News: Clark Co. - UW-Stout (Scholarships - 2021)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Fleischmann, Kreklau, Luchterhand, Weber, Hinker, North, Raese, Schmidt, Odness, Jacque, Slowiak

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/17/2021

UW-Stout (Scholarships - 2021)

On Oct. 12, scholarships valued at more than $977,000 were awarded to 436 UW-Stout students through the Stout University Foundation.

Among the scholarship recipients was Karen Fleischmann, a 1991 Neillsville High School graduate, who lives in Marshfield and is attending UW-Stout with a major of special education. Fleischmann received the House Specialties Scholarship.

Oher scholarship winners include the following, listed by hometown, name, major and scholarship(s) received.

Chili: Brett Kreklau, applied mathematics and computer science, computer science, Dick Grum Scholarship; Kristi Luchterhand, career, technical education and training, Maurer-Seppanen Endowed Scholarship.

Dorchester: Tara Weber, family and consumer sciences education, Dwight and Linda Nyhus Davis Scholarship, Phi Upsilon Omicron Endowed Scholarship.

Greenwood: Hannah Hinker, packaging, Dick Grum Scholarship, William Heller Sr. Scholarship; Brianna North, early childhood education, Dick Grum Scholarship; Madelin Raese, human development and family studies, Dick Grum Scholarship.

Loyal: Blain Schmidt, engineering technology, Donald and Ann Ritzinger Zittleman Scholarship, Erik Jon Odness Endowed Scholarship.

Thorp: Bailey Jacque, hotel, restaurant and tourism management, Dick Grum Scholarship, Philip H. McGuirk Freshman Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism management Scholarship; Jennifer Slowiak, Master of Science in education, George C. and Gladys S. Decker Memorial Graduate Scholarship.

The students received the awards during a virtual scholarship reception, which replaced the traditional on-campus event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.