Don Mack attended NWC (then NWCC) from August 1973 to May 1974. During that academic year, he earned enough credits, by completing and challenging classes and taking CLEP examinations, to complete the equivalent of four semesters in that single year with a 4.00...

Mark Kitchen’s mother was a believer in the power of education and knew it was essential for her children. Kitchen noted, “When my sister, divorced with three small children, was accepted into a college Registered Nursing program, my mother cared for my nieces and...

Travis Graham grew up in Basin, WY, graduating from Riverside High School in 1992. Enrolling at Northwest College was an obvious choice as he followed his father’s path to success. Tim Graham, a 1971 NWC graduate and retired veterinarian, recently moved from Basin to...

Longtime NWC supporters Curt and Cathy Dugger know how important scholarships are to students. When it was time to find another area of support the choice was easy, the ESPORTS program. Their son, Christopher, is an employee of the college and directs the Trapper...

The Gould family home is across the street from Northwest College, and according to Earl and Faie’s daughter, Grace, the family watched the college grow from a University of Wyoming experiment farm to the Northwest College campus it is today. The success of the...

It seems that Eric and Wendi Robirds have always had a special place in their hearts for Northwest College student athletes. They were a host family for men’s basketball for many seasons, and Wendi served on the Trapper Booster Club for countless years. Even their...

Esther Cowgill Brodrick Brumage was born with a song in her heart and she played it for all 93 years of her life, often as a Sunday accompanist in church and at official high school functions.  She got others to sing along as the founding director of a 94-member...

Joe and Stacey Atkinson have been involved with Northwest College in many ways. Stacey in an NWC Alumni and Joe works at NWC and has also taken classes. Over the years, three of their children have attended NWC, and the Atkinson’s have seen their children excel not...

Olive Fell was born in 1896 and spent her early years in Montana and Wyoming. Her rural upbringing contributed to her appreciation of nature and animals. She graduated from Cody High School in 1916 and went on to study art at the Art Institute of Chicago, University...

Allan and Cindy Childs invested many years of work as employees at Northwest College – he as a chemistry faculty member and she in student support services, primarily as the TRiO grant manager. As first-generation students themselves, they understood the need for...

Floyd Young was born and raised in Lusk, Wyoming. He attended the University of Wyoming, where he was a varsity wrestler. After receiving his Master’s degree in Physical Education, he was hired to teach and coach wrestling at Northwest College. His coaching career...

Having returned from active duty with the Army in World War II, Forrest Allen left his family’s sheep ranch in Montana in 1948 to homestead near Heart Mountain. He lived without electricity, gas or phone that first year in barracks moved from the nearby...

IJ and Lola Frank were among the first homesteaders on Heart Mountain, building their home and farm from scratch. Lola was a schoolteacher who taught on the farm in one of the barracks at Heart Mountain. NWC Alumni and Former Foundation Employee Robbi Welch honored...

The Fraternal Order of Eagles is an international non-profit organization uniting fraternally in the spirit of liberty, truth, justice, and equality, to make human life more desirable by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope. This...

Fremont Motor Powell is your hometown Ford, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram truck dealership on the west end of Powell. Located between the Bighorn Mountains and Yellowstone National Park. A longtime supporter of Northwest College, Fremont Motor Company is proud to...

Meg and William Frere are big believers in higher education and value the sustainability of academics and athletics in the region. They want to support academic and athletic programs and encourage an international perspective. Their nephew, Colin Hayes was the...

Created in 2017, this Athletic scholarship was established to help provide quality, affordable education for full-time students who are residents of Wyoming participating in intercollegiate athletics as members of one of NWC’s athletic teams. Having served the Cody,...

Gary Erickson was one of the most prolific scorers in Utah basketball history and an All American. A father of three boys who were heavily involved in athletics growing up, they all wanted to follow in their father’s footsteps and be like him. One of those sons,...

As a Big Horn Basin boy at heart, Gene Shuler loves to play horseshoes.  He also loves to golf.  But he really loves Northwest College and that’s evident in a big way through the agriculture scholarship endowment he helped to develop.  Each year he honors his NWC...

The value of education was a cornerstone of George and Janice Armour’s life. Both college graduates, George taught English at Lovell High School and Janice was a library aide. George and Janice appreciated having NWC handy and attended plays and concerts when...

At Georgia Pacific, they believe that scholarships offer continued paths to discover, develop, and achieve new possibilities. By empowering everyone to achieve their potential, we can create stronger communities and change lives for the better. This scholarship fund...

Gerry went to school in a one-room schoolhouse in rural Manitoba, Canada, until he reached high school. He attended Winnipeg Technical and Vocational School, where he graduated. While there, he participated and excelled in all manner of sports: Football, wrestling,...

Greg and Ann are both professional musicians and currently own a business in Cody that promotes music education, and through this scholarship they hope to give music majors a “step up” in their higher education pursuits. The Pendley’s decided to partner with NWC as...

Growing up in the Big Horn Basin, it is not customary for young people to do elaborate college tours because students know that attending college in Wyoming is the best bang for their buck. For numerous Shipley family members Northwest College was also a bonus...

Harold Farmer, coach and agricultural instructor at Northwest College from 1960-1978, was recruited by the Los Angeles Rams to play football in the late 1950s, but he said “no” to stay and teach at NWC. Harold had a hand in starting the rodeo program, the wrestling...

Hazel Voerding was a founding member of the Cody Soroptimist Club in 1973. Through her 30 years of service, she worked to help women gain their independence through education. As a young woman Hazel always wanted to be a nurse, but due to life’s circumstances she...

The Eleanore Heasler Memorial Nursing Scholarship was started in 1990 by Richared Heasler, Katherine Christiansen, and Mary Lois Jacobson, three siblings who wanted to pay tribute to the beloved aunt who helped raise them. Eleanore Heasler (1891-1980) was the first...

Hubert and Elda Shoemaker started farming in Garland shortly after they were married in 1932. They were successful farmers who were active in the community for many years. They often liked to tell the story of them saving up enough egg money to buy a tube for their...

Cal Jacobs attended NWCC in 1972 and 1973, earning a wrestling scholarship the second semester of his freshman year and his sophomore year. At the time, it was a great financial benefit to him. Today he’s pleased to have the opportunity to give back to the college...

Jim West of Cody loved mathematics. He often sat at the table for hours and played with advanced calculations, just for fun. His eyes would light up as he would talk at length about mathematics. He was passionate about its innate elegance. This love of knowledge...