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...

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...

After a few years in rainy Seattle, the Dawsons came to Cody in 1966 when a CPA business came up for sale. Oliver ran his tax and accounting business, and Goldy went to work as a 7th grade reading teacher. They never left. Both of the Dawsons are college...

Opal Jones and her husband, Earl, farmed in the Powell area at the inception of their marriage in 1940. After her children were nearly raised, she began employment with Dr. Lyle Haberland and enjoyed emplyment with him for nearly 30 years until her retirement. As a...

Peg Frisby was born and raised in Cody by pioneering parents who had arrived in Cody before it was officially a town. She attended Cody High School and the University of Wyoming. She loved music and was a natural pianist who created a unique ragtime sound from even...

P.E.O. Sisterhood Chapters exist primarily to help provide a quality, affordable education for female students. The idea for establishing this scholarship was presented to our chapter by one of our sisters, Carrie Gasch. At that time Carrie was employed at the...

Pinnacle Bank’s long-standing partnership with Northwest College began when the bank first established roots in Park County in 1982. We believe education is vital for individual, business and community growth and share NWC’s vision of equipping students to make a...

Pinnacle Bank’s long-standing partnership with Northwest College began when the bank first established roots in Park County in 1982. We believe education is vital for individual, business and community growth and share NWC’s vision of equipping students to make a...

Volunteer work for Powell Valley Healthcare began in 1957, when a group of women trained by the Red Cross and known as the “Gray Ladies” began reading aloud to patients, visiting with them, and writing letters for them. Since those early years, Powell Valley...

The namesake of the Nelson Performing Arts Center, R.A. Nelson is known for many things at Northwest College. He was the founder and first president of the Northwest College Foundation. His unsolicited gift of stock started the endowment program that has supported...

Maggie Newell was born and raised on a ranch in Wyola, MT. She attended college at Eastern Montana College in Billings where she met and married Ralph Newell. They were married before she could finish her degree, and so it wasn’t until their 3 children were in...

A traveling Presbyterian minister, Ray Nott took his ministry from the tent churches he set up across the Big Horn Basin to as far away as Bangkok, Thailand. Music was a big part of the message he and Nancianna shared around the world. When they decided to settle in...

The Reece Schleich Wrestling Fund was started in 2002 by Reece’s parents Larry and TK Schleich after he lost his life in a dirt bike accident. NWC’s wrestling coach Jim Zeigler was a mentor and a good friend to Reece and Reece loved wrestling. He was the 2001 USA...

Robert James Barthell was a member of the Northwest College faculty in the 1970s and early 1980s, teaching literature, composition, and popular culture. He enjoyed people and embraced the intellectual and human diversity of the NWC campus. Some of the happiest and...

As part of America’s “Greatest Generation,” Bob Frisby was dedicated to his community, his state, and his nation. He served with distinction in World War II and was the first reservist called up from Park County when the Korean War broke out. Following his...

This annually funded scholarship was established to help provide quality, affordable education to students pursuing a degree at Northwest College with preference to students studying Engineering. The foundation is one of the nation’s largest utility-endowed...

Roger and Carolyn Kearns grew up in Ohio, and though they didn’t know each other well in high school Roger remembers being in a chemistry class with Carolyn. She was a lab assistant to whom he often recited lab experiments, and Carolyn impressed him with her...

In honor of her late husband, Amy R. Jacob decided to start a scholarship to help Ag students who may not have been able to attend college without financial help. Her husband, “Jake”, put himself through college to complete his animal husbandry degree. The college...

Mignon (Minnie) Murphy moved to the Powell area in 1916 where her family homesteaded on the Shoshone Irrigation Project. Roland Earhart’s family arrived in 1929 and homesteaded on the Willwood Division. He was able to file on a relinquished Willwood homestead of his...

Nursing care made a lasting impression on a Powell family and led to the creation of a scholarship program at Northwest College. Rose Cannon died of cancer in 2007. In the last weeks of her life, she was attended at home by nurses in hospice care. Rose Cannon was...

During the early days of British Petroleum’s exploration and pipeline construction in Alaska, Steve Nickles’s mother, Rosemary Nickles, helped build a Boeing 727 shuttle service for workers to and from Prudhoe Bay. For 35 years, she worked alongside those she...

After Sandy Rauch passed away, her husband Claude wanted a way for his wife’s legacy to live on. It just so happened that his granddaughter Sierra was planning on attending NWC to play volleyball. Sandy and Claude had always enjoyed following their children and...

Seth Dotson grew up in Powell, WY, and graduated from Powell High School. His father, Claude Dotson, taught Business at Northwest College. Seth attended Northwest College and received an Associate of Arts Degree in May 2000. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine...

Originally from Montana, ‘Bud’ Sherman stopped in Worland on his way home from leaving the Navy when he saw an advisement for a job. Worland is where he met his future wife and where the Sherman Family story began. Bud and Sharon made a wonderful life for their...

In the early 1980’s, Sletten Construction expanded into Wyoming opening a branch office in Cody, Sheridan and Laramie. This helped create deep community roots in the Big Horn Basin as Sletten became a tremendous supporter in the area. In 2017, Sletten continued that...

The Sweet family have been long time supporters of Northwest College athletics and specifically Women’s Volleyball. The family served as a host family for the team, creating special bonds with many players over the years. They even donated a van from their Autoworks...

In the mid 1990’s, Wes Metzler’s older sister moved back to Wyoming from California. She was a faithful and devout Catholic who was fighting cancer which eventually took her life. Wes and his wife Coleen had the idea to contribute the bulk of her inheritance to...

When Alan and Linda Fischer lost their daughter to Ovarian Cancer, in 2004, her friends suggested that they start a scholarship fund in her memory. Tami had majored in Elementary education and graduated from the University of Arizona with a 4.0 while going through...

The Intrepid Trapper Scholarship Endowment rewards students’ determination to explore ideas, grow academically and overcome obstacles on their passage to earning degrees and being successful in their careers. With skills of analytic reasoning, creativity, problem...

For decades, Dave Fink was a staple on the campus of Northwest College spending countless nights and weekends at Cabre gymnasium in support of the Trapper athletic teams. The scholarship is awarded annually to one male and one female athlete who have completed their...