ST. PAUL, Minn. – After poring over nearly 700 applications, the Family Involvement Council, a committee of the Minnesota Credit Union Foundation (MnCUF), has named its scholarship recipients for 2015. A total of $10,000 in scholarships was awarded to 16 credit union members for the 2015-2016 school year.
The FIC annual scholarship program is the focus of its mission to provide financial awareness to families and to further the education of Minnesota credit union members. Scholarship applicants are asked to submit information on their extra-curricular activities and accomplishments, as well as an essay on an FIC-selected topic. Four $1,000 Harvey Bakke scholarships and 12 $500 scholarships were awarded this year to college students in traditional (high school seniors entering college) and non-traditional categories.
$1,000 Harvey Bakke Winners
Nathaniel Landin of Wings Financial Credit Union; Annie Sun of Affinity Plus FCU; Rebecca Bjorke of TopLine FCU; Amy Kempf of TopLine FCU.
$500 Winners
Cabrini Winkels of Mill City Credit Union; Jacob Gangelhoff of SouthPoint FCU; Nathaniel Anderson of US FCU; Abigail Teschendorf of Heartland Credit Union; Adam Ellingson of Mayo Employees FCU of Amber Hillesheim of SouthPoint FCU; Ellen Kneeskern of City & County Credit Union; Megan Russell of Electrus FCU; Justin Thompson of Richfield Bloomington CU; Adam Ernst of Hiway FCU; Rebekah Nowak of Wings Financial Credit Union; and Leland Wright of TopLine FCU.
In their essays, applicants answered the following question: “What is your interpretation of the American Dream and how do you plan to achieve it?”