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Corn Utilization Council endows new AgBio dean
With a vision for the future, the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council (SDCUC) has taken an unprecedented move to endow the dean’s chair for South Dakota State University’s College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences. The new program was unveiled July 8.
The state’s largest commodity organization endowed $2 million toward the dean position to help the [...]
Wells Fargo boosts SDSU scholarships with $21,000 in awards for 2010-11
Wells Fargo Bank is providing South Dakota State University with additional scholarship funding for the 2010-11 academic year, offering 21 $1,000 awards for students in agriculture, math and statistics.
The increased funding from Wells Fargo coincides with the SDSU Foundation’s renewed effort to enhance scholarship opportunities. SDSU’s enrollment has increased for nine consecutive years, reaching 12,376 [...]
SDSU second among fastest growing engineering schools
The College of Engineering at South Dakota State University is second among the nation’s best in terms of growing its undergraduate program.
According to the March 2010 issue of Prism Magazine, the flagship publication of the American Society for Engineering Education, SDSU ranks second in growth in the number of engineering bachelor’s degrees awarded with an [...]
Hugh & Cari Mack invest in SDSU
Hugh (’86) and Cari Mack (’85) met while studying pharmacy at South Dakota State University. Now, with six children, they consider contributions to SDSU “an investment.”
Read moreFaye Tyler Wade gives back
Seventy years after receiving a $100 scholarship through a bread baking contest, Faye Tyler Wade gave back to the SDSU with $250,000+ in gifts to renovate a food laboratory.
Read moreBill Macksam held a life-long desire to help students
Bill Macksam started giving to help students. But once he started, he couldn’t stop. Although he lived a modest lifestyle, Mackskam gave more than $2 million to fund scholarships. His endowment now supports 44 students.
Read moreLiving life like Marty Kranz
Former athletes and friends of SDSU made a gift to name the Marty Kranz Linebacker’s Room in the Dykhouse Student-Athlete Center after the former Jackrabbit who did all that he could do.
Read moreGroundbreaking ceremony held for SDSU dairy plant renovation
South Dakota State University, its dairy industry partners and private donors held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the dairy plant renovation project at SDSU on Friday, May 7.
The planned remodeling and additions will turn the 50-year-old plant into a modernized dairy processing research and education plant laboratory. Construction is expected to start in June and the [...]
The Sky’s the Limit
“The Sky’s the Limit” is the tale of Charles Coughlin and his mission to build the Coughlin Campanile at South Dakota State University.
Read moreWomen in the Huddle
Women & Giving Annual Seminar for Women presents Women in the Huddle at South Dakota State University.
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