Valley City (CSi) The Valley City State University V-500 held their annual Recognition Dinner December 14, 2013, on the Valley City State University campus.

Dean Pedersen was the first and second recipient of the recently established (2012) V-500 Volunteer of the Year award. The award is given to a V-500 board member who has extraordinarily given back to the program and received the most enlistments during the recent campaign drive. Dean has been on the V-500 Board of Directors for over 10 years and in that time has raised nearly $200,000 for the V-500 Scholarship Program.

Also recognized were New Cash Gifts, and New or Renewed Pledges.

V-500 is a scholarship program founded in 1972 by a group of visionary leaders who realized the importance of scholarship support for Valley City State University students. For more information about the V-500 Scholarship program, contact the VCSU Office of Advancement at 845-7203.