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The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Founders Association has added five new members to its board of directors. The new board members, whose three-year terms began July 1, are Bryan Boettcher, president of Quick Signs/Identity Plus, Carol Garner, a civic leader, Noel Halvorsen, executive director of Neighborhood Housing Services of Green Bay, Benjamin Laird, an attorney for Godfrey and Kahn; and Joan Mills, a civic leader and former Brown County supervisor.
The Schuette Family Foundation of Green Bay has announced its scholarship winners for the 2003-04 school year. Winning first-year $1,000 scholarships are Tanya Smits, Andrew Winters, Andrew Caldie and Melissa Rodgers. Earning one-year $1,000 grant awards are Danielle Zeamer, Mallory Tappa, Nicole Tilot, Matthew Pfluger, Chad Lardo, Rosa Verhagen, Daniel Fischer, Bridget DeKeyser, Abby Baumgart, Nathan Wallenfang and Kari Olson. Peter Bernardy and Doug Bissing earned second-year $1,000 scholarships. Karen Gergisch, Jennifer Budzban and Kacee DesJarlais won third-year $1,000 scholarships, and Laura Peters and Megan Mae Fisher earned fourth-year $1,000 scholarships.
Three local students recently graduated from United States Military Service Academies. They are Tyler Churchill, a 1999 graduate of Preble High School, who graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Katy Simonis, a 1999 graduate of West High School, who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and William Wadzinski, a 1999 graduate of Preble High School, who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Amber Krzewina of Green Bay has been awarded a vocational/technical school scholarship from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. The scholarship is for $1,000 - $500 for each of two years. Krzewina is a graduate of Green Bay Southwest High School.
Bethany Lynn Rosner was named to the dean's list at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga., for the spring quarter 2003. Rosner is an illustration major from De Pere.
Amanda Kate Fischer of Denmark recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Fischer received a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration.
Six local students recently were awarded $1,000 scholarships by the Brown County Medical Society Alliance, a local nonprofit organization of physician spouses. The students - four recently graduated high school seniors and two Northeast Wisconsin Technical College students - are pursuing medical or allied medical careers. They are Ashley Boylan of Wrightstown High School, John Katchenago of Notre Dame Academy, Katie Lloyd of Bay Port High School, Tara Hieronimczak of Pulaski High School and NWTC students Terra Oettinger and Rachael Kennedy.
Dana Timm of Green Bay received a Lumina Award from Valparaiso University. Lumina Awards are given to juniors in the College of Arts and Sciences whose cumulative grade-point average for the five preceding semesters is 3.6 or higher. Timm is a social work and Spanish major. She is a graduate of East High School.
Sarah Young of Green Bay earned a place on the dean's list at Cardinal Stritch University for the 2003 spring semester. She is a 1996 graduate of Preble High School.
Allison Beilke of Green Bay has been named to the spring 2003 dean's list at the University of Hartford.
Chavong Moua of Green Bay has been awarded a $1,000 college scholarship through the Horace Mann Scholarship program. Moua, an educator at Bay View Middle School in Howard, was chosen after judges selected his application as one of the top 16 among those submitted by educators nationwide.
Heidi Mikulsky of Green Bay was initiated into the University of Wisconsin-Platteville's freshman honor societies - Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Delta. Both are national honor societies that encourage and recognize superior academic performance. Mikulsky is majoring in electrical engineering. She is a 2002 graduate of Preble High School.
Heather Krueger and Malgorzata Misztal of Green Bay and Deann Brezko of Marinette recently received a $600 scholarship givenby the local branch of the American Association of University Women. Krueger will be a senior at the Bellin College of Nursing, Misztal will be a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and Brezko will be a junior at St. Norbert College. Funds for the scholarships are from the annual book fair held every October.