2007 Coloradans for Nebraska Scholarship Winners

Thanks to the generosity of CFN Members and Watch Party Attendee's the CFN Scholarship Committee Awarded $7,000 to 7 Coloradans to attend the University of Nebraska.  You can help support the Scholarship Program by donating today, Click here for details.

Katie Wisbon, Lauren Fesler, Josh Gesell, Heather Bright and Megan Hazard were recognized by CFN for their outstanding Scholarship and awarded $1,000 Scholarships to the University of Nebraska.  Also receiving Scholarships from CFN are Amanda Walls from Loveland and Joshua Johnson from Burlington.

Julie, 

I'm doing pretty well, just busy with schoolwork.  Fall break is in a week and a half.  I am going to go to Minneapolis for a food industry, it should be a lot of fun.  I think the big brother/big sister idea sounds pretty cool and would be willing to participate.  Oddly enough there are three other Coloradoans on my dorm floor this year.  It is kinda cool though.

 I hope all is going well in Colorado.

 Amanda

 John and Jeanne: 

Thank you so much for the card and for thinking of me. It was fun to get! My senior year is going great so far and I'm definitely keeping busy. I had two tests today, so it was nice to get those out of the way! I can't believe it's already the end of the 5th week of school. 

Hope everything is going well in Colorado, I'll make sure to cheer the Huskers extra loud for you in hopes that they will turn things around this weekend. 

Thanks again for you thought and support!

Katie Wisbon

 Things are going good here. I do think that a big sister/brother would be a good idea. Even if just for someone to talk to. I had a calculus test today think it went well I will write more later on when midterms #1 are over. Thank you soo much for your support.
 
Megan Hazard 

College is all that I expected.  All the studying you have to do everyday and all the papers you have to write.  Classes are going good!! Keeping up with all the readings is the hardest part.  I have joined a sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta! Also involved in conversation people.  I get paired up with an exchange student who is in the College of Business and get to know their culture.  I meet with them once or twice a week for the whole semester. 

 GO HUSKERS!!!!

 Lauren Fesler

Hello and thank you for the email.  Sorry I did not write to you sooner.  So far college here and the University of Nebraska Kearney has been a blast.  Everyone here has been very nice and I am making new friends daily.  Classes are also going very well at this time and have not been too hard.  I could not be happier with the campus here, it is not too big and not too small and you see familiar faces everywhere.  Baseball has been going as well as it can be, I am injured and require wrist surgery at the beginning of next month, I hope to get a medical red shirt for this up coming season.  Too bad i didnt break my leg instead, I still get to enjoy all the running at 6am.  I would also like to take this time to thank you for your scholarship.  I really appreciate what this organization is doing in Colorado. Once again thank you for the email, hope to here from you soon or maybe see you back home in Colorado.
 
 
                                                                       Sincerely, Josh Gesell  (Go Huskers!)
Katie Wisbon from Bellvue will be a Senior this fall in the Journalism Department at UNL.  Dad, Jack and Mother, Sue are proud of Katie finishing her BS degree in 4 years.
Heather Bright was selected as a CFN Scholarship recipient for her Freshman year at UNL.  Heather was joined by her mother Wendy for the CFN Scholarship Recognition Event.
CFN Scholarship recipient Lauren Fesler will be attending the University of Nebraska in Lincoln to study Accounting.  Proud parents Mark and Lisa Fesler will be joining Lauren in Lincoln this fall for UNL Football.
President Tim Carrothers present a Certificate of Achievment to Megan Hazard from Saguche.  Megan will be a Freshman this fall at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
Josh Gesell will be heading to UN at Kearney this fall where he will part of the UNK Lopers Baseball Team.  Josh is from Evergreen and the son of Scott and Betty Gesell.
Brian and Pat Walls are proud of the accomplishments of Amanda as she begins her Junior Year at UNL.  A Food Technology Major with a Chemistry minor will be using her recent studies in Bath, England to help her through her Junior Year.  Amanda also received the CFN Scholarship as a Freshmen at UNL.

Josh Johnson from Burlington, CO

I am a junior at the University of Nebraska and am majoring in advertising. I left Colorado to attend UNL because of their journalism college. My experience at UNL has been incredible. At UNL I have most enjoyed being involved in a campus ministry group, taking up indoor rock climbing at the recreation center and hanging out with friends in my dorm, Selleck Quadrangle, the “international” dorm on campus. I have worked at the Daily Nebraskan as a graphic designer, columnist and will be doing some stuff in the advertising department this fall.

When in Colorado I enjoy spending time with my family and hiking and camping in the mountains. One of my goals is to climb all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000 foot peaks and I have climbed 10 of them so far. Josh is shown here on the summit of Mount Oxford, 14,000 feet proudly wearing his Husker hat.