Success Stories

Over the years, NDSCS has been honored to educate and employ many of our Country’s valiant Veterans. We recognize and appreciate their service and commitment to protecting the freedoms we hold dear.

NDSCS Alums and twin brothers Joseph Casavant and Gerald Casavant answered the call to service during Vietnam.

Have you heard of the Bismarck Larks, the Minot Hot Tots or the LaCrosse Loggers of Northwoods League Baseball?  How about the Minot Honeybees or the LaCrosse Steam?  The Honeybees and Steam are part of the history-making inaugural season of Northwoods League Softball, and NDSCS has two alum and one current athlete on their rosters.  According to their website, Northwoods League Softball (NWLS) is the first for-profit Women’s Summer Collegiate Softball League.  The pu

Brittney Hardy is a 2018 NDSCS Culinary Arts graduate.  She recently opened the Bakery Shoppe in Oakes, ND and provides the area with baked treats like dulce caramel rolls, eclairs, sourdough chocolate chip scones, angel food cake with fresh whip and strawberries, rhubarb muffins and snickerdoodle cookies, as well as fresh baked bread and buns, and daily salads and soups.

Not all paths to choosing and learning a career look the same.  Keisha and Thomas Spitzer, both 2017 NDSCS Alums, say “it’s ok to choose a different path, it’s okay to start over.”

DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN is a bestselling and award-winning author, radio show host, producer, and former president of the Military Writers Society of America. A writer of extraordinary scope in genres, he has written everything from comic books to young adult and adult histories and biographies, and more. He has received critical praise for his skill in adapting bestselling adult works into the young adult and graphic novel and graphic biography formats.

Alexander van Osch came to NDSCS in a unique fashion and was only here for a short amount of time, but NDSCS is proud to count Alexander as a lifetime member of the Wildcat family. Read about his journey in his own words here:

In 2003, Dave Whitmoyer was a top high school quarterback prospect in the State of Montana with plans to continue his football career at the University of Montana. Unfortunately, a losing senior season at Helena High, along with U of M coaching staff changes, his plan fell apart. What he felt was a bleak situation turned around quickly after Coach Mike Beagle of NDSCS contacted him. By the summer of 2004, Whitmoyer was committed to NDSCS and began training for the fall football season. It was here that he stated he met some of the most “amazing, intriguing, smart, and athletic guys.”

While scrolling through Facebook, Hunter Lee, a Breckenridge MN native and 2020 NDSCS HVAC/R graduate,  stumbled upon the ServiceTitan HVAC competition. Curious, he filled out an online quiz and was selected to move onto round two. While he was intrigued, he was skeptical that it may be a scam. About a month later, a package arrived in the mail with instructions for phase two — a torching and braising assignment.

Brandon Ralph (2000), owner of Bruno’s Pizza in Bismarck and co-owner of ND Country Fest in New Salem, was recently back on campus to celebrate the 1999 Wildcat Football Team’s induction to the NDSCS Hall of Fame.  While he did not initially have NDSCS on his radar, the Minot High athlete attended the ND State Indoor Track Meet the spring of his senior year, where John Richman, NDSCS’s Football Coach, was also in attendance.

Hailing from Grand Forks with a four-year university in their back yard, Bryce and Mychael Reller, twin brothers, took a different path than many of their college-bound classmates. Bryce shared his decision was more financial based and wanted to finish his education in two years. Mychael also agreed the two-year option was more appealing both timewise and financially.