VANCOUVER, Wash.Washington State University Vancouver recently held its fifth annual scholarship luncheon, providing scholarship donors the opportunity to meet student recipients and hear from student speaker, Jennifer Burley, on the support her scholarships have provided her as she works toward a bachelor’s degree from WSU Vancouver. Harold F. and Beatrice A. Boutwell Endowed Scholarships
Former Washington State Representative Val Ogden and her husband Dan Ogden also spoke to the audience about their support to the university in the form of an endowed fellowship in public affairs.
WSU Vancouver awarded over 80 scholarships totaling more than $120,000 to students enrolled for the 2005-2006 academic year. Individual scholarships range from $1,000 to $5,000 and are supported by private gifts to WSU Vancouver from individuals, businesses, organizations and foundations.
Five students were awarded scholarships this year from the LM Hidden Charitable Trust. The trust was formed by the Hidden family in January 1994, and recently Monte and Naomi Hidden were named as university benefactors for their generous donations to WSU, which have exceeded $100,000. Trustees of the Hidden Charitable Trust select scholarship recipients based on academics, career goals and how they expect their education can be used to benefit the
For more information on supporting WSU Vancouver scholarships, contact the Office of Campus Advancement at (360) 546-9600 or visit https://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/ca/givingtowsu.html.
Scholarship recipients for the 2005-2006 academic year include the following:
American Association of University Women Scholarship
Rachel Carlson
Bank of Clark County Endowed Scholarship
George McCoy
Brian Baird and Rachel Nugent Scholarships
Shon Bogar and Rebecca Wale
Brown-Neuberger Leadership Award
Thomas Breitenbauch
Business Faculty and Staff Scholarship
Carolyn Wilhelm
CFA Society of Portland Scholarship
Adam Cornwell
CHELA Scholarship
Kristianna Williams
Columbia Machine Scholarships
Benjamin Dickinson and Sergey Popach
Dan and Val Ogden Endowed Fellowship in Public Affairs
Rebecca Wale
East Vancouver Business Association Scholarship
RaeShel Sanders
E. Faye Volker and George W. Volker Endowed Scholarships
Christina Almsted, Andrew Beard, Olga Modina and Tamara Shoup
Glenn Terrell Endowed Scholarships
Nanci Sain
Kristin Wright
Dustin Edens
Maryika Gibson
Mimosa Pham
Julius Agbayani, Adam Aguilera, Thomas Breitenbauch, Marilyn Carey, Andrew Davis, Jason Dieter, Kandace Eagle, Kevin Edwards, Casey Farr, Barbara Graisy-Adams, Kiri Horsey, Louise Johnson, Nicholas Larson, Kelsey McLachlan, Lindsay Price, Jason Reed, Hollie Rose, Nanci SainHeather Schmitke, Cyndee Sparks, Jennifer Vourlas, Casey Watters and Jamie Weiss
Harvey A. Rubin and Gayle Dailey Rubin Endowed Scholarships
Chris Chapin, Olga Modina and Jennifer Williams
Hewlett-Packard Endowed Scholarship
Susan Seley
John Robert Brown Endowed Scholarships
Elias Aguirre, Sherrie Ard, Jennifer Burley, Patricia May and Emily McCoy
Julie Ebreck Nursing Award
Katherine Dodson
Kappa Omicron Nu Scholarship
Mikeila Nienaber
LM Hidden Charitable Trust Scholarships
Natalie Brusseau, Kathy DeGraw, Maryika Gibson, Melanie Schindlbeck and Nathan Weiss
Major James Allan Scholarship
Kurtis McCoy
Maxine McReynolds Kirmaier Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Kathy DeGraw
The Master Gardener Foundation Clark County Scholarship
Mimosa Pham
Non-Traditional Student Scholarship
Beverly Cooke and William Koenig
Psychology Department Scholarships
Amy Beyea and Denise Denniston
Renee Hoeksel Nursing Leadership Scholarship
Maryika Gibson
Riverview Community Bank Scholarships
Andrea Hampton and Timothy Merriam
Shirley Mae Nelson Memorial Scholarship
Louise Johnson
Tom M. and Lois M. Hougan Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Teal Griffey
Women in Action Scholarship
Kiri Horsey
WSU Alumni Association Scholarships
John Dogero and Stacey Johnson
WSU Vancouver Alumni Scholarships
Barbara Graisy-Adams, Jeanne Hamer, Adam McDonald, Daniel Milliren, Elaine Myers, Cynthia Pihl, Janet Sandefur and Janie Whitlock
WSU Vancouver Engineering & Science Institute Scholarships
Brian DeGraw and Mimosa Pham
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