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New Scholarship Funds for Students, Faculty, Departments The generosity of our donors enables Minnesota State University Moorhead to enhance our students’ learning experience. A large amount of funding is received from individual contributions, and these new funds benefit students, faculty and academic departments. In the coming years the generosity of MSUM donors will play an increasingly critical role in our ability to meet the needs of our academic learning community.
The following are some of the funds that have been recently established at MSUM: Clair and Ardith Peterson Endowment Clair ’58 and Ardy ’65 Peterson started this endowment to provide for the greatest needs of the MSUM Alumni Foundation. Uses can include but are not limited to: scholarships, building projects, College programs, and special operational needs.
School of Business Masters Programs Support for faculty and students in new masters programs in the School of Business. A master of science in accounting and finance will begin January 2013. The School of Business plans to introduce an MBA program Fall 2013.
Tracy Lynn Mack Scholarship Established by Darrel Mack ’61 in honor of his daughter, Tracy Lynn. This endowment fund will provide scholarships to students majoring in special education.
JoAnn Sell Education Endowment Joann graduated from Moorhead State College in 1968, and created the endowment to provide scholarships for elementary education students.
Jennifer Rathert-Hughes Endowed Music Scholarship
here 24 years. The endowment fund provides scholarships to attract new business students.
Helen Lucille Wardeberg Elementary Education Endowment As part of her estate, Helen bequeathed over $650,000 to MSUM to provide scholarships for worthy students preparing for careers in elementary teacher education.
Green Family Endowed Scholarship Established by Judy ’85 and Scott Green, funds will be used for: Freshman scholarships for students graduating from Fargo South High School and entering the finance program.
Lyndon Loyal Johnson Endowed Scholarship Lyndon is a 1969 Moorhead State graduate. The endowed scholarship is for students from Big Stone, Traverse or Laq que Parle Counties in Minnesota and whose parents are engaged in farming. It provides academic scholarship for undergraduates who meet the requirements listed, and who are pursuing a degree in the School of Business.
Michlovic Endowed Scholarship
In memory of Jennifer RathertHughes, Jen taught piano in high school and continued piano and voice teaching through college at MSUM. This endowment is for music scholarships.
Mike Michlovic founded MSUM’s department of Anthropology and Earth Science and has been a professor of anthropology here since 1975. Allocations from the Michlovic Endowed Scholarship will be for for anthropology & Earth science students.
George & Marlane Sanderson Endowment
Thomas W. & Linda G. Collins Scholarship Endowment
George’s 31-year career at MSUM includes nine as accounting department chair. Marlene earned her MBA at MSUM and taught
Thomas taught here for 35 years and is a professor of biology emeriti. This endowment provides scholarships to seniors majoring in the biosciences.
Nellie Esselman Special Education Scholarship Fund Nellie, ’68, named the Special Education Department as a beneficiary to her estate, thus establishing this scholarship.
Biochemistry and Biotechnology Industry Scholarship Sponsored by the Greater FargoMoorhead Economic Development Corporation (GFMEDC) to support the growth and presence of a highly qualified, technically trained workforce for the biopharmaceutical industry in Fargo-Moorhead.
Arty Heald Memorial Scholarship A scholarship for nursing students, in memory of Arty Heald, son of nursing Professor Donna Heald Clark.
Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Scholarship Established by speech language-hearing science Chair Bruce Hanson for graduate pathology students.
Summer Kodaly Scholarship Established by music Professor Kenyon Williams for participants in the Summer School Kodaly program.
Sigma Tau Delta The English Department Honors Society Fund—striving for excellence and awareness of the literary arts and scholarship.
MSUM Sustainability Scholarship Established by Dennis Jacobs, ’73 physics graduate and MSUM professor, for students enrolled in the sustainability program.
Women’s Center The Women’s Center promotes feminist activism and women’s self-determination; educates the campus; creates a space for students, faculty and staff to socialize and share ideas in a respectful manner; and advocates an understanding of the intersection of multiple forms of oppression and how they affect women’s lives.
Dragon Investment Fund The Dragon Investment Fund is established to allow students to gain practical investment management experience while generating competitive returns. It will enhance students’ understanding of investment analysis and portfolio management; provide students with the opportunity to manage money with real-time consequences; provide students with an additional social setting where they can interact with fellow students and engage in a team oriented process making meaningful decisions; and provide an additional source of funding for merit-based scholarships to School of Business students.
Nick Kochaniuk Football Scholarship An annual scholarship in honor of Nick that exemplifies the passion, toughness, and strength that he displayed during his football career with the Dragons.
Sanford Scholarships Established by Sanford with the funds bring restricted for athletic scholarships to MSUM’s intercollegiate athletes.
Ed Schultz Football Scholarship Scholarship provided by Ed Schultz to support players on the Dragon football team he once quarterbacked.
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