Columbia College awards 39 students with a Frank S. Westling Scholarship

Columbia College awards 39 students with a Frank S. Westling Scholarship

Columbia College awarded 39 students from 23 campus locations with a $500 scholarship in honor of Frank S. Westling. Congratulations to the following students:

Melissa Aikins


Edna Allen


Melody Buersmeyer


Donna Buss


Kimberly Carpenter


Stephanie Casiano


Casey Clouchete


Lorraine Cross


Sidney Crudup II


Natercia Da Silva Pereira


Idenisse Diaz


Lucrisha Graham Clark


George Grzesik


Adam Guerrero


Jason Henderson


Christina Johnson


Aaron Jolly


Diana Kendell


James Kendell


Guy Langman


John Lewis


Amber Love


Kevin Martin


Kelly Nadig


Kelly Neidel


Katie O’Malley


Adam Pastor


Julie Pina


Linda Preiss


Adam Racowsky


Cassondra Reichenbach


Marcus Roland


Eva Seibert


Kenneth Serratos


Robert Sloan


Scott Smith


Praveen Thapa


Michelle Weyers


Bradley Young

To qualify for the Westling award, the recipients had to:

• Be an Online, Evening or Nationwide campus student pursuing a degree with Columbia College.
•  Have attended Columbia College during the 2011-12 academic year (scholarship will be for the 2012-13 academic year).
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.0.
• Have at least 15 credit hours with Columbia College.
•  Provide evidence of leadership and service to their community, school or country.
•  Write a 400-500 word essay about their achievements and career goals.
•  Complete a scholarship application at www.ccis.edu/westling.

Westling was a highly decorated infantry officer and former dean of the college’s Extended Studies Division, now Adult Higher Education. The scholarship is non-renewable and awarded to new students each year.

Before joining the college, Westling served in the U.S. Army for 31 years, fighting in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Silver Star medals and earned parachutist and glider badges. During the Vietnam War, he commanded the Army’s 4th Psychological Operations Group in Saigon and retired as colonel.