Make Your Story EPIC Series
Explore dozens of career fields at Lake Area Tech College’s day-long camps and Tech Days. Each event provides students with hands-on learning experiences. Registration is free and lunch is provided. Lake Area Tech’s camps are a great way to get to know the campus, meet instructors, and discover potential career fields!
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EPIC Camps
Weld-Off
December 4, 2024
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Open to students in grades 10-12
This event includes a welding competition, written welding knowledge test, tours of two other manufacturing/technician programs of your choice and career opportunity networking with event sponsor companies. Prizes are awarded to top placers in both the advanced and beginner categories. The deadline to register was November 14.
Ready, Set, GO! Build Dakota Day
January 16, 2025
Open to students in grades 11 – 12
High school juniors and seniors are invited to campus to learn how to get READY to earn a Build Dakota Scholarship with a Stretch-the-Million industry partner! This is an excellent opportunity to get SET by making connections with South Dakota employers ready to partner with applicants pursuing specific hands-on careers. Plus, an application ‘tips and tricks’ info session, a walking campus tour, and a chance to win $500 campus cash. Attendees will be ready to GO for it!
Camp Med
February 6, 2025
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Open to students in grade 8
Camp Med is a free, one-day hands-on health career exploration for 8th grade students. Students will experience a wide variety of health careers through hands-on activities and discussions. Students will participate in a fun, hands-on activity such as reading x-rays, practicing a suture, stabilizing a trauma patient, or rehabilitating a stroke patient.
STEM Camp
March 17, 2025
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Open to students in grade 8
This event is for students who may have an interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) careers by connecting them with successful role models who are already working in STEM-related professions. The day consists of education, interesting presentations and fun, hands-on activities.
Youth Drone Camp
May 30, 2025
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Open to students in grades 3-8
Cost: $65 which includes a t-shirt and lunch. Scholarships are available!
This one-day camp will provide hands-on learning in the areas of drones, circuitry, 3D printing, robotics, and more. Faculty and industry partners will be active in sharing knowledge and there will be plenty of hands-on fun and career advice. Lunch will be provided. Limited enrollment. Deadline to sign up is May 1 or until filled.
EPIC Campus Visit Days
Senior Tech Days
October 30, 2024 – Completed
February 5, 2025
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Open to students in grade 12
These visitation days are fun-filled, information-packed, and help high school seniors decide the direction of their future. The day starts by allowing the students to fill the shoes of a Lake Area Tech student (we promise – no exams). Students find out what it’s like to attend class by getting into some great discussions with instructors and current students, working in the labs, and meeting new friends. Visitors then eat a free lunch and absorb information on the admissions process, applying for financial aid and scholarships, locating housing, and more! Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend.
Junior Tech Day
April 2, 2025
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Open to students in grade 11
Junior Tech Day is a fun-filled, information-packed day that will help high school juniors jump-start their decision process and provide direction for their future. Students find out what a day in the life of a Lake Area Tech student is like by meeting instructors and current students, working in the labs, doing hands-on activities, and meeting new friends. Career exploration is the focus. Visitors then eat a free lunch and absorb some basic information on the admissions process, applying for financial aid and scholarships, locating housing, and more! Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend.
