2021 Scholarship Reception Booklet

Howard and Charlotte Lee Education Endowed Scholarship Howard, 1968 and 1969, and Charlotte Gomulak, 1968 and 1969, and their three sons Nathan, 1997, Sheldon, 1998, and Jonathan, 2001, all graduated from UW-Stout. Howard served in several leadership and teaching capacities on the UW-Stout campus from 1986-2009. Howard and Charlotte believe in the need for family and consumer science and technology education. This scholarship has been established for a financially deserving student with a GPA of 2.8 or higher and will be awarded to a student majoring in family and consumer science or technology education during their sophomore year. The scholarship is renewable for the student’s junior year if they meet the scholarship criteria. The annual award is $1,000. Sarah Korte Katie Brophy Lee Memorial Endowed Scholarship Katie Brophy Lee was a senior art major with an emphasis in printmaking when she died in 2007 while being treated for leukemia. In addition to performing in UW-Stout theatre productions, Katie was very passionate about the environment. She pursued this passion by being active in Green Sense as vice president of the organization, organizing Earth Day events, having her own table at the Earth Day event to educate people about composting and recycling long before it was a part of campus life, and designing and planting rain gardens with other students. Her family and friends established this scholarship to honor her and assist a student who exemplifies Katie’s desire to protect and preserve our environment. The annual award is $1,000. Elizabeth Skalitzky This scholarship is in memory of Professor Michael Levy who taught English, children’s literature and science fiction at UW-Stout for 37 years. Professor Levy spent his entire career teaching at UW-Stout and served as chair of the English department for seven years. He was a noted expert on children’s, young adult, and science fiction literature and served as president and editor of numerous associations and publications over his lifetime. His book reviews and essays on literature numbered in the thousands. He was awarded posthumously the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award in Myth and Fantasy Studies in 2018 and the Children’s Fantasy Literature: An Introduction award in 2017. Throughout his career, he mentored many and was beloved for his kind, level-headed guidance, and wisdom. The annual awards are $1,500 each. Olivia Bonlander Kimiya Pournik Michael Levy – English, Communications and Literature Scholarship

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