Jackrabbit Guarantee Scholarships
Jackrabbit Guarantee Scholarships
The program has enabled SDSU to attract and retain even more strong students, and keeping many top students in South Dakota. Thousands of alumni and friends provide financial support. Many have created a scholarship that provides the full $1,000 award to a qualified SDSU student.
Jane Christman (’79) and husband, Walter Kingsbery, created a Jackrabbit Guarantee to honor her parents at Christmas by establishing a scholarship in their name. Art and Marilyn Christman, who farm and ranch in Perkins County, put all five of their children through college; three of them attended SDSU. Three grandchildren have also gone to State. In the 1950s, Art flew his sister and brother to and from campus in his Cessna plane.
You have an opportunity to support a current or incoming SDSU student by sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship in support of the Jackrabbit Guarantee. Your gift is tax-deductible.
Jackrabbits Helping Jackrabbits
Current and former employees and faculty of South Dakota State University are strong proponents of the Jackrabbit Guarantee, sponsoring more than 70 scholarships.
Mary Kidwiler, a program assistant in the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, is in her 34th year of continuous service to SDSU. She established the Mike Kidwiler Memorial Scholarship in memory of her late husband.
Marlys VanderWal, is a program assistant in the Office of the Dean of Agriculture and has worked at SDSU for more than 25 years. She spearheaded the creation of the VanderWal Family Scholarship.
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