ARLENE W. THOYRE EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP Recipient: Cara Johnson Master’s Program - Reading
Arlene and Howard Thoyre established this scholarship. Arlene taught 4th, 5th and 6th grade students in North Dakota, Madison and Stevens Point for more than 30 years. Her teaching career began in a small North Dakota coal mining town where her 6th grade class consisted of 9 girls and 20 boys, 2 of whom were on probation from a juvenile correctional facility. It was a challenging year, but an invaluable experience. Arlene credits much of whatever success she enjoyed over the rest of her career to what she learned in that first classroom.
FRANKLIN H. PEARSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Recipient: Hannah Nygaard Major: Elementary Education
At age 19, Franklin H. Pearson began teaching in a one-room school in Marinette County where English was the second language for most of the students. Pearson could have done many things, but he chose teaching. He had immeasurable patience and was accomplished at helping young people think and learn. Established by the family and friends of Franklin H. Pearson, former faculty member at UWSP.
HABECK FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP Recipient: Jill Weyers Major: Early Childhood Education Minor: Early Childhood Special Education
The Habeck Family Scholarship was established by Roy and Phyllis Habeck to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their 1953 graduation from the Two-Year Rural Education program at Wisconsin State College, Stevens Point. This scholarship is offered in recognition of the excellence demonstrated by faculty and support staff of the era in which they were students. While the names and faces have changed at UWSP since that time, excellence has continued to be constant; therefore, this scholarship is designed to recognize academic excellence in a candidate for a teaching position at the elementary or secondary level.
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