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June and Lyle Haberland Memorial Fund

June and Lyle Haberland Memorial Fund

Dr. Lyle Haberland met June, a nurse and his wife-to-be, at Sacramento County Hospital in California. As a young nurse, June had aspirations of entering the nursing education field, but instead she became Lyle’s right hand in the family practice he opened in Powell...

Kane and Tracy Morris Academic Scholarship

Kane and Tracy Morris Academic Scholarship

Kane and Tracy Morris believe deeply in the power of education to strengthen individuals, communities, and the future of Wyoming. Kane is a Wyoming native with many years of professional experience in architecture, construction administration, and business...

Kane and Tracy Morris Soccer Scholarship

Kane and Tracy Morris Soccer Scholarship

For years, Kane Morris has helped shape high-quality, functional architecture throughout rural Wyoming and beyond. A Wyoming native and Montana State graduate, Kane has built his career on collaboration, integrity, and community impact. He remains actively involved...

Karen Harrison Memorial Nursing Scholarship Endowment

Karen Harrison Memorial Nursing Scholarship Endowment

Karen Harrison Memorial Nursing Scholarship Endowment According to her husband Bruce, Karen Harrison loved her job as a member of the Nursing faculty at Northwest College. “Karen loved teaching,” he said, “and every spare moment was spent working on that program.” ...

Keele Sanitation Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Keele Sanitation Athletic Scholarship Endowment

For decades, Keele Sanitation has been the trusted provider of sanitation services for residents and businesses in Cody, Powell and Lovell Wyoming. In 2021, this scholarship was created to support full-time students participating in intercollegiate athletics as...

Lars and James Bly Memorial Scholarship

Lars and James Bly Memorial Scholarship

Lars Bly was an accomplished and talented graduate of Powell High School. He was a National Merit Finalist and an excellent tennis player along with numerous other achievements. Growing up, he was often seen around the Northwest College campus where his father, Jim...

Lawrence W. Menefee Scholarship Endowment

Lawrence W. Menefee Scholarship Endowment

Larry Menefee has lived in Colorado most of his life, but he still thinks of Powell as his hometown. He grew up in Powell, and he attended NWC while still living with his parents, working 50 hours a week and playing baseball to put himself through school. In his...

LDS Endowed Scholarship Fund

LDS Endowed Scholarship Fund

Believing that education is a religious responsibility, area representatives from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worked with church leaders in Salt Lake City to create a scholarship program that assists members enrolled at Northwest College in...

Loren Evans Burlington Class of 1973 Scholarship Endowment

Loren Evans Burlington Class of 1973 Scholarship Endowment

Having lived in several states, Loren Evans ended up at Burlington High School in his senior year in Burlington, Wyoming. College was a desire, however, how to get there was hard to imagine. One of his teachers applied for a scholarship from the Big Horn County...

Loretta Stapleton Memorial/Cody Regional Health Foundation Scholarship Endowment

Loretta Stapleton Memorial/Cody Regional Health Foundation Scholarship Endowment

Loretta Stapleton, former Cody Regional Health Emergency Room Director, and her family have left an amazing gift for generations to come. After Loretta’s passing in 2022, an endowed scholarship was created in her memory at Northwest College to support Cody Regional...

Marianna (Howard) Daley Mathews Scholarship

Marianna (Howard) Daley Mathews Scholarship

Marianna (Mari) Howard Daley Mathews always met challenges with determination and dignity. Returning to college and becoming a pharmacist was how she met the challenge of being widowed at the age of 32 with a drugstore to run and 3 small children to raise. As an...

Marigold N. Saunders Scholarship Endowment

Marigold N. Saunders Scholarship Endowment

The Marigold N. Saunders Scholarship Endowment was established in 1977 by Grant Taggart, of Cowley WY. Mrs. Marigold Saunders was the widow of H.J. Saunders, a former executive of California-Western States Life Insurance Company. Grant Taggart went to work as a...

Mario Aguilar Memorial Photography Scholarship

Mario Aguilar Memorial Photography Scholarship

Mario Aguilar found is confidence and discovered his passion behind a camera at Northwest College. That’s why after his death at age 44 from ALS, his wife, Darla, established a scholarship endowment to educate sophomore photography students. Darla shared, “As his...

Mary Elaine Housel Scholarship Endowment

Mary Elaine Housel Scholarship Endowment

Mary Elaine Bever Housel grew up as a Homesteader’s daughter in Garland, Wy. After graduating from Powell High School, she attended the University of Wyoming with degrees in Commerce and Education. She married Jerry Winters Housel in Cody where they resided...

Matthias Ambrose Scholarship Endowment

Matthias Ambrose Scholarship Endowment

Matthias Ambrose was a baby who lived a very short but precious life. The scholarship has been funded to continue his memory while helping those seeking to further their education. Matthias would not of been an honor student but he would have been a caring person...

Max and Ernestine Murray Memorial Scholarship

Max and Ernestine Murray Memorial Scholarship

From roots in Powell’s earliest homestead days, Max Murray went on to help pioneer this country’s space exploration program. But he never forgot where he came from or his humble beginnings. He was born in 1915 on the Shoshone Reclamation Project at Powell and grew up...

Metzler Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Metzler Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Wrestling has always been a big part of the Metzler family. Wes Metzler, and all his boys competed in wrestling at various levels and points in their lives. It was a family passion. It was also important according to Coleen Metzler to promote Trapper wrestling to...

Michael Troy Hissam Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Michael Troy Hissam Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Robyn Fleenor and Troy Hissam met for the first time at Northwest College in 1986. Robyn was a member of the Trapper volleyball team and Troy worked as a line judge at games. They were introduced at a party two weeks before classes started their freshman year and...

Mike Masterson Memorial Music Scholarship Endowment

Mike Masterson Memorial Music Scholarship Endowment

With a big, welcoming smile and engaging personality, Professor Emeritus Mike Masterson was a faculty fixture at Northwest College from 1977 to 2010. He served in a variety of positions at NWC over his 33-year career, including low brass instructor, director of vocal...

Mildred Robertson Parr Memorial Music Scholarship Endowment

Mildred Robertson Parr Memorial Music Scholarship Endowment

Mildred Robertson Parr was an educated, buckskin-wearing, shotgun-toting woman who played the piano and violin “like an angel.” A member of one of Cody’s founding families in the early 1900s, Mildred was known in her teen years as an accomplished riflewoman and...

Minnie Wasden Blood Elementary Education Scholarship Endowment

Minnie Wasden Blood Elementary Education Scholarship Endowment

Until she was 13, Minnie Wasden Blood attended a three-room rural school in Penrose, WY, and then her parents built a two-room home in Cowley so she and her brothers and sisters could attend the only school available in that part of the Big Horn Basin. Though...

Montana-Dakota Utilities Company Scholarship

Montana-Dakota Utilities Company Scholarship

Montana-Dakota Utilities recognizes the academic achievement of students at Northwest College. MDU is proud to support by sponsoring this annual scholarship by providing financial assistance to students with a sophomore academic standing from communities served by...

Morales Veronica Nursing Scholarship

Morales Veronica Nursing Scholarship

Jessica’s commitment to education and community empowerment is at the heart of the Morales Veronica Nursing Scholarship. Born to parents who immigrated from Mexico in the 1980s, Jessica understands firsthand the challenges that come with being a first-generation...

Nellemay Gillett Blevins Nontraditional Student Scholarship Endowment

Nellemay Gillett Blevins Nontraditional Student Scholarship Endowment

This scholarship award is given to honor the memory and legacy of Nellemay Gillett Blevins. She arrived with her parents and brothers and lived her entire life in the Big Horn Basin. She raised her family with Wyoming values, treating others with a graceful blend...

Nicholas Waln Morris Sr., Aeronautics Scholarship Endowment

Nicholas Waln Morris Sr., Aeronautics Scholarship Endowment

Nicholas Waln Morris Sr. was an avid pilot and a sought after flight instructor. Despite his personal regret for having dropped out of high school to pursue a career in aviation during the post-World War I era, he was a lifelong promoter of education. Nick was...

NIck and Madelyn Morris Nursing Scholarship Endowment

NIck and Madelyn Morris Nursing Scholarship Endowment

Dr. Nick Morris and his wife Madelyn, a registered nurse, dedicated their lives to the medical profession. With strong ties to the local community, its people, and its hospitals, they were committed to the sustainability of the medical workforce in the Big Horn...

Nickles Family Music Scholarship

Nickles Family Music Scholarship

Megan Woods, studied English at NWC, graduating in 1984. Megan transferred to the University of Wyoming and completed her bachelor’s degree in English. While pursuing a master’s degree in American Studies, she was working as a graduate teaching assistant when a young...

Nicole Rodriguez-Brown Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Nicole Rodriguez-Brown Athletic Scholarship Endowment

Nicole Rodriguez-Brown has proven to be truly invested in the Big Horn Basin, coming from a long-time Heart Mountain agriculture family who knows the value of hard work. She graduated from Powell High School in 2002 and attended the University of Montana, graduating...

NWC All-Star Rodeo Athlete Scholarship Endowment

NWC All-Star Rodeo Athlete Scholarship Endowment

NWC has a rich and successful rodeo history consistently performing well within the Big Sky Region winning numerous regional championships and at the national level, with multiple individual champions and team titles. This endowed scholarship fund was created in 2017...

NWC Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment

NWC Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment

Underpinning the Alumni Association Scholarship Endowment is the Board of Directors’ appreciation for the value of scholarships and how they help recruit and retain NWC students. The alumni directors’ individual commitment to scholarships is probably more deeply held...