Investment in the Future

In May, the NDU Foundation announced that 40 North Dakota United members and dependents had been selected to receive more than $60,000 total in scholarships and grants. 

Here is the complete list of 2023 NDU Foundation scholarship and grant recipients: 

In May, the NDU Foundation announced that 40 North Dakota United members and dependents had been selected to receive more than $60,000 total in scholarships and grants. 

Here is the complete list of 2023 NDU Foundation scholarship and grant recipients: 

• ALEX AZURE, an undergraduate education major at Turtle Mountain Community College, has been awarded a NDU Foundation Ethnic Minority Scholarship. 
   
• BROOKLYN BANG, an undergraduate education major at Dickinson State University, has been awarded a Cindy & Gary Rath Education Scholarship. 
   
• EMILY CURREN is the recipient of a NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship for her science degree at North Dakota State University. 
   
• RUSTY DAN, an undergraduate education major at Dickinson State University, has been awarded an NDU Foundation Ethnic Minority Scholarship. 
   
• KADEN DECOTEAU, an undergraduate business major at the University of Mary, has been awarded a NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship. 
   
• LISA DULLUM is the recipient of a Mary Cripps Special Education Scholarship for her graduate degree in special education from Minnesota State University-Moorhead. 
   
• HAILEY ENNEY is the recipient of a Cindy & Gary Rath Education Scholarship and a NDU Foundation Ethnic Minority Scholarship for her undergraduate degree in education from Dickinson State University. Enney has also received a Joseph A. Westby Leadership Award to attend the World Peace Games. 
   
• PAIGE FETTIG, a fourth grade teacher in Bismarck, is the recipient of a Joseph A. Westby Leadership Award for her graduate program. 
   
• KADIN FINDERS, an undergraduate education major at Dickinson State University, has been awarded a NDU Education Scholarship. 
   
• LAUREN FRANKENBACH is the recipient of a Ron & Ann Anstrom Scholarship for graduate science degree at the University of West Alabama. 
   
• SEINA FREIDIG has been awarded a Joseph A. Westby Leadership Award for her doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from the University of North Dakota. 
   
• HANNAH GRESS has been awarded a Horace Mann ND Agents Graduate Education Scholarship for a graduate degree in education from the University of Jamestown. 
   
• JESSLYN HALL, an elementary music teacher from Hazen, has been awarded a Halstenson Family Music Scholarship for her graduate program at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. 
   
• ELLA HOLKESVIG is the recipient of an NDU Education Scholarship for her undergraduate degree in education from Valley City State University. 
   
• ABBIGAIL HORNER has been awarded a Bill Oban Special Education Scholarship for her graduate degree in special education from the University of North Dakota. 
   
• COURTNEY HOUGLUM has been awarded a Horace Mann ND Agents Graduate Education Scholarship for a graduate degree in science from Clemson University Biological Sciences for Teachers program. 
   
• KAYLEE KEMP, a nursing student at the University of Mary, is the recipient of a NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship. 
   
• KELSEY KREIDT, an undergraduate studying special education at Minot State University, has been awarded a Bill Oban Special Education Scholarship. 
   
• BONNY KROGEDAL is the recipient of a Mary Cripps Special Education Scholarship for her special education degree at Minot State University. 
   
• SARA MEDALEN, an elementary school educator in Minot, was awarded an NDU Workplace Innovation Grant for the printing and distribution of her Girl Power groups’ day-in-the- life book of girls in both the United States and Haiti. 
   
• LEXI MEYER has been awarded a Bill Oban Special Education Scholarship for her degree in special education from Mayville State University. 
   
• ASHER MITCHELL, an undergraduate education major at Dickinson State University, has been awarded a Cindy & Gary Rath Education Scholarship. 
   
• LINDSEY MONSON is the recipient of a Joseph A. Westby Leadership Award for her graduate studies in the Teaching & Leadership program at the University of North Dakota. 
   
• MAX MUELLER, an undergraduate education major at Dickinson State University, has been awarded a Cindy & Gary Rath Education Scholarship. 
   
• WILL NELSON is the recipient of a NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship for his studies in Government and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. 
   
• KAYLEE OBRIGEWITCH, an undergraduate education major at Dickinson State University, has been awarded a Les Snavely Memorial Education Scholarship. 
   
• KAYEDENN RIVINIUS, an undergraduate studying mechanical engineering at the North Dakota State University, has been awarded a NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship. 
   
• TYLLA ROSHAU, an undergraduate education major at the University of Mary, has been awarded a NDU Education Scholarship. 
   
• CHRISTIANNA SCHMIDT has been awarded a NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship for an undergraduate degree in strategic communications from North Dakota State University. 
   
• VERONICA SCHWARTZENBERGER has been awarded a Horace Mann ND Agents Graduate Education Scholarship for her graduate degree in education from the University of Mary. 
   
• BRENDA SEEHAFER has been awarded a Howard Loftesnes Memorial Education Scholarship for her reading literacy specialist degree from the University of North Dakota and Minot State University. 
   
• AMY SHOBE, MICHELLE BECHTOLD and JACKIE GLASER, elementary school educators in Dickinson, were awarded an NDU Workplace Innovation Grant for helping their students gain confidence in their phonemic awareness and decoding skills through Word Mapping magnetic tiles. 
   
• CASIA STEINHAUS has been awarded a NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship for her undergraduate degree in science from the University of North Dakota. 
   
• SKYLAR UGLEM, an undergraduate psychology/pre-med major at North Dakota State University, has been awarded the NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship. 
   
• KAITLIN WALKER has been awarded a Ron & Ann Anstrom Scholarship and a Horace Mann ND Agents Graduate Education Scholarship for her graduate degree in education from Western Governors University. 
   
• BAILEY WALTERS has been awarded a Bill Oban Special Education Scholarship for her graduate degree in special education from the University of North Dakota. 
   
• LEAH WHEELING, a middle school educator in Bismarck, was awarded a NDU Workplace Innovation Grant for at-home family game night activity kits. 
   
• EMILY WICKTOR, a member at Valley City State University, was awarded a NDU Workplace Innovation Grant for a series of three film viewing and talk balk events at VCSU to address the teacher shortage in North Dakota. 
   
• ELIZABETH WIDMER has been awarded the NDU Member/Dependent Scholarship for her undergraduate degree in nursing from Dickinson State University. 
   
• ALISHA WOHL has been awarded a Halstenson Family Music Scholarship for her graduate music program at Northern State University. 

Applications for the NDU Foundation’s scholarships and grants, each specifically designed for NDU members and their dependents, will be available starting December 1. 

Find out more about each scholarships, due dates, and how to apply.