Emily Johnson, Sartell, was recently named to the fall semester dean’s list at Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall.
WACOSA announced it’s the recipient of a $2,500 grant from the Initiative Foundation. The dollars will fund a collaborative effort between WACOSA and True Friends to provide a unique, customized training experience that focuses on enhancing leadership skills and equipping new leaders. The program includes WACOSA clients, who are individuals with disabilities, and are often not offered the same opportunities to develop leadership skills. WACOSA, established in 1963, serves more than 625 adults with disabilities in central Minnesota with sites in Waite Park, St. Cloud and Sauk Centre.
Four Sartell students have recently been named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The students are Elizabeth Botz, business; Kelsey Frank, education and human sciences; Nicole Lindmeier, education and human sciences; and Emma Zenzen, education and human sciences.
Eric Minnerath, a student at Sartell High School, has been awarded a President’s Scholarship worth $26,000 a year — along with the opportunity to earn more from Pacific Lutheran University, a private liberal arts university in Tacoma, Wash., which offers merit scholarships to recognize academic achievement, leadership and service, as well as the promise of continued success.
Aidan Speckhard, Sartell, has been accepted for admission to Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, for the 2018-19 academic year. Speckhard has been awarded the Founders Scholarship.
Three Sartell-St. Stephen students have been named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. They are Hannah Yackley, microbiology, St. Stephen; and Haley Klundt, economics, and Kaleb Myhrwold, exercise and sport science, both from Sartell.