PUMPKIN SCIENCE CAN NOW HAPPEN!! INFINITE THANKS TO ALL OUR BACKERS!!

We are elated to report tonight that, thanks to the gracious giving of well over 100 enthusiastic backers, we have now met and exceeded our project funding goal of $6000! This is nothing shy of AMAZING! 

Though our team has worked tirelessly promoting this only-one-of-its-kind-on-the-planet undergraduate student-led scientific and historical conservation research project to as many potential backers as possible, it is all of you remarkable folks who deserve the credit for keeping our visions for this super cool research project alive by giving whatever you could afford! Words simply cannot adequately express the depths of our gratitude for your inspirational generosities! We are, of course, especially grateful to our backers who contributed to the project in amounts exceeding $100! Such exuberance for and support of our unique project is just inspirational in the extreme! 

IMMENSE THANKS TO YOU ALL!!

Our efforts have generated such buzz around our local communities that we have been blessed to receive quite a bit of exciting press in local papers and radio. Indeed, South Dakota Public Broadcasting has begun filming a documentary of our experimental efforts that will continue throughout the completion of the project (a "before, during and after" kinda deal). We will also be in the studio with SDPB Radio News Director and Dakota Midday: Innovation Host, Cara Hetland, Friday December 9th from 12:40 to 1:00 pm. So, please be sure to tune in at that time. In the meantime, you can visit the show’s homepage here to see what it's all about…

 http://listen.sdpb.org/programs/innovation

We will provide progress updates as our research progresses, so please stay tuned for those. What an amazing odyssey this has been! We could not have imagined just a couple short months ago that our visions for this project, and especially the ensuing whirlwind crowdfunding effort, would come to such satisfying fruition. 

Once again, INFINITE THANKS TO ALL YOU EXTRAORDINARY FOLKS FOR HELPING US REACH OUR GOAL!!

The DSU Pumpkin Science Team