2024年5月21日
A new Northwest 密苏里州 State University scholarship honors the impact the institution’s business program made on one couple and their family while offering support to future students interested in business.
从秋天开始, the Hunsicker Family Scholarship will be awarded annually to a Northwest undergraduate student pursuing a major in the 梅尔文D. 和Valorie G. 布斯商学院. 才有资格获得奖学金, students must also be enrolled full-time at Northwest and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Eldon and Janelle Wollenhaupt Hunsicker
Eldon and Janelle Wollenhaupt Hunsicker are pledging gifts totaling more than $25,000设立奖学金. The scholarship award will be no less than $1,000 annually.
“Northwest is incredibly fortunate to have individuals like Eldon and Janelle who have had impactful experiences at the University and want to pay forward that transformational opportunity to current and future students through scholarship support,——吉尔·布朗, the director of corporate relations and a major gifts officer at Northwest, 说. “Their endowed scholarship will help students for generations to come.”
Eldon is a 1970 graduate of Northwest and added a master’s degree in business management with a marketing emphasis in 1974. Janelle completed her bachelor’s degree in 1971. The couple met while taking classes together as they pursued their degrees in business education.
Both began their careers as teachers before transitioning into office environments. Janelle recently retired as the assistant business manager for Ottumwa Community Schools in 爱荷华州.
“It was my business education that gave me a lot of my skills to do that, especially my communication skills with other people,”她说。.
Eldon taught for nine years at Truman High School in Independence, 密苏里州, and then “made the decision that maybe I should practice what I teach,他说. He recently retired after 45 years in the insurance industry as a partner with NOEL Insurance, 在渥太华有办事处吗, 爱荷华州的Eddyville和奥西奥拉. He also was an adjunct instructor at Buena Vista University in 爱荷华州 for 35 years.
另外, the Hunsickers were deeply involved in the Ottumwa region, each serving in multiple leadership roles in their community. Eldon served on the state board of the Independent Insurance Agents of 爱荷华州 for 13 years and on the national board of the Independent Insurance Agents & 做了三年的美国经纪人.
Coming from Hatfield, 密苏里州, Eldon had several family members who attended Northwest before him. 相反, Janelle had never heard of Northwest while growing up in Massena, 爱荷华州, and came to the University as a first-generation student. But both were inspired to pursue business education degrees by high school teachers they hoped to emulate.
“I would hope in the years that I did teach high school, that I did as good a job as she did,埃尔登说 of his high school business instructor, 玛莎·费·伍伦斯, 1948年和记棋牌娱乐校友.
当他们还是和记棋牌娱乐的学生时, Eldon hosted a Sunday night radio program on KDLX and performed with Northwest’s Madrigal choir. Janelle enjoyed working in the admissions office. Both were members of the Pi Omega Pi business education honor society.
They also benefited from the lessons taught by Northwest faculty, 包括玛莎·莫斯, 杰瑞·哈里斯和莎伦·布朗宁.
“The strong educational background that we got at Northwest was really fundamental – at least for me, with all that I did and the various offices that I held and the insurance operations later on, 在州一级, 在国家层面,埃尔登说. “I think the strength of the programs at Northwest made us feel that we were much better prepared for the business world than many of the other graduates from other universities were, 这给了和记棋牌娱乐一个优势.”
The Hunsickers have stayed connected to Northwest and its programs – from attending Bearcat athletics games to participating in alumni activities – and believe now is the time to further invest in the University through the creation of their scholarship.
“It just seems important that we do our part now to assist other students as they come through those programs, especially in business because it’s been so good to us,埃尔登说. “We hope that this will be a little bit of something that will help others as they come through the program so that we send more good business graduates out into the world.”
For more information about the Hunsicker Family Scholarship or to make a tax-deductible gift to benefit the University, contact Northwest’s Office of University Advancement at 660.562.1248或浏览 4od.gabon-voice.com/GiveOnline.
