The Methodist Thrift Shop offers scholarships for graduating seniors based on their church involvement, leadership, community service, extra-curricular activites and personal attributes. Applications are available at the Thrift Shop at 986 E. Second Ave. or at local high school counselor offices. The application deadline is March 15.
The Dorothy Gore Scholarship sponsored by P.E.O. Chapter CS is available to any La Plata County graduating senior girl who has shown academic promise, leadership potential, serves her community and has at least a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average. This $1,000 scholarship honors Dorothy Gore, a retired long time Durango teacher.
All applicants to an academic college are considered although priority is given to applicants to Cottey College, a four-year women's college in Nevada, Missouri, owned by the P.E.O. Sisterhood. Information about Cottey is found online at Cottey College.
Applications for the scholarship are available at high school counseling offices. The application deadline is Thursday, April 19, 2018. You may call Mary Colgan at 970-259-4039 if you have any questions.
ROLLA, Mo. - Missouri University of Science and Technology announces the names of students who made the honor list for the Fall 2017 semester, including Matthew Knickerbocker, a junior majoring in petroleum engineering from Bayfield. To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or above out of a possible 4.0. Founded in 1870 as the University of Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a research university of more than 8,800 students and part of the four-campus University of Missouri System.
Nearly 500 students were named to Fort Lewis College dean's list for the Fall 2017 semester. They took at least 15 credits of gradable hours and achieved a 3.60 or higher grade point average. Their names, hometown and majors are listed below.
Aaron Velasquez of Ignacio; accounting.
Caitlyn Phelps of Bayfield; elementary education.
Patrick Maharrey of Bayfield; elementary education.
Kayla Boblitt of Bayfield; Boblitt's major, elementary education.
Finlay Marshall of Bayfield; engineering.
Kelly Greer of Ignacio; environmental studies.
Amber Johnson of Bayfield; exercise Ssecialist.
Fabian Martinez of Ignacio; history.
Bella Sage of Bayfield; business administration.
Kelliann Petersen of Bayfield; elementary education.
Aurora Murga of Bayfield; psychology.
Chrystianne Valdez of Ignacio; psychology.
Morgan Kirkpatrick of Bayfield; psychology.
Lona Nopah of Bayfield; sociology.
Ashley Hunt of Bayfield; theatre.
INDIANAPOLIS - Marian University named Hunter Funkhouser of Bayfield to its fall 2017 dean's list.
Students who earn a minimum of a 3.5 GPA in a given semester are added to the dean's list at Marian.
The spring 2018 semester welcomed new transfer and freshmen students from all over the country and globe to Durango.
Local students and their majors are:
Wyatt Freier of Bayfield, undeclared; Snowie Winters of Bayfield, economics; Wesley Killinen of Bayfield, engineering; Raymond Howard of Bayfield, engineering; Brian Mashak of Bayfield, exercise physiology.
