NANCY CARROLL COOK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Recipient: Hailey Krueger Major: Elementary Education
Nancy Carroll Cook graduated from New London High School and earned a B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. She began her teaching career in Waukesha, and retired after 14 years as a kindergarten teacher at Rose Glen Elementary, where she helped design the classrooms. She also taught at McDill in Stevens Point, White Rock, Meadowbrook and Torhorst Schools in Waukesha. Nancy truly enjoyed being a teacher, a mother, a grandmother and a great-grandmother. Words that come to mind to those who loved her are kind, patient, loyal, generous and sweet.
THOMAS MCCAIG FUTURE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP Recipient: Samuel Barrett Major: Music Education
Thomas McCaig, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, established this scholarship. McCaig joined the faculty in the School of Education in 1966 after earning three degrees from Loyola University and teaching in the public schools in Chicago. He is a two-time recipient of the UWSP Excellence in Teaching Award.
OSCAR W. NEALE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION Recipient: Valerie DeHaven Major: Elementary Education Minor: Environmental Education
This scholarship was established in memory of Oscar Neale by his family. Mr. Neale was Director of the Rural Department (later to become the School of Education) at Stevens Point Normal School (later called Central State Teachers College) from 1915-44. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate for two four-year terms. Mr. Neale was a pioneer in art appreciation and the picture study movement in education at UW-Stevens Point.
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