This year CFN awarded scholarships to four winners selected from a total of nine applicants. The Scholarship Selection Committee is made up of Bob Semm, Pat Cusick, Ken Lautenschlager, Dave McGowan, Erik Van Fleet and is chaired by Jim Quick. Their recommendations for scholarship winners were voted on by the full board.
Californians for Nebraska Scholarship Winners
DARBY DAVIDSON |
Darby is a Senior majoring in Secondary English Education and wins
the Heaton Memorial Scholarship for the second time. The Heaton
Scholarship is awarded each year to an outstanding student majoring
in education. Darby is from Hemet and currently has a 3.9 GPA and
has made the Dean’s List for the last three semesters. She intends to teach at the high school level with an emphasis on literature instruction and analysis. Darby is a member of Pi Lambda Theta Honors Society in Education where she will serve another term this year as treasurer. |
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BETHANY FEIS  |
This year the CFN Scholarship Committee chose Bethany Feis as the Dr. Raymond Peterson Memorial Scholarship. Last year Bethany was co-winner of the Peterson Scholarship. The Peterson Scholarship, started in 2010, is awarded to the student that is pursuing a Dentistry/Medical related career and exhibits dedication to helping others. Bethany Feis is a junior pursuing a pre-med course of study and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Humanities in Medicine. She maintains a 3.67 cumulative GPA. She is a member of the University’s Honors Program and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. After graduation, she plans on attending medical school in order to become a general practitioner or a pediatrician. |
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JOHN-ROBERT BLOOM  |
John-Robert is a sophomore from Castaic majoring in Economics. John maintains a GPA of 3.5. He is active in the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and College Republicans. He is active in several community service and volunteer organizations and has worked as a summer intern for a local California law office. John has a summer internship with his local Congressman and worked as a volunteer for a Nebraska senatorial campaign. This is John’s second time being awarded a CFN scholarship. |
SYDNEY STONE  |
Sydney is a senior from Temecula majoring in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering with a 3.2 GPA. This is Sydney’s third CFN Scholarship award. Sydney has earned a place on the College of Engineering Dean’s List for two consecutive semesters while also participating in high level billet positions in Navy ROTC. This fall she will continue as Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Administrative Officer. She is responsible for the planning and coordination of all battalion events while also supervising the public affairs officer, recruiting officer, computer and web officers. Outside of her ROTC activities she works part time and participates in the Institute of Industrial Engineers, the Society of Women Engineers and plays for the UNL intramural soccer club team. |
