Six Sartell students were among 110 students who were recently awarded academic scholarships for the 2022-23 school year from the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, in conjunction with CommunityGiving.
They are the following: Daniel Binsfeld, $8,000 from the Granite Companies Scholarship Fund; Steven Brinkerhoff. $5,000 from the Ernest Morgan Memorial Scholarship Fund; Meghan Corbett, $2,000 from the Bernick Family Scholarship Fund; Emily Domres, $8,000 from the Granite Companies Scholarship Fund; Mitiku Nies, $2,000 from the Greater St. Cloud Public Safety Foundation Scholarship Fund; and Carter Vonderahe, $8,000 from the Granite Companies Scholarship Fund. Corbett attends Cathedral High School; Binsfeld, Brinkerhoff, Domres, Nies and Vonderahe attend Sartell High School.
“We are grateful to have donors in our region that truly see the value of supporting our area youth by helping provide scholarships,” said Greta Stark-Kraker, executive director of CMCF stated. “We know that by helping a student succeed in pursuing a higher education, we’ll see the benefits of that investment within our communities.”
CommunityGiving administers 139 separate scholarship funds that have been established by individuals, families and businesses to support area students in their educational pursuits.
The Central Minnesota Community Foundation attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1985, CMCF has grown to more than $143.7 million in assets and awarded more than $148 million in grants to non-profits. The CMCF is governed by a local board of directors and is a partner of CommunityGiving, which is a collaborative of community foundations united under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of donors. Collectively, CommunityGiving administers more than 1,000 funds totaling nearly $195 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/CentralMN.
Twelve Sartell students were recently named to the dean’s list at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
They and their fields of study are as follows: Sydney Cline, a sophomore in arts, humanities and social sciences; Dylan DeZurik, a senior in arts, humanities and social sciences; Emily Driste, a senior in education and human service professions; Jack Hennemann, a senior in science and engineering; Anya Hulsebus, a junior in arts, humanities and social sciences; Emma Jurgens, a sophomore in arts, humanities and social sciences; Elijah Kigozi, a sophomore in business and economics; Sophie Ling, a freshman in education and human service professions; Emma Schwartz, a sophomore in education and human service professions; Christopher Silman, a senior in science and engineering; Logan Stockinger, a senior in business and economics; and Carter Trombley, a sophomore in science and engineering.
Students must achieve a minimum grade-point average of 3.50 to earn the honor.
Kaylee Condon of Sartell was recently selected to become a member of the National Society of High School Scholars.
Melinda Vonderahe has been promoted to Vice President of Marketing of DeZURIK.
