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Joan (Kurtz) Enderle Dietetics Scholarship

Joan (Kurtz) Enderle Dietetics Scholarship

Thomas and Joan (Kurtz) Enderle are proud to support the education of the next generation of dietetic professionals through the establishment of a scholarship that recognizes academic excellence and organization involvement. Joan is a 1982 NDSU graduate who retired...

Jo Ann Garaas Skabo and Dr. Robert Skabo

Jo Ann Garaas Skabo and Dr. Robert Skabo

Life has led us to places and opportunities we never could have imagined while growing up in a small town in northwestern North Dakota. The foundations for our successful professional careers in education and health-related fields were laid in this, our home state,...

Joe Heilman and Molly Fuchsel-Heilman

Joe Heilman and Molly Fuchsel-Heilman

Molly Fuchsel-Heilman and Joe Heilman are proud to support College of Business students at NDSU with this annual scholarship. Joe is a proud graduate of NDSU (2009) with degrees in Business Administration and Accounting. Molly graduated from St. Mary’s University of...

Joersz Family Scholarship

Joersz Family Scholarship

This scholarship is established for the purpose of providing the financial means for a Hazen (N.D.) high school student to obtain a bachelor’s degree at NDSU. The criteria includes the requirements to pursue a degree in the sciences as it is my experience that an...

John and Jean Rouzie

John and Jean Rouzie

John and Jean Rouzie have established this scholarship to support future Bison in their pursuit of educational success.

John and Joan Hallin

John and Joan Hallin

Joan and John met while attending NDSU in the early 1960’s. John earned a BSCE from NDSU in 1964 and they spent the next 50 years living and working at many interesting places in the United States. This was a real adventure for two people born and raised in Minnesota...

John and Kim Erickson

John and Kim Erickson

The John and Kim Erickson Agribusiness Scholarship Endowment was established in 2021 by the Erickson family due to the significance that NDSU, Agriculture, and Agribusiness has played in our family history. Agribusiness at NDSU provides a solid educational base for a...

John Bollingberg

John Bollingberg

John Bollingberg was born and raised on the family farm near Bremen, N.D. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1955 from NDSU, and after graduating, he returned to the family farm, married his beloved wife Margaret, and raised six children; four of whom graduated from...

John L. Rust

John L. Rust

John grew up on a farm not far from NDSU. His parents, Duane and Irene Rust, were raised in a time and under circumstances where higher education was out of reach for them. Both, however, were strong proponents of continued learning their entire lives and it was very...

Jon and Denae Horn

Jon and Denae Horn

We are proud Bison, blessed both personally and professionally by our time at NDSU. Scholarships we received to help fund our educations made a big difference and we hope to have the same impact on others. This scholarship is an investment in the civil engineering...

Jonelle and Birch Burdick

Jonelle and Birch Burdick

Jo and Birch Burdick are proud to support the academic achievement of students in the NDSU College of Health Professions – School of Nursing. Jo, a nursing graduate, appreciated the opportunity NDSU offered through a high quality, accredited nursing program, and a...

Joshua A. Boschee

Joshua A. Boschee

Josh Boschee, ’03 and ’08, is a first-generation college graduate who believes in helping young people who have faced a barrier in life and are working to overcome. Such barriers could include but not limited to loss of one or both parents, foster care placement,...

Joy Query Sociology/Anthropology Scholarship

Joy Query Sociology/Anthropology Scholarship

Joy Query joined NDSU’s faculty in 1966 and has contributed significantly in the areas of teaching, research, and administrative/service. She became the founder and chairman of the Sociology and Anthropology Department and guided the small new department carefully...

Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Chapter Scholarship

Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae Chapter Scholarship

The Gamma Nu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta directly affects the sisterhood of students at North Dakota State University. The Donors of this fund hope to support a legacy of impact, allowing experiences, and creating opportunities for other sisters of Gamma Nu.

Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Endowed Scholarship

Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority Endowed Scholarship

Kappa Kappa Gamma is a collegiate sorority founded at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. It has a membership of over 260,000 women with 140 collegiate chapters and 307 alumnae associations. Gamma Tau chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma was founded at North Dakota State...

Karen and Tim Etherington

Karen and Tim Etherington

We offer this scholarship as our way to give back to NDSU, reflecting our appreciation of what we gained from our college years. We have many good memories and experiences. We often share with new friends that our life’s together started at NDSU. We greatly...

Karla and Rob Rippchen

Karla and Rob Rippchen

This scholarship is in memory of my father, Charles E Gruman. He spent 14 years attending winter quarter of college while farming full time to earn his Agriculture Economics degree from NDSU. My father was a strong believer in continued education. He told his...

Karl M. and Jill C. Maurer

Karl M. and Jill C. Maurer

Dr. Maurer earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA, followed by master’s and doctoral degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. He came to NDSU in 1967 and served as...

Kathleen and Lynden Johnson

Kathleen and Lynden Johnson

We have been blessed in our lives to experience many opportunities in various rural communities. The foundation of these opportunities comes from the quality of educational experiences we received. We think of those educators as mentors for the careers in our life....

Keith and Carrie Ruhn

Keith and Carrie Ruhn

Keith and Carrie Lou wished to use their gifts to fund scholarships for North Dakota residents based on need, interested in studying “people” related fields. This can be interpreted very broadly to include ag research, education, home economics, human development,...

Keith J. and Vel Rae Burkholder Dietetics Scholarship

Keith J. and Vel Rae Burkholder Dietetics Scholarship

This scholarship is given for Dietetics since Vel Rae graduated with an undergraduate and graduate degree in Dietetics at NDSU. She worked in dietetics for 37 years, the last 23 as an associate professor. When Vel Rae retired, she was the Director of the Coordinate...

Kenneth Clouston Family Political Science Endowment

Kenneth Clouston Family Political Science Endowment

This scholarship provides an opportunity to expose students to various aspects of the legal profession up close and in a way not customarily available to students in North Dakota. For chosen students, the scholarship will fund their travel where they will be exposed...

Kent L. Sack

Kent L. Sack

The Rainbow symbolizes pride, hope, trust, loyalty, love, and equality; the basics of an academic campus that encourages students to stretch and grow to achieve their personal best. The Rainbow Futures Fund will provide financial assistance to NDSU freshman who: Are...

Kenton Kaufman

Kenton Kaufman

Kenton R. Kaufman, Ph.D., P.E. ’88 is the W. Hall Wendel Jr. Musculoskeletal Research Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Orthopedics, Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory, and a Consultant in the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery,...

Kevin Anderson Animal Sciences Memorial Scholarship

Kevin Anderson Animal Sciences Memorial Scholarship

Kevin J. Anderson lost his life in 2019 in a grain bin entrapment at his job. He was a hardworking, kind, and generous man. Kevin grew up in Carpio, ND, where he was active in school athletics, academic clubs and 4-H. Kevin started working at an early age on the...

Kevin Schlaht and Patricia O'Leary

Kevin Schlaht and Patricia O'Leary

With this scholarship, we offer thanks and recognition for North Dakota State University’s essential contributions to our professional successes. NDSU challenged us academically in a positive learning environment, resulting in great friendships and a lifetime of...

Killilea Family Electrical and Computer Engineering Endowed Scholarship

Killilea Family Electrical and Computer Engineering Endowed Scholarship

Shannon and T. Howard Killilea are alumni of North Dakota State University. Shannon received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Howard earned his B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. in Coatings and Polymeric Materials. Shannon is a member of the College of...

Killilea Family Endowed Scholarship for Entrepreneurs in STEM

Killilea Family Endowed Scholarship for Entrepreneurs in STEM

Shannon and T. Howard Killilea are alumni of North Dakota State University. Shannon received her B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Howard earned his B.S. in Chemistry and M.S. in Coatings and Polymeric Materials. Shannon is a member of the College of...

Kiscaden Mathematics Scholarship

Kiscaden Mathematics Scholarship

Brad graduated from NDSU with a degree in mathematics. Beginning early in his career, it was evident that the education he received at NDSU made him well prepared to succeed. Brad started out as an actuary and ultimately retired as President of a Fortune 500 company....

Kludt Family Scholarship

Kludt Family Scholarship

The Kludt Family Endowment is an academic scholarship given in memory of its patriarch, Wallace Benjamin Kludt. Wallace held a special fondness for the outdoors and was a strong proponent for the preservation of natural habitats for indigenous wildlife. Outside of...