002.
ACE Camp students at EAA Chapter 289 hangar in Tea to view experimental aircraft.
2004 ACE Camp students learned about aircraft at Big Sioux Aviation in Brookings.
