Kaylee Davis of Rock Rapids, IA and Kaylee Updegraff of Sioux Falls, SD have been awarded DGR Engineering Scholarships. They have each received a $2,000 cash award toward the 2024-2025 collegiate year in recognition of their current academic accomplishments and anticipation of future achievement in the engineering profession.

Davis, a graduate of Central Lyon High School in Rock Rapids, IA, is a Junior at Dordt University in Sioux Center, IA where she is majoring in Electrical Engineering. She carries a 3.74 cumulative grade point average. Some of her activities include: Society of Women Engineers; Women in Science and Engineering Club; and participates on the Women’s basketball team.

Updegraff is a graduate of Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, SD. She is an Electrical Engineering major and a Junior at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, SD. She maintains a 4.0 cumulative grade point average and is a member of First Generation College Students; Women in Science and Engineering; Math/Science Tutor; and SD Mines Peer Mentor, among other activities.

The DGR Engineering scholarships are awarded annually to applicants who have completed 45 semester credit hours by June 1 of the current year in an accredited undergraduate engineering or land surveying degree program within the upper Midwest and has a minimum 3.0 composite collegiate GPA. DGR Engineering has created these scholarships to promote and advance the engineering profession in this region.

Jaden Wendland of Sioux Falls, SD has been awarded a DGR Engineering Technician Scholarship. He has received a cash award of $2,000 towards the 2024-2025 academic year in recognition of his academic accomplishments and expectation of achievement in his profession as an engineering technician.

Jaden is a graduate of Murray County Central High School in Slayton, MN and Southeast Technical College, in Sioux Falls, SD. Jaden currently attends Saint Cloud State University, where he is majoring in Land Surveying/Mapping Sciences. He carries a 4.0 cumulative grade point average and intends to graduate in the spring of 2025. Jayden is employed by DGR Engineering in Sioux Falls.

The DGR Engineering Technician scholarship is awarded to an applicant who is enrolled in a construction management, engineering related technician or land surveying technician program within the upper Midwest, and has a minimum 3.0 composite collegiate or high school GPA.  Preference was considered for those in a civil, electrical, environmental or agricultural engineering technician field. DGR Engineering has created this scholarship to promote and advance the engineering profession in this region.