By Angie Rolheiser

Local students get scholarship funding from BHP

Jan 15, 2019 | 11:36 AM

BHP has announced the recipients of $75,000 in scholarships to students in communities surrounding the Jansen Project.
 
BHP along with the Carlton Trail College in Humboldt have awarded the scholarships to 16 recent high school graduates or returning post-secondary students from 10 schools in the Horizon School Division, worth $2,500 each.

Thirteen youths from six First Nation communities also received scholarship awards totalling $35,000. 

The program has made available over $387,000 worth of scholarships which has supported over 135 students since its inception in 2013.
 
Students are evaluated by the Carlton Trail College who administers the program on BHP’s behalf.
 
Scholarship recipients are as follows:
 
Dhean Arguelles, Englefeld School
Jillian Bader, Watson School
Tyra Bellegarde, Kawacatoose First Nation
Kelsey Berscheid, Muenster School
Royce Bigsky Muskowekwan First Nation
Shanai Bitternose George Gordon First Nation
Dawson Block, LeRoy School
Taylor Block, LeRoy School
Tyler Buffalo, Day Star First Nation
Tamara Buffalo-Longman, Day Star First Nation
Stacey Cheekinew, Punnichy-Carlton Trail College ABE
Rachel Christensen, Wynyard Composite High School
Chelsea Craven, Lanigan Central High School
 Tatiana Crowe-Buffalo Day, Star First Nation
Jared Daschner, Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation
Kelsey Desjarlais, Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation
Chenessa Gardipy, Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation
Trenton Genereaux, Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation
Jenna Giddings, Humboldt Collegiate Institute
Emma Hinz, Muenster School
Kimberly Kayseas, Fishing Lake First Nation
 Emily Lucyk, Humboldt Collegiate Institute
Keely-Shay Maki, Lanigan Central High School
Kennedy Morrow, Lanigan Central High School
Madison Mueller, Humboldt Collegiate Institute
Sydney Odelein, Quill Lake School
 Brianna Sayer, Muskowekwan First Nation
Kaylee Sunshine Vogelaar, Fishing Lake First Nation
Lily Yungmann, Annaheim School