Students

Scholarships

Rochester Area Builders, Inc, the Builders Exchange of Rochester, the Remodelers Council, and the Commercial Builders Council are proud to announce their 2012 scholarship program. Multiple $1000.00 non-renewable scholarships are available for graduating high school seniors. Scholarships are for attendance in a post-secondary program in a construction-related field including technical school, trade school, apprenticeship, or college. Scholarship recipients will be chosen in April 2012 & May 2012. To be eligible for any scholarships, applications must have been postmarked by March 5, 2012.

For our 2011 scholarships, we had 17 applicants from surrounding cities. The following four students have each received $1000 scholarships:

  • Ryan Doblar, Lewiston-Altura: North Dakota State University (Construction Management)
  • Jacob Holst, Plainview-Elgin-Millville: Northeast Iowa Community College: (Carpentry)
  • Taylor Kosis, Mayo, Rochester: University of Utah: (Urban Planning)
  • Ben Krambeer, Rushford-Peterson: University of Wisconsin – Platteville (Electrical Engineering)

The carpentry program at Riverland Community is the student chapter of Rochester Area Builders, Inc. The following two students have each received $500 scholarships for that program:

  • Patrick Fisher, Riverland Community College (Carpentry)
  • Ryan Kubista, Riverland Community College (Carpentry)

We offer these scholarships every year to graduating high school students going forth into the construction industry with a GPA of 2.5 or better.

Student Job Shadowing

Speak to Schools

Another way students are exposed to the building trades is to have two of our members as guests in their classroom. A builder and an associate member bring information as well as a video to be able to communicate with the students about the many careers available in the construction industry.

If you would like to have us come to your school, please contact Tony at the Office (507-282-7698) or TLehrman@RochesterAreaBuilders.com

Student Job Shadowing

Job Shadowing

Since 2001, Rochester Area Builders, Inc. has coordinated a Friday morning in May for area high school students to shadow a building professional. Click below to see more information about our Job Shadowing day.

PDF 2011 Student Choice Form
PDF 2011 Parent/Guardian Consent Form
PDF 2011 General Information

Last year's event was held on May 6, 2011.