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$100M drive to pump research for South Dakota State

September 6, 2007 /

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South Dakota State University will begin a drive in 2009 to raise more than $100 million to back the school’s expanding role in the state’s economy, its president, David Chicoine, said Tuesday.

The money will support student scholarships, faculty and new buildings – all traditional goals. But underlying the drive will be the intent to strengthen the university for its new push into academic research and the industrial and scientific applications flowing from it.

By Jon Walker
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