2022 Scholarship Awards

Stout University Foundation Scholarships

Hong Xiang Rost International Scholarship Francis (Rusty) Rost, friends, family, and colleagues established this fund in loving memory of Hong Rost. Hong came to Wisconsin in 1991and graduated with her master’s degree from UW-La Crosse in 1994. She then worked at UW-La Crosse as assistant director of international education from 1995 to 2010. In 2010 she joined the UW-Stout community as director of international education. In big and small ways, she helped every international student during that entire timeframe achieve their educational objectives. The social media and on-line comments of people from around the world on news of her death show how much they as individuals were impacted by Hong’s life. Hong touched many lives because she was a people person and wonderfully giving and loving. The annual award is $1,300. David Tesar RTP Company Plastics Engineering Scholarship RTP Company supports the plastics engineering program in many ways and aims to grow the program by supporting incoming first-year students enrolled in plastics engineering. Graduates from the plastics engineering program are highly desirable and important for the economic development in this region, as well as the future of the industry. The annual award is $1,500. Kyrstin Hanson

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