Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program announces 2016-17 scholarship recipients

July 11, 2016

Lincoln, Neb. — The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has announced the recipients of scholarships for the 2016-17 academic year. The awards include renewable and one-time scholarships totaling $205,000 for the ensuing academic year.

The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program was established in 2010 by a gift from the Paul and Virginia Engler Foundation to empower enterprise builders. The program provides an environment designed to invigorate personal excellence focused on the creation of businesses. The program offers an academic minor while serving as an intersection in which students from a diverse array of majors and business interests can come together in pursuit of the American dream. 

Renewable scholarship recipients by hometown: 

Albion: Joe Brugger, sophomore; Matt Brugger, sophomore

Blair: Haley Bledsoe, senior

Bridgeport: Brandon Nichols, junior

Columbus: Samuel Morse, junior

Hastings: Erich Vogel, senior

Howells: Darren Hegemann, freshman

Hubbard: Shelby Utech, freshman

Imperial: Spencer Hartman, senior

Kearney: Davis Behle, senior

Ord: Halle Ramsey, freshman

Orleans: Haley Ehrke, freshman

Pierce: Collin Freeman, sophomore

Raymond: Jeffrey Hornung, senior

Swanton: Kate Likens, junior

West Point: Eric Klitz, freshman

Worton, MD: R.J. Baldwin, sophomore

One-time scholarship recipients by hometown: 

Ashland: Matt Treadway, senior

Beatrice: Sarah Wollenburg, junior

Berwyn: Kelsey Foster, senior

Brainard: Devin Jakub, sophomore

Campbell: Kailey Conway, sophomore

Columbus: Elisabeth Loseke, senior

Cozad: Tana Jo Almand, senior

Curtis: Rodger Farr, sophomore

David City: Amanda Clymer, senior; Anna Kobza, freshman

Ellsworth: Ashtyn Shrewsbury, senior

Glenvil: Chance Vorderstrasse, senior

Gresham: Andrew Bader, junior

Hayes Center: Andrea Wach, junior

Newman Grove: Toni Rasmussen, senior

Omaha: Logan Kalkowski, sophomore

Pender: Lexi Ostrand, sophomore

Princeton: Sydni Lienemann, freshman

Raymond: Zach Settje, junior; Hanna Settje, freshman

St. Edward: Alex Cumming, sophomore

Unadilla: Hannah Esch, freshman

Wallace: Jaclyn Nelson, senior

Wisner: Keeley Russman, freshman

Chicago, IL: Nick Greene, senior

Mount Airy, MD: Miriah Goeres, sophomore

For more information, contact program director Tom Field at 402-472-5643 or tfield2@unl.edu