Katie Schmitt, daughter of Natalie and Mark Schmitt of Rice, was recently selected as one of eight semi-finalists during the preliminary preliminary rounds of the Discussion Meet at the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation Leadership Conference held Jan. 23 at the Hilton Airport Hotel in Bloomington. The MFBF Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee judged contestants on their basic knowledge of critical farm issues and their ability to exchange ideas and information in a setting aimed at cooperative problem-solving. The semi-finalists will compete in the final two rounds of competition at the MFBF annual meeting in November.
Four Sauk Rapids-Rice students recently graduated from North Dakota State University, Fargo.
They and their degrees are as follows: Corey Landowski, a bachelor’s degree in sports management; Joshua Majeski, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice; Adam Pflipsen, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice; and John Schutz, a bachelor’s degree in computer science.
Derrick Deering, Sauk Rapids, recently graduated with a master’s degree in engineering from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Ethan Nagel, Sauk Rapids, was recently named to the fall dean’s list at the University of Minnesota-Crookston.
Students must attain a minimum grade-point average of 3.66 to qualify.
Three Sauk Rapids-Rice students were among 24 area grade-school and college students who recently received awards for Martin Luther King Jr.-inspired words during the third annual MLK Jr. breakfast held Jan. 22 at St. Cloud State University.
They, their grade and school are as follows: Carley Weisenbeck, a fifth-grader at Mississippi Heights Elementary; and Tabara Barry and Katrina Westra, both seventh-graders at Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School.
During the celebration, 10 local kindergarten- to fourth-graders and eight fifth- to eighth-graders received Dexter R. Stanton awards for their art and essays. The younger winners each received $10; the older winners each received $25. All art and essay entries from the children and SCTCC are on display through Feb. 12 in the Atwood Gallery at SCSU,
Katelyn Watkin, Sauk Rapids, was recently named to the fall dean’s list at Nazareth College, Rochester, N.Y. Watkin is studying music performance.
Students must attain a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify.
Four Sauk Rapids-Rice students were recently named to the fall dean’s list at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn.
They are the following: Mallory Barthel, Amanda Iburg, Nina Jacobson and Christopher Rothstein.
Students must achieved a minimum 3.75 grade-point average to qualify.
Madison Appert, Sauk Rapids, was recently named to the fall dean’s honor roll at Montana State University, Bozeman.
Students must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average to qualify.
Community Grassroots Solutions, which connects women to new careers in the St. Cloud area, was one of 39 organizations to recently receive a $5,000 grant from the Initiative Foundation. The group will use its grant to host four informational sessions to help immigrant and refugee women access employment resources through the regional Job Placement Program.