Science Education

2015

Money was granted to South Dakota State University for Electrical Engineering Department scholarships in general.

2016

The Blackman-Helseth Scholarship in Electrical Engineering was established and funded for an upper-level electrical engineering student to be awarded beginning this school year. It is the intent that this scholarship will be awarded annually for the foreseeable future.

2017-2022

Funding was again provided for the Blackman-Helseth Scholarship in Electrical Engineering. This funding was matched by a private donation to provide for an extra scholarship award.

2019

A new scholarship, the Sandra Blackman Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship, was established at South Dakota State University. Funding will be provided in 2020 for the 2020-2021 school year.

2020-2022

Funding was again provided for the Sandra Blackman Medical Laboratory Science Scholarship.

2021

A new annual scholarship, the Patricia Helseth Memorial Scholarship in Respiratory Care, has been established at South Dakota State University. Funding has been provided in 2021 for the 2022-2023 school year. Thanks to the generosity of family and friends this scholarship has been matched for the 2022-2023 school year.

2022

Funding was again provided for the Patricia Helseth Memorial Scholarship in Respiratory Care.

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Arts

2015

Money was granted to the Mia to help defray the cost of the statue “Eros”.

2016

This year’s grant to the Mia is being applied to a new commission by the Chinese painter Liu Dan inspired by Willem dePoorters 1636 painting “St. Paul and St. Barnabus at Lystra” currently held by the Mia.

2017

This year’s grant to the Mia is being applied to the conservation of Giovanni Battista Nolli’s “New Plan of Rome” based on a proposal and budget submitted by the Mia. The grant was awarded based on the successful ability of the Mia to obtain matching funds to assure the completion of the project. The conservation is complete and the map is awaiting framing. The projected availability for viewing is February, 2019.

2018

This year’s grant to the Mia was applied to the conservation and framing of the J.M.W. Turner watercolor “Borrowdale, Rosthwaite Bridge and Castle Crag”. The conservation is complete and the painting is currently on view in gallery 306.

An additional grant was made to South Dakota State University toward the completion of the new Performing Arts Center. This grant was matched by a personal contribution and both were matched by another foundation.

2019

This year’s grant to the Mia was applied to the purchase of clamshells, folders and a new storage cabinet for the preservation of rare books and manuscripts.

2020

This year’s grant to the Mia was applied to two projects. First, the conservation of a rare 540-page German antiphonal from 1439. Second, the conservation of the drawing “Seated Angel” by Simeon Solomon.

2021

This year’s grant to the Mia was applied to the conservation of a 1643 view of Florence “Florenzia” by Claes Janzoon Visscher.

2022

This year’s grant to the Mia was applied to the conservation of Dürers “Prodigal Son”, “Saint Jerome in Penitence” and “Prominade”

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