Three Area Students at the U of M Crookston Receive Russell O. and Inez Sather Scholarship

2015 May 14

Emmett LaCoursiere, Red Lake Falls, MN, recipient of Sather Scholarship.

Scholarship recipients were recently named by the University of Minnesota Crookston for the prestigious Sather Scholarship. Recipients of the Sather Scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year are Justin Cameron, a sophomore from Fisher, Minn., majoring in agronomy with an emphasis in crop production; Emmett LaCoursiere, a senior from Red Lake Falls, Minn., majoring in animal science with a pre-veterinary medicine emphasis; and Kalli Peterson, a senior from Hallock, Minn., double majoring in early childhood education and elementary education.

Students receiving the Russell O. and Inez Sather Memorial Scholarship must be advanced standing students maintaining at least a 3.0 grade point average and a high school graduate of Polk, Norman, Red Lake, Pennington, Marshall, Mahnomen, Clearwater, Roseau, or Kittson counties. Applicants were required to write an essay describing a person who has had a major impact on their life. Scholarship recipients are chosen by a committee including Ardell Knudsvig, chair; Adam Maruska; Carl Moland; Judy Neppel; and Lori Wagner.

Dr. Russell Sather began serving as an internist with the Northwestern Clinic in Crookston in 1937. He was called to active duty during World War II from 1942 until 1946 and returned to Crookston in 1947 where he continued to practice until 1985. The scholarship was established in 1986.