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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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Exceptional Graduates: Carnegie hero achieves dream of becoming veterinarian

Exceptional Grad Summer N. White

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

In Spring 2021, Summer N. White earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Oklahoma State University. Ten years earlier, White acted on an impulse to attempt to save a …

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Exceptional Graduates: Carnegie Hero first in family to attend college; will pursue career in industrial chemistry

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Abby Marie

This past spring, Robert Hart Morgan graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor of science degree in chemical and biological engineering. He was the first member of his family …

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Hero Fund scholarships push student to follow filmmaking dream

Madeline Baker

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Madeline Baker, 23, graduated from the University of Central Arkansas film program in spring 2020. Her interest in video production and editing piqued early in life. “At 8 years old, …

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Exceptional Graduates: Carnegie Hero Fund scholar to pursue master’s degree in Christian counseling

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Posted on April 20, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Hannah Radke Carnegie Hero Fund Scholar Hannah Radke, 22, will graduate this spring from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, in Mount Vernon, Ohio. “I can say with absolute certainty, that without …

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Scholarship allows student to focus on grades, extracurricular activities

Scholarship recipient Niya Townsend

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Hero Fund Commission scholarship recipient Niya Townsend, 22, from Detroit, will graduate with a degree in entrepreneurship and a minor in youth studies from Central Michigan University in December. She …

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Exceptional Graduates: Carnegie Hero Marc J. Ellison earns master’s from BYU

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Posted on July 29, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Carnegie Hero and scholarship recipient Marc J. Ellison, 47, from American Fork, Utah, graduated from Brigham Young University in August 2018. In 2007, Marc J. Ellison was awarded the Carnegie …

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Exceptional Graduates: Graduating scholarship recipient first to wear Hero Fund honor cord

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Posted on May 7, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

In the Hero Fund’s Deed of Trust, Andrew Carnegie declared, “For exceptional children exceptional grants may be made for exceptional education.” The members of the Commission are delighted to support …

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