Community Foundation Awards $182,100 in Scholarships to Local Students

The Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation (MPACF) will award 114 scholarships totaling more than $182,000 to local students during a Scholarship Celebration on May 30, 2024. The endowment funds generating these scholarships were established by individuals, businesses, and organizations that want to help local students pursue their educational goals. Each scholarship is unique and reflects the values and interests of those who established it. Most of the scholarships support high school students planning to attend an accredited college, university or trade school in the fall.

During the last decade, over one million dollars have been awarded in scholarships. The Foundation would like to thank the individuals, businesses and organizations who make these opportunities available. Without their support it wouldn’t be possible to impact more than 100 students each year. The Foundation would also like to thank each and every student for applying and a special thank you to the 128 dedicated volunteers who helped review over 1,400 scholarship applications.

For more information, or to support any of the endowment funds producing these scholarships, contact Jaimie Capen-Cascaddan, Program Officer, at (989) 773-7322 or visit www.mpacf.org.

The 2024 Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation Scholarship Recipients are:

John-Charles Agoff Maness Family Scholarship

Madison Arens Herbert H. Lueth Scholarship

Abiona Bailey Ganiard History Project Scholarship

Elizabeth Bailey Shirley Lemorie Memorial Scholarship

Olivia Bass Isabella Bank Scholarship

Connor Bendele Jason Parrott Scholarship

Spencer Bendele Jim Hartman Study Abroad Scholarship

Avery Benjamin Robert F. Murray & Co. CPA's Scholarship

Brielle Bloom McGuirk Ganiard West Side School Scholarship

Clara Bonnell Matthew J. Boles Memorial Arts Scholarship

Xavier Booker Nancy Carey Memorial Scholarship

Alison Born Laura Clemons Salisbury Scholarship

Hannah Borsenik Isabella Bank Scholarship

Grace Boulis Dr. Thomas M. & Jayne Keating Scholarship

Sydney Boyer Gene A. Kunst Gold Star Family Scholarship

Jerzie Brakenberry Keisha Y. Brown Angel Wings Scholarship

Laura Brown Isabella Community Credit Union Members' Scholarship

Laura Brown J. Gavin Bradley Culinary/Hospitality Scholarship

Hailey Burrows Class of 1965 Mt. Pleasant High School Scholarship

Jacques Chercover Christopher John Andera Memorial Scholarship

Liam Cox Heydenburg Family Scholarship

Maeve Curry Matthew J. Boles Memorial Arts Scholarship

Lucas Davis Konwinski Construction Scholarship

Zackary DeLong John P. & Ann S. Jensen Scholarship

Zackary DeLong Kristopher Walden "Waldo" Arts Scholarship

Carter Dole Mercantile Bank of Michigan Scholarship

Ezekiel Dykstra Harry E. Tope Memorial Aviation Scholarship

Abbie Dziuk Gary Moe Memorial Scholarship

Natalie Eagen Herbert H. Lueth Scholarship

Dylan Elias Herbert H. Lueth Scholarship

Macy Ervin Keisha Y. Brown Angel Wings Scholarship

Elizabeth Fancon Brenda Echelbarger Memorial Scholarship

Zachary Feger Jeffrey Vernon Memorial Scholarship

Ava Ferrenburg Feight Family Business Scholarship

Isaac Finch Isabella Bank Scholarship

Kylis Fletcher Watson Family Scholarship

Carter Follett C. Jane (Dubay) and Dwight D. Dodge Memorial Scholarship

Kara Forsberg Mercantile Bank of Michigan Scholarship

Hannah Forsythe Paul Moeggenberg Family Youth Agricultural Scholarship

Katelynn Foster George and Frances P. Rouman Mental Health Education Scholarship

Maggie Galan Shepherd Public School Scholarship

Sophia Gardner Isabella Bank Scholarship

Abigail Gates Jeff and Roy Spencer Scholarship

Madison Gimmey Martin Family Scholarship

Maya Gonzalez Michael And Dianne Morey Manufacturing Skilled Trades Scholarship

Isabel Goodrich Ganiard History Project Scholarship

Megan Goward Isabella Bank Scholarship

Daisy Graham Art Scholarship

Matilda Graham James D. and Karen A. McConnell Family Scholarship

Libby Grakauskas Ganiard History Project Scholarship

Josiah Green Arnold and Margaret Sowmick Memorial Scholarship

Lane Gross Rotary Scholarship

Aidan Halliday Carol Huber Konwinski and Jerel Konwinski Scholarship

Jacob Hamlin Herbert H. Lueth Scholarship

Lauren Hartman Phyllis A. Heinze Mathematics Education Scholarship

Emily Hartman Stokes Elementary Education Scholarship

Lance Helfer Shepherd Public School Scholarship

Jordan Hosking Keisha Y. Brown Angel Wings Scholarship

Juliana Hunter Robert A. & Catherine A. Janson Scholarship

Tyler Hutchins Mt. Pleasant High School Class of 1959 Scholarship

Taylor Idema Donna J. and W. Larry Collins/GFWC Scholarship Fund

Allison Idema Eckersley Scholarship

Anastasia Ivanitskaya Bruce William Wood Memorial Scholarship

Greenlee Jones Garland-Schilling Scholarship

Chelsea Kelly Alan and Kathy Johns Scholarship

Kaylyn King James R. Hodgins Memorial English Scholarship

Kaitlyn Klumpp Mercantile Bank of Michigan Scholarship

Jacqueline Ko Isabella Community Credit Union Members' Scholarship

Rose Kothra Blystone & Bailey CPAs Scholarship

Olivia Kunik Matthew S. Sharrar Memorial Scholarship

Alex Latham Myler Family Scholarship

Allison Lindstrom McGuirk Ganiard West Side School Scholarship

Katherine Liscomb Goenner Family Scholarship

Haylee Livermore Isabella Bank Scholarship

Ella Lovasco Isabella Bank Scholarship

Cameron Lynch Aaron Jacob Latham Memorial Scholarship

Eva Lynch Carolynn Cosan Memorial Scholarship

Jillian Matyorauta Midland (MI) Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Scholarship

Ella McDonnell Earl G. Hartman, Sr. & Caroline Millar Hartman Scholarship

Francesca Mezei Norval Morey Leadership Scholarship

Yuna Miyoshi Mercantile Bank of Michigan Scholarship

Macey Novak Kenneth & Hilda Schmeck Memorial Nursing Scholarship

Haiden Onstott Harold & Marie Krapohl Scholarship

Tailor Onstott Scottie Miller Memorial Special Education Scholarship

Jessica Pardee Herbert H. Lueth Scholarship

Danele Pasch Zonta Club of Mt. Pleasant Scholarship

Claire Peak Jeff Reedy Memorial Scholarship

Samuel Powell Charlie and Jane Kiel Scholarship

Abbigail Powell Martin Family Scholarship

Joy Pryor Rotary Scholarship

May Rankin Maness Family Scholarship

Mylie Redes Susan K. and Douglas E. Dodge Scholarship

Jacob Reid Sue Ann Watters Music Scholarship

Raegan Riggie Isabella Bank Scholarship

Tate Ross Shepherd Football Scholarship

Cooper Sawyer Isabella Community Credit Union Members' Scholarship

Katelyn Schell Isabella County Retired School Personnel Scholarship

Derek Schoch Richard C. Dubay Memorial Scholarship

Jonathan Schwarzkopf Emerson W. and Marie K. Green Scholarship

Mackenna Sellers Thomas W. Lavoie Memorial Scholarship

Casey Sexton Nolan D. Stilgenbauer Scholarship

Korryn Shepard Mt. Pleasant High School Class of 1959 Scholarship

Kathryn Showalter Shepherd Public School Scholarship

Molly Siler James R. Hodgins Memorial Foreign Scholarship

Leah Smith J. Paul and Mary Ellen Janes Scholarship

Sydney Snyder Leonard E. and Louise A. Plachta Scholarship

Jalen Stalter-Brandenburger John D. and Judith M. Williams Scholarship

Connor Stempky Earl G. Hartman, Sr. & Caroline Millar Hartman Scholarship

Kate Tilton Governor John Engler Scholarship

Colleen VandenBussche Joyce and Gerry Carter Scholarship

Kasey Wallace Herbert H. Lueth Scholarship

Emilee Wezensky Carolynn Cosan Memorial Scholarship

Kendell Wilcox Isabella Bank Scholarship

Katelyn Zimmer Denison Family Scholarship