MSF Awards 20 Scholarship
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2022
CONTACT: Ethan Heverly
eheverly@safemt.gov or (406) 544-8287
GROWING A SAFER MONTANA AWARDS 20 SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS
Program in its 5th Year Has Awarded More Than $300,000
HELENA, MT - In 2017, Montana State Fund (MSF) proudly created the Growing a Safer Montana (GSM) program to support and foster a safer Montana through the next generation of safety leaders. Historically, Montana ranks among the highest in the nation in workplace accidents and fatalities. GSM aims to improve this standing through two pillars of the program. One pillar is providing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) grants provided to Montana high school and middle school trades classes.
The second pillar of GSM provides scholarships for higher education to students entering Occupational Safety and Health/Industrial Hygiene or trades and industry careers. MSF is proud to announce the 2022 winners of the Growing a Safer Montana Scholarship:
Montana Tech:
Cara O'Donnell: Billings, Montana
Layne Willis: Laurel, Montana
McKenna Kaelber: Pasco, Washington
Sadiq Inuwa: Nigeria
Brie Birkenbuel: Butte, Montana
City College at MSU-Billings
Daniel Geiger: Billings, Montana
Aaniiih Nakoda College in Fort Belknap
Derek Bell: Chinook, Montana
Missoula College of the University of Montana
Adrianna Morgan: Missoula, Montana
Kevin Conard: Missoula, Montana
Garret Fox: Missoula, Montana
Flathead Valley Community College:
Tyler Hanson: Columbia Falls, Montana
Elizabeth Mathiason: Kalispell, Montana
Great Falls College MSU
Chase Tay: Great Falls, Montana
Brian Tucker: Browning, Montana
Highlands College of Montana Tech-Butte
Casey Hager: Butte, Montana
Shawn Douglass: Butte, Montana
Helena College-University of Montana
Jamar West: Helena, Montana
Cody Lentz: Helena, Montana
Yowel Moffett: Wolf Creek, Montana
Christian Pavelka: Helena, Montana
In the five years since its inception, MSF has proudly awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships to students for higher education and given more than $100,000 in PPE grants to high schools and junior high schools across Montana.
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