JENSEN SCHOLARSHIP Recipient: Abigail Gehring Major: Physical Education Minor: Health Education
Janet Ruth Jensen “It Was a Dream Come True” Scholarship. Janet Ruth Jensen grew up in Tomahawk, WI, and graduated from high school with a desire to go to college. She inquired about a scholarship in the principal’s office and found that one existed for $28. She took this scholarship and graduated from Stevens Point Teachers College in 1944. Janet married and had seven children while still working as a substitute teacher in the Stevens Point area. Her dedication, kindness, thoughtfulness, unconditional caring and patience for everyone will be her legacy. Mrs. Jensen’s hope is that this scholarship in her name means as much to the recipient as hers did to her—and that with it, all the recipient’s career dreams do come true, just like hers did.
SEAN MAHER SCHOLARSHIP Recipient: Leah McKelvey Graduate Program
This scholarship was established by Marilyn Kapter in 2007 in memory of her grandson Sean. Sean died in a tragic accident at the age of 21. He had the soul of a poet, a young man who loved music and theater and took great joy in writing songs and performing. On his last evening with Marilyn, he read the balcony scene from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” to her with great tenderness and feeling. With all these abilities, Sean also had a disability. He was born with Down Syndrome. It is Marilyn’s hope that the recipient of this scholarship will go the extra mile and concentrate on students’ abilities, not their disabilities, allowing them to develop their full potential.
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