On November 14, 2023, Great River Tigers Alumni Association in conjunction with MAA sponsored a campus tour at the Columbia campus for juniors and seniors from Hannibal High School. Students toured the campus, visited departments they were interested in, and ate lunch at a dorm cafeteria. Later that day they ate pizza at Shakespeare’s pizza before going to a girls’ basketball game. They saw Mizzou beat North Alabama 83-72.
$1000 Merit Scholarships
Incoming Students
From left to right -MAA 4 year renewable scholarship being presented by Al Kennett to Alondra Martin, Hannibal,MO; the Chuck and Ina Rae Brazeale Scholarship being present by Chuck to Adelynn Palmer, Center, MO; and the Ron and Mary Jo Deters Scholarship is being presented by Al Kennett to Isabella Bickhaus
A GRT Scholarship is being presented by Al Kennett to Michael Hark, Hannibal. MO, and other GRT scholarship winners not pictured include Rose McKim, Hannibal, MO; and Summer Ramsey, Carthage, IL.
Returning Students
From left to right-the Lew Mar Foundation Scholarship is being presented by Al Kennett to Corder Lehenbauer, Palmyra, MO; a GRT Scholarship is being presented to Alexis Lloyd, Monroe City, MO by Al Kennett, and the Jerry and Carla Schoenborn Endowment is being presented by Jerry and Carla to Zoe Porter, Canton, MO.
A GRT Scholarship is being presented to Ryan Turnbull, Quincy, IL by Al Kennett and not pictured winning a GRT Scholarship is Abby Springer, Pittsfield, IL.
$500 Luck of the Draw Winners
From left to right-A scholarship sponsored by Fiddlesticks is being presented by Al Kennett to Carlee Long from Paris, MO; a scholarship by Fretwell & Associates Real Estate is being presented to Preston Eckler, Center, MO by and a scholarship in memory of Troy Disselhorst is being presented by Emily Disselhorst to Caleb Juette, Palmyra, MO.
From left to right-The Gary and Cathy Fesler Scholarship is being presented by Cathy Fesler to Conner Echler, Center, MO; the Al and Linda Kennett Scholarship is being presented to Bailey Dean, Quincy,IL by Al Kennett; and the Greg Sharpe, Sharpe Seeds Scholarship is being presented to Chase Golddanger, Palymyra, MO by Ken Disselhorst.
From left to right-the Jared and Gina Pontius Scholarship is being presented to Addison Zanger, Quincy, IL by Al Kennett; the Richard and Linda Syrcle Scholarship is being presented by Richard and Linda to Jose Juarez, Palmyra, MO; and the Rex and Roger Nelson Scholarship is being presented by Rex and Roger to Tucker Bobbette, Laddonia,MO.
Left to right-the Jerry and Carla Schoenborn Scholarship is being presented by Jerry and Carla to Bronson Juette, Palmyra, MO; the Judge Rachel Bringer Shepherd Scholarship is being presented by Rachel to Ian McAffee from Springfield, IL; and the Mac and Pam Wilt Scholarship is being presented by Mac to Kaden Malone, Palmyra, MO.
From left to right-The US Wellness Meats Scholarship is being presented by Jennifer Wood to Cole Herman;,Quincy, IL; the Schmiedeskamp, Robertson, New, & Mitchel Scholarship is being presented by John Longlett and Mike Bickhaus to Jon Lundberg Palmyra, MO; and the Carolyn Henry Scholarship is being presented by Carolyn to Cooper Hinkle,Taylor, MO.
Jackson Park Golf Course in Palmyra was the setting of the 11th Annual GRT Summer Send Off on July 22, 2023. Our featured speaker was Carolyn Henry who is dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. She gave a breakdown of the number and type of students going to vet school and also emphasized that there is a shortage of veterinarians especially in rural areas encouraging our students attending to consider that profession.
This year 165 people attended including 47 students vying for our Luck of the Draw Raffle for 14 $500 scholarships. Dr Henry surprised the crowd by donating another $500 scholarship in her name. GRT also recognized the 11 students that received merit $1000 scholarships earlier in the year. This year GRT presented $!8,500 in scholarships
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The Mizzou Alumni Association is offering discounts on memberships and life memberships until the end of June when prices will increase. If you are thinking of joining MAA, this is the time. You will strengthen your connection to Mizzou by becoming a member of the Mizzou Alumni Association and your local chapter, Great River Tigers.
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If you’ve been considering a life membership, now is the time to act!
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Sticks N Stones Steak and Tap | MAP 211 Munger Ln | Hannibal, MO |
Mizzou Giving Day this year is March 8-noon on March 9. The direct link to GRT https://givingday.missouri.edu/amb/GRT is open and will remain so until Thursday at noon. All money donated will go for scholarships to be used by the Great River Tigers. Also this year there is a challenge to receive another scholarship.
Ken Disselthorst, vice-president of Great River Tigers Alumni Association, arranged a campus tour for interested juniors and seniors from Ralls County R-II, Center, MO; Palmyra R-II, Palmyra, MO; and Marion County R-II, Philadelphia, MO. Thirty interested students made the trip. The students started at the Reynolds Alumni Center with an orientation by the admission’s office, had lunch in a campus dorm cafeteria, then had a campus tour, followed by visits to different colleges such as CAFNR, Business, Nursing, Journalism, and Health Sciences.
GRT treated the students and chaperones to pizza at Shakespeare’s Pizza that evening. Three members of the Mizzou student alumni association answered questions from the high school students at Shakespeare’s.
To finish the day the students attended a girl’s basketball game compliments of Mizzou Athletics. Palmyra School district provided the bus and driver.
From left to right: Sarah Bockhold presenting Carrie Long the scholarship. Chuck and Ina Rae Brazeale presenting their $1000 scholarship to Chris Ebbesmeyer, and Jerry and Carla Schoenborn presenting the GRT endowment scholarship to Shayla Young.
From left to right: Emily Disselhorst presenting the Troy Disselhorst Memorial Scholarship to Scarlett Burton, Sarah presenting the Fiddlestiks Scholarship to Page Lannerd,..Sarah presenting the Fretwell and Associates Real Estate Scholarship to Jackson Lundberg.
From left to right: Sarah presenting the Gary and Cathy Fesler scholarship to Chase Goldinger. Sarah presenting the Jared and Gina Pontius Scholarship to Josh Dyer, and Jerry and Carla Schoenborn presenting their $500 to Boyd Triplett.
From left to right: Al Kennett presenting the Al and Linda Kennett Scholarship to Victoria Singh, Mac and Pam Wilt presenting their $500 to Kaden Malone, and Sarah presenting the Sharpe Seeds, Ewing, MO scholarship to Zildjian Smashey,
Scholarship WinnersOn July 23, 2022, Great River Tigers hosted their annual Summer Bash and this year added the Come Home Tour. There were 38 students in attendance at our event plus 160 community members.. Twelve students had already been selected as $1000 scholarship winners earlier based on scholarship, community activities, participation in school events, and work experience. On the 23rd 12 names were drawn from random to receive a $500 scholarship. In total GRT gave $18,000 in scholarships to incoming students, returning students, and graduate students.
This year Great River Tigers was fortunate to host the Athletic Department’s Come Home Tour. Mizzou’s new athletic director, Desiree Reed-Francois, spoke to the crowd as well as the softball coach, Larissa Anderson, and volley ball coach, Joshua Taylor.
The speakers also upheld the tradition of serving the food.
