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Inver Hills announces summer, fall scholarship recipients

Each semester, the Inver Hills Community College Foundation awards scholarships to deserving students — many of whom would be unable to attend college without financial help.

During the 2010-11 academic year, 324 scholarships worth more than $168,000 were awarded. The following students received scholarships for the summer and/or fall 2011 semesters at Inver Hills.

Apple Valley: Jose Jimenez, $250, Frank Mitchell Memorial Scholarship; Sarah Lee, $1,000, Kopp Investment Advisors Presidential Scholarship; Colleen Poirier, $250, Frank Mitchell Memorial Scholarship; Nicole Nelson, $1,000, Kopp Investment Advisors Presidential Scholarship; Beth Underwood, $1,000, Kopp Investment Advisors Presidential Scholarship.

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Burnsville: Pannchna Chao, $500, Terri Kroshus Memorial Scholarship; Lisa Kruse, $1,000, Dennis Anderson Memorial Scholarship.

Cannon Falls: Janelle Carlson, $600, Dakota Electric Scholarship.

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Eagan: Afia Addo, $500, Kopp Investment Advisors Presidential Scholarship; Rebecca Bjorum, $500, Eagan Rotary Scholarship; Khanh Dao, $1,000, Kopp Investment Advisors Presidential Scholarship, and $500, 3M Scholarship; Zach Fedor, $500, 3M Scholarship; Daniel Jean-Mary, $500, 3M Scholarship; Bradi

Larson, $500, Thomas Johnson EMS Honorarium Scholarship; Kelly Price, $500, Dean’s Scholarship, and $500, 3M Scholarship; Colin Runitski, $500, 3M Scholarship; Trang Tran, $1,000, Thomson Reuters STEM Scholarship, and $500, 3M Scholarship.

Farmington: Conrad Adelmann, $500, Veterans Scholarship; Kimberly Lang, $1,000, Kopp Investment Advisors Presidential Scholarship; Athena Rehfeld, $500, 3M Scholarship; Jill Tabaka, $1,000, Nursing Scholarship.

Inver Grove Heights: Faith Chambers, $500, Carl Richards Memorial Scholarship; Dan Codoluto, $500, 3M Scholarship; Nancy DeRoy, $1,000, Robert and Alexandra Klas Endowed Scholarship; Deq Garad, $500, 3M Scholarship; Daniel Joyce, $1,000, Thomson Reuters STEM Scholarship; Jodi Peltier, $500, 3M Scholarship; Sarah Rehak, $500, Alumni Scholarship; Justine Schaaf, $500, 3M Scholarship; Rachel Tepley, $500, Alumni Scholarship.

Lakeville: Dustie Thorbergson, $500, 3M Scholarship.

Northfield: Lisa Cemenski, $500, 3M Scholarship.

Rosemount: Deanna Bredt, $500, SKB Environmental Rosemount Community Trust Scholarship; Nicole DeWitte, $1,000, SKB Environmental Rosemount Community Trust Scholarship; Felicitas Gwellem, $500, SKB Environmental Rosemount Community Trust Scholarship; Nguyen Nguyen, $1,000, SKB Environmental Rosemount Community Trust Scholarship; John Nicolai, $1,000, SKB Environmental Rosemount Community Trust Scholarship; Stephanie Thompson, $500, SKB Environmental Rosemount Community Trust Scholarship; Nguyen Thao Nguyen, $500, 3M Scholarship.

West St. Paul: Ahmed Ahmed, $500, 3M Scholarship; Daniel Burton, $500, 3M Scholarship.

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