2020 Scholarship Reception Booklet

Dan Riordan Scholarship Colleagues, friends and family established this scholarship to remember Dan’s legacy of teaching, scholarship and service to his students and UW-Stout. The Dan Riordan Scholarship recognizes a high achieving undergraduate in the technical and professional communications at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Dan Riordan was a professor of English at UW-Stout for 40 years. In 2010, he helped to establish the baccalaureate degree in technical communication. Dan was the author of the best-selling textbook Technical Report Writing Today and was honored in 2003 with the Society for Technical Communication Jay R. Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching. The annual award is $500. Kelsey Galbraith Helen Melville Roberts Scholarship Helen Melville Roberts, a 1948 and 1965 graduate of UW-Stout, had a successful teaching career and has provided a scholarship for students majoring in career and technical education. Richard Roberts Memorial Scholarship Richard Roberts graduated from UW-Stout in 1957 and was devoted to vocational education in the state of Wisconsin. His wife, Bettye, and many close friends established this scholarship after his death in 1984 to aid an education major. The annual award is $300. Lydia Sanken Todd and Amy Rogers Scholarship Todd and Amy Currier Rogers perished tragically in a mid-air collision in 2003. Through their numerous activities and interests, they lived every day to the fullest and enriched the lives of many. Amy was a 1989 graduate of Stout. This scholarship was established to honor the memory of Todd and Amy and is available to junior or senior apparel design and development or art majors with a 3.0 or above GPA. The annual award is $800. Jessica Maedke

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