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Archived News
2008
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Krueger
Scholarship Program created at DSU
Madison, SD -- The Dakota State University Foundation announces
the Fredrick H. Krueger scholarship program.
Fredrick (Fritz) Krueger, a long time Madison area resident, has
established a scholarship program designed to help students from Madison and
Lake County as well as the surrounding counties of Brookings, McCook, Miner,
Minnehaha, Moody, and Kingsbury. The funds Mr. Krueger has dedicated assures
that the Krueger Scholarships will be the second largest scholarship program in
university history.
“Fritz came to us a few weeks ago with some information about how he
would like to begin a scholarship program,” stated Dr. Jerald Tunheim,
President of Dakota State University. “We
were very pleased not only with his statement of generosity, but with the
magnitude of the gift that will permit this scholarship program to become the
preeminent academic scholarship program at Dakota State University.”
Krueger Scholarships will be renewable scholarships awarded generally to
incoming freshmen. To retain this
scholarship for the four years, students will be required to maintain at least a
3.40 grade point average.
“Fritz Krueger is an academic and an intellectual in every meaning of
the term,” added Tunheim. “He
loves the acquisition and the application of knowledge to life and business
situations. This scholarship is
intended to help Dakota State University attract the best and brightest students
from this area to this university to pursue their dreams.”
“We are extremely thankful that Fritz Krueger has been willing to
extend his generosity to help students attend Dakota State University,” stated
Mark Lee, Vice President for Administration and University Advancement. “The
work of people like Fritz, and his brother George, to advance this university is
work of the highest order. Both of
these gentlemen care deeply for this community, its citizenry and for this
university.”
The
first Krueger scholarships awardees for 2001 - 2002 academic year are:
Derek
Sitter -
Brookings High School - Brookings County
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