2020 Scholarship Reception Booklet

Annual and Endowed Scholarships

Sonja Marie Bengtson Endowed Scholarship Sonja Marie Bengtson passed away two months after graduating from UW-Stout in 1999. The Bengtson family, in Sonja’s memory, provided this scholarship to assist UW-Stout students enrolled in an international exchange program. The scholarship is awarded to an apparel design and development major with financial need who is studying abroad. Donald C. Beran Endowed Scholarship Donald Beran was a 1954 mechanical engineering graduate of UW-Stout. After graduation, he served in the Army and then joined the faculty of General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Michigan. The scholarship is awarded to a manufacturing engineering major of junior or above standing. The annual award is $400. Kase Kleinschmidt Mary Ann Beran Endowed Scholarship Mary Ann Beran graduated from the dietetics program at UW-Stout in 1954 and was the head dietitian at Genesee Memorial Hospital in Flint, Michigan, until her retirement in 1995. She was a member of the American Dietetics Association and supervised dietetic internships for many years. The scholarship is awarded to a dietetics major who will be completing a dietetic internship. The annual award is $300. Samantha Angell Berg Family Memorial Scholarship The scholarship honors Roy A. Berg and Agnes Mihelich Berg, parents of Karen M. Williams and Michael S. Berg. Roy and Agnes grew up on the Minnesota Iron Range. Roy completed an engineering degree at the University of Minnesota and then began work in the computer industry, which was in fledgling status when he started in the late 1940s. He spent his entire career in that computer industry in the Twin Cities. Throughout their lives, the Bergs valued education and encouraged their children and grandchildren to pursue and complete a college education. The donors wish to assist student recipients each year in achieving their goal of a college education. The scholarship is awarded to junior or senior engineering or vocational rehabilitation majors with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Preference is given to students who demonstrate financial need and are from the area known as the Iron Range of Minnesota. The annual award is $1,000. Colten Wilson

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