2015 Scholarship Recipients!!

Recipient	Scholarship	Field	School
Christopher Beckman	Above and Beyond	Engineering	Michigan Tech
San Kay Thee	Andrew Brownfield	Early Childhood Education	University of Akron
To be awarded in October	Bellin Health
Katie Clark	Ben Edinger	Criminal Justice	NWTC
Jordan A King	Brent Vroman
Donglin “Linda” Zhang	Brian LaViolette	Bioenginnering Pre-Med, Public Health	Williams College
Janeen Plomondon	Danny Dietz	Secondary Education	Uni-CO Boulder
Nicole Giesen	Danny Dietz 2nd	Biomedical Engineering	Colorado School of Mines
Emma Bahm	Eric McColley	Criminal Psycology	Liberty University
Brooke Woodford	Esther Cleveland	Elementary Education	UWGB
Kaily Goddman	Isaiah Hunt	Nursing	UW-Oshkosh
Christiana Adame Delgado	James Cathey	Pre-dentristy	University of Reno
Landon Holley	Jerome Hatfield	Biomedical Engineering	University of SC
Jesse Erickson	Jesse Thiry	Army ROTC	St. Norberts
Bradly Blansett	Joe Welke	Chemistry and Military Science	SD School of Mines
Jonah McCrorey	Joel Gentz	Air Force	Purdue University
Sydney Wayner	John Bradley	Dietetics	UW-Stevens Point
Tori Hipke	Journey-OHS	Nursing	NWTC
Darian Rose Bowman	Journey-Suring	NWTC	Nursing
Michaela Bissinger	Ken Hess	Nursing	Garder-Webb
Cassidy Ryan	Ken Kubsch	Speech Pathology	UW-Stevens Point
Parker Blob	Ken Stumpf	National Guard	Oshkosh
Renee Schmitz	Kyle Hemauer	Biology	UW Madison
Phallen Lambert	Len Keller	Nursing	Collage of Dupage
Clarissa Skaletski	Matt Atkinson	Art Education	UW Oshkosh
Benjamin Rouse	Mike Colalillo	Law Enforcement	Fondulac Tribal and Community College
To be awarded in August	Nainoa Hoe
Sierra Demmith	Nichole Frye	Early Childhood Education	Rasmussen College
Amelia Nievinsk	Nueske Family Scholarship of Excellence	Physchobiology	Ripon College
Doug Exworthy	NWTC-Oconto	It Computer Business	NWTC
Darian Rose Bowman	NWTC-Suring	NWTC	Nursing
Mackenzi LaMarre	Ollie and Helen Bogsted	Social Work	UWGB
Alena Vebrová	Patton	Social Work
To be awarded in September	Poland Scholarships
Taylor White	Rachel Bosveld	Exercise Science/Therapeutic Recreation	UW-LaCrosse
Ramadan Raji	Ray Zimmerman	Chemical Engineering	UWGB
Douglas Exworthy	Robert C Safford	It Computer Business	NWTC
Leora Reyhan	Robert Foley	Army	USMA
Hannah Heyer	Ron Sager	Education	Martin Luthern College
Kayla Gracyalny	Ryan Jerabek	Elemenary Education	St. Norberts
Daheun Kim	Sal Giunta	Humanities	University of Northern IA
Carly Cerrato	Samantha Cuene	Health Promotion	Stevens Point
Recipient	Scholarship	Field	School
To be awarded in July	South Africa Scholarship
To be awarded in October	St. Norbert College (4 Scholarships)
Lennon J. Mauel.	Tom Hudner	Marines
Clare Cuene	Victoria Parmentier	Education	St. Norberts
Andrew Clements	Wendell and Shanna Ellsworth	Business	Grand Valley State Univeristy
Hannah Linebaugh	Wendell and Shanna Ellsworth	Nursing	Michigan State University

2015 Recipient of our $10,000 scholarship SURPRISE!

Last week, we had the privilege of suprising our 2015 Brian LaViolette Scholarship recipient, Donglin "Linda" Zhang with the news that she received our $10,000 scholarship during her first period Spanish class. 

Her whole family joined in on the surprise as well! What a joy to meet them all and welcome Linda to our Foundation family.

The impact one scholarship can have

"If the love of what you're doing exceeds the labor of doing it... success is inevitable."- Bob Nueske All of our scholarships have an impact that is not easily measured.  We were reminded of that a few weeks ago in the Czech Republic.   Our General George S. Patton Scholarship of Honor recipients: Adela Tanzerova (2013), Barbora Petermannova (2014), Alena Vebrova (2015), Kristyna Otaskova (2012) It was a special time for Brian's Foundation for many reasons in the city of Pilsen earlier this May. Not only did we award our 4th annual General George S. Patton Scholarship of Honor to Alena Vebrova, but over 20 friends of the Foundation from the States shared the experience together.  20 people that would not have thought to spend their vacation in the small city in the Czech Republic if it wasn't for Bob Nueske's vision and dedication to share Pilsen's story and help create a scholarship to its students. During this time, my Dad Doug LaViolette presented the Brian LaViolette Spirit Award on My 4th, 2015 at the Foye residence during a Scholarship of Honor reception with over 100 people in attendance. Since 2011, the Brian Laviolette Spirit Award has served as a permanent recognition for a select group of individuals who demonstrate exceptional leadership, commitment and extraordinary compassion.  The recipients give of themselves to improve their community and to Brian's Foundation. Sadly, Bob Nueske passed away earlier this year.  With plans to bring his whole family with him this year, they decided to still make the visit to experience where Bo's passion grew. Doug presented the family of Bob Nueske the Brian LaViolette Spirit Award for Bob's dedication, encouragement and talent to inspire the Brian Laviolette Foundation to love what it's doing. Brian's Spirit Award was also presented to Barb and Patrick Foye-an American couple who has lived in the Czech for over two decades, as the General Patton Scholarship would not be feasible without them.  They truly are an instrumental part and go above and beyond in all that they do. Success can mean different things for different people but for us it is when people connect, inspire and love wha they are doing.