The Mizzou Alumni Association announced the 2022 18 and 39 winners this year on March 25th. Regan Ragsdale was one of the winners, and she is from Paris, Mo. In 2018 GRT awarded her the Lew Mar Foundation $1000 Scholarship. Lew Mar Scholarships are given to students interested in agriculture. Congratulations Ragan.
On April 6, 2022, the GRT Board had a Zoom meeting . The board discussed::
“This scholarship has inspired me to work harder than ever to earn good grades, be involved, and help the Mizzou community any way that I can.”
Emma Deien, a returning student, is one of the merit scholars that was chosen by our scholarship committee. Money donated on Giving Day helps make the GRT Scholarships possible.
#MizzouGivingDay is coming up March 9-10, noon-noon CT! Help us Raise the Roar by making a gift to Great River Tigers. All money that we raise goes to scholarships for new and returning students. GRT gave out over $10,000 in scholarships to Mizzou students last year. In 2022 we will award 12 $1,000 scholarships and 10-12 $500 scholarships. Participate in Giving Day and give to GRT at the following web page – https://tinyurl.com/GivingDayGRT
Great River Tigers is rallying all friends, parents, and alumni to join MAA. You can join or renew your MAA membership and help GRT meet the requirements for our organization. Last year GRT gave out over $10,000 in scholarships for new and returning students. In 2022 we will award 12 $1,000 scholarships and 10-12 $500 scholarships. A portion of these funds comes from MAA memberships in our GRT area.
The link to joining online is: http://www.mizzou.com/joinGreatRiver
The link to getting an application to fill out and mail is: https://greatriver.missourialumnispaces.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/47/2022/02/Scan.pdf
The appeal code to let the MAA know that GRT is the organization responsible for recruiting you is CMT.
The four main reasons for joining can be summarized into four areas. By following the following link you can see what each of these involve: https://www.mizzou.com/s/1002/alumni/19/interior.aspx?sid=1002&gid=1001&pgid=10415
The Great River Tigers Board met February 1, 2022, by Zoom. The following items were discussed.
The Great River Tigers Alumni Association held their 9th annual Student Send-Off on July 24th, 2021 at Jackson Park Golf Course in Palmyra, Mo.
This year GRT gave away 11 $500 scholarships by luck of the draw. GRT has already awarded this year $13,000 dollars in merit scholarships to 10 students from our area Over the past 9 years, GRT has awarded over $83,000 to 81 students.
This year GRT was honored to have as their speaker Dr. Bill Stackman, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs on the UMC campus. Stackman joined the university in 2019 coming from he University of Notre Dame, where he served as associate vice president for student services.
| $1000 Merit scholarships | Sponsors | $500 Luck of the Draw Scholarships | Sponsors |
| Kelsey Duke | Mizzou Alumni 4 year Renewable Scholarship | Victoria Singh | Rachel Bringer Sheppard |
| Sam Wheeler | Lew Mar Foundation Scholarship | Kaden Malone | Jared and Gina Pontius |
| Elizabeth Trower | Chuck and Ina Rae Brazeale Scholarship | Victoria Bickhaus | Fiddlesticks |
| Grace Krigbaum | Ron Dedert Scholarship | Evan Wallace | Disselhorst Family in memory of Troy Disselhorst |
| Riley Quinn | GRT Scholarship | Matthew Nussbaum | Jerry and Carla Schoeborn |
| Leah Jennings | GRT Scholarship | Logan Bower | Schmiediskamp, Robertson, Neu, &Miller Law Firm |
| Emma Deien | GRT Scholarship | Brady Barnett | Greg Sharpe Seed |
| Kyle Rademan | GRT Scholarship | Janine Jamoner | Mike and Kristine Bickhaus |
| Blake Hays | GRT Scholarship | Charlie Vitt | Gary and Kathy Fesler |
| Delaney Miller | GRT Scholarship | Scarlett Burton | Fretwell and Associate Real Estate |
| Mason Burch | Al and Linda Kennett |
Kelsey Duke
Elizabeth Trower
Sam Wheeler
Mizzou Giving Day this year is between noon on Wednesday March 10 to noon on Thursday, March 11. The Mizzou Alumni Association is challenging the local chapters to fund raise for student scholarships. The money raised will be deposited in the organization’s spendable scholarship account.
Guidelines:
• Up to $100 will be matched for each unique donor.
• The minimum contribution amount per donor is $10.
• Gifts larger than $100 are encouraged, but only the first $100 per donor will be matched.
• Donations must be designated to an eligible affiliated MAA organization. Direct link to Great River Tigers Giving Day https://tinyurl.com/GivingDayGRT
• The matching limit is applied to the individual donor that makes the gift. Gifts made on behalf of another person are welcome, but the matching limit will apply to the person making the donation. A husband and wife may each make a $100 donation and use the same credit card.
Great River Tigers gives out a number of scholarships each year. One of our scholarship winners is featured below.
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10/14, 6 PM CT | Virtual Tailgate Cooking Demo https://www.facebook.com/events/974748536338941/
10/15, 6 PM CT | Virtual Spirit Rally https://www.mizzou.com/s/1002/alumni/19/interior.aspx?sid=1002&gid=1001&pgid=11148&content_id=18478
10/16, NOON CT | Mizzou Hall of Fame Virtual Ceremony
10/17 | Homecoming Game 📍 FAUROT FIELD
Morgan Kopitsky hosted our Zoom meeting to plan for the Summer Send-OFF on July 16th. She showed us what she planned to do during the Zoom event. She plans on break out rooms, a trivia game, introduction of each student present, a pop in guest suprise, and the drawing of names for the scholarships that we will be giving away.
