On Tuesday, March 15, the Parkland College awarded $47,000 in scholarships to 51 students from across the east-central region at an awards ceremony held at the Painted Hand Casino in Yorkton.
Scholarship recipients are currently enrolled at one of the five Parkland College campuses in the region. This includes full-time courses in the University, Skills Training, and Adult Basic Education program areas. The scholarships awarded are in addition to the $35,000 in entrance scholarships previously awarded in September, 2010 and are made possible through the generous donations of local businesses and organizations, community members, and the Centennial Merit Scholarship Program.
The purpose of the Parkland College scholarship initiative is to promote, encourage, and sponsor education and training for adults in our region. The donors and recipients of the 2011 scholarships are as follows:
Yorkton Lions Club Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Laken Sauser, Yorkton
Mosaic Potash Esterhazy Centennial Merit Credit-Technical Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Brendon Teichroeb, Yorkton
Mosaic Potash Esterhazy Community Scholarship $500 Darcy Rusnak, Yorkton
City of Yorkton Centennial Merit Credit-Technical Scholarship Program Award$1,000 Nathan Hay, Yorkton
Logan Stevens Construction Ltd. Centennial Merit Credit-Technical Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Colton Griffith, Yorkton
Horizon Credit Union Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000Robin Somogyi, Willowbrook
UncommonSense Webs Computer Skills Scholarship $250 Brittany Novakowski, Melville
Yorkton Chamber of Commerce Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Alanna Busch, Calder
Drs. Ron and Bree Rogoza Scholarship $250 Crystal Gerein, Canora
ParkerQuine LLP Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Annelle Elliott, Yorkton
Board of Governors' Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,200 Janelle Fogg, Invermay
Cornerstone Credit Union Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000Heather Strendin, Yorkton
R.G. Combe V.C. Royal Canadian Legion #61 Melville Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Meleody Mountain, Esterhazy
Yorkton Rotary Club Centennial Merit Basic Education Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Alicia Holland, Yorkton
Yorkton Rotary Club Centennial Merit Credit-Technical Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Andrew Hollinger, Yorkton
Gateway Co-operative Limited Bursary $250 Teresa Hrynchyshyn, Buchanan
City of Melville Centennial Merit Credit-Technical Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Lawrence Swayda-Off, Esterhazy
Churchbridge Credit Union Scholarship $250 Nicholas Thies, Churchbridge
Yorkton This Week Scholarship $300 Cecilia Keinick, Canora
Sask. East Enterprise Region (SEER) $1,000 Kaylyn Best
(SEER) $1,000 Grant Lipinski, Grayson
Town of Canora $1,000 Carol Tureski, Sturgis
Clay Serby Scholarship $1,000 Constance Burkholder,
REDA Scholarship $1,500 Yolanda Adams,
Yorkton RBC Foundation $2,000 Shayne Decorby
Parkland College for Persistence & Determination $1,000 Raven Genaille, Yorkton
Parkland College for Leadership $1,000 Paul Koochicum
Parkland College for Leadership $1,000 Sarah Buchan
Parkland College $1,000 James Hyde
Parkland College for Persistence & Determination (2) $1,000 Angela Crowe, Fort Qu'Appelle
Kathy Wiley Memorial Scholarship $500 Summer Dawn Creeley, Yorkton
Parkland College (Yorkton) Students Fundraiser Scholarship $500 Darla Giannoulis, Yorkton
Parkland College Students for Students Scholarship $500 Kelsie Shindle, Yorkton
LDM Foods Award for Business $1,000 Gina Wickham, Langenburg
LDM Foods Award for Agriculture $1,000 Alyssa Grywacheski, Norquay
Morris Industries Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 April Trost
A&K Architect Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Stephen Rogalski
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Lindsey Varga
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Mary Prybylski
Centennial Merit $1,000 Melinda Moore, Gerald
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Kaitlyn Sweezey, Yorkton
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Kaelyn McVey, Yorkton
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Matt Bircher, Regina
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Andrew Wotherspoon
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Jennifer Richards, Yorkton
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Kathryn Strendin, Yorkton
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Megan Mierau, Yorkton
Centennial Merit Scholarship $1,000 John-Etienne Myburgh, Yorkton
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Paul Spykerman, Yorkton
Centennial Merit Scholarship Program Award $1,000 Melissa Protsko, Melville
Centennial Merit Scholarship $1,000 Darcy Griffith, Norquay
