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Sons of Norway Vegas Viking Lodge 6-152
2008 Scholarship Application
We have extended the deadline for scholarship applications to April 18th 2008. Please fill out and mail before April 18 th 2008.
You must be of Norwegian descent, a legal resident of Clark County, Nevada, at least a senior in high school and must maintain full-time student status to be eligible for this scholarship. The scholarship value is at least $500 and must be used for post-high school studies. Please print or type all information. All questions must be answered or designated as N/A if not applicable. Failure to answer the questions on this three-part, three-page application may negatively affect its evaluation.
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The application must be postmarked no later than
March 20, 2008, and sent to the Vegas Viking Scholarship Committee, Chair Erik Pappa, 7313 Bosky Springs St., Las Vegas, NV 89131 in order to be eligible for selection:
Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Vegas Viking scholarships:
- Lucas Bang, whose paternal ancestors came from Norway and settled in Minnesota in the mid-1800s, will receive a $750 scholarship. Much of his family still lives in Cokato, Minn. Lucas is completing two undergraduate degrees at UNLV, one in mechanical engineering, the other in applied mathematics. He recently completed an internship at NASA.
- Christy Rasmussen, a national arts honor society student who will graduate from Coronado High in June, is the recipient of a $750 scholarship. She will study photography at the College of Southern Nevada. Her grandfather, great-grandmother and great-grandfather were all born in Norway.
- Justina Rodriguez, a straight-A student who ranked first in her Las Vegas High School class of 598 students, will get $500. Justina, whose mother’s father was Norwegian, will study biology in preparation for becoming a dentist.
- Francesco Camuglia, the recipient of a $500 scholarship, is a graduate of the Las Vegas Academy of Performing Arts, where he ranked first in his class of 320 students. Francesco, whose great-grandmother was Norwegian, intends to earn degrees in music on his way toward becoming a professional musician.
- Kristy Smith, who is graduating from Shadow Ridge High, is being awarded $500. Kristy plans to attend college to pursue website design.
Thank you to some of this year's donors: Ronald Teffs, $250; Suzan Sibert, $50; Laura Fucci, $100; anonymous, $250; Drew R. Christensen, $250; and anonymous, $500. The remainder came from lodge fundraisers, other individual donors, and $136 from the lodge general fund.
We hope to raise more money for scholarships in 2009. If interested in making a tax-deductible donation, please make out a check to the Vegas Viking Sons of Norway Scholarship Fund and mail to:
Treasurer Ivan Goplan
7873 Broadwing Dr.
North Las Vegas, NV 89084
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