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Past Winners of the
Dale E. Fridell Memorial Scholarship
 4th
Quarter, 2006 Winner
Corey WIlliams
University of Southern Maine
My name is Corey Williams. I am a Junior at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. I graduate next year at the ripe old age of 33 with a degree in Business Administration, Marketing concentration. The road I have taken to reach my goal of obtaining a college degree and starting a rewarding career has been full of bumps and frequent U-turns.
Originally I had wanted to become an Astronaut and went to school for one semester for Aerospace Engineering. That idea didn't last too long. Since then I married, had two children and divorced. I have been a clerk, a waitress, worked in a factory and as an Administrative Assistant. I thought that maybe I wanted to be an Accountant, a Food Scientist and even a Real Estate Agent. The one thing that didn't change during this 13-year journey was my desire to return to college. That dream seemed impossible as a single mother of two little boys, but I kept my eye on the goal and waited patiently for the right time to make my move.
When I took a job as a Marketing Assistant, I knew immediately that it was the right profession for me. A few years later I decided it was finally my time to go back to school. The kids were older and I was ready. The past few years have been a struggle both with time and finances, but it has all been worth it. I am finally able to see the light at the end of the tunnel and have never been happier.
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 3rd
Quarter, 2006 Winner
Shaun McMichael
Seattle Pacific University
My name is Shaun Anthony McMichael. I’m a junior at Seattle Pacific
University, majoring in psychology with a minor in creative writing.
It’s an odd mix, some have said, but the two disciplines have
proved to be complimentary. My studies in psychology, with a focus
on adolescent functioning, social interaction and pathology, has
influenced my perception of people and given me insight into the
human condition that has impacted the characters I am able to
create in my writing. more...
2nd Quarter, 2006 Winner
Suriya Jayanti Washington College of Law at American
University
My formal political coming of age, as I turned eighteen, took
place in the shattered landscape of civil war-torn Lebanon. My
experiences throughout the Middle East during the year and a half
I spent there brought into sharp relief the reality that life
in America is comparatively tranquil, prosperous and nurturing.
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 1st
Quarter, 2006 Winner
Joni Swenson
University of Washington
My career goal is to become a nurse in order to help improve the
quality of health care provided to King County, Washington's Latino
community. My Spanish fluency, experience working with the Latino
community, and my zeal to attend to patients in need have fueled
my passion to achieve this goal. I am pursuing a Bachelor's degree
in nursing at the University of Washington, because of the nursing
program's excellent reputation.. more...
4th Quarter, 2005 Winner
Michelle Dunham
Sinte Gleska University, South Dakota
Completion of a post-secondary program is important to me because
I feel I have the effort and ability to finish what I originally
started a few years ago.
My first choice in careers was to graduate in the airline industry.
I always wanted to become an airline stewardess. I graduated from
International Airline Academy but never had a chance to get a
job in the airline industry due to lack of employment back then.more...
3rd Quater, 2005 Winner
Kathy Miller
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Without a post secondary education my dream
of being a nurse would never come to fruition. I firmly believe
in the powerful message of Ecclesiastes 3:1 - that there is a
time for every purpose under heaven. Throughout momentous, life-altering
events like discovering my husband attempting to hang himself
in the garage just months after the birth of our first daughter,
his subsequent diagnosis of schizophrenia, and my own struggle
with the disease Lupus, and then finally burying my husband, Andrew,
just two years ago, more...
2nd Quarter, 2005 Winner
Travis Biggs
University of Northern
Iowa
As a college student I know all too well the struggles of maintaining good study habits while balancing a work schedule as well. I participate in multiple religious activities as well, and juggling all these things together can be as much of a spectacle as the real juggling acts you see in a carnival.
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