Single-parent scholarships awarded to seven students

Six undergraduates and one graduate student have received scholarships for students who are also single parents.

Three students received the Nancy W. Denney Memorial Scholarship:

Jamie Jo Christianson, Baraboo, a junior in the School of Education, is majoring in elementary education with a general science minor. She hope to graduate in fall 2003 and to become an elementary school teacher with a specialty in the sciences.

Heather Kinsey, Beloit, is a psychology major who plans to graduate in May 2002. She wants to go to medical school and become a psychiatrist.

Holly Ann Larson, Madison, is considering a major in marketing or in real estate and urban land economics. She hopes to go to business school and eventually to own an investment real estate business in Madison.

Now in its fifth year, the scholarship is for $2,000. It honors the memory of Nancy W. Denney, a professor of psychology from 1984 until her death from cancer in 1995.

The Single-Parent Undergraduate Student Scholarships were established in 1993 and are for $1,000. Three students have received these awards this year:

Robert Allan Anderson, Middleton, is a double major in art and social welfare. He hopes to get a master’s degree in social work and to use art therapy in his professional work, especially with abused children.

Linda A. Bradley, Madison, a double major in consumer science, and family and consumer communications, expects to graduate in two years. She plans to work helping people with financial or consumer issues, possibly as a certified financial planner.

Jennifer Caulkins, Verona, is another double major: communication arts and business. She hopes to put her writing skills to work in public relations, possibly as an editor.

Kristina K. Kassien, Janesville, is majoring in child and family studies. She hopes to become a teacher at the elementary level and to earn a graduate degree in teaching English as a second language.

This year, for the first time, graduate students are eligible to receive a Single Parent Scholarship through the Joe Corry and Barbara Weston Corry Scholarship Fund. The first recipient through this fund is Jean Marie Evanson, a third-year student at the School of Veterinary Medicine. Evanson, who raises dairy heifers on her 209-acre farm in Mount Horeb, expects to graduate in May 2003.

An applicant for any of these scholarships must be a currently enrolled single parent seeking a degree at UW–Madison. Recipients are selected on the basis of financial need, academic achievement and community service.