Wood Scholars: Anderson and BloemendalRyan Anderson and Jon Bloemendal are the 2008 Wood Scholars. John M. Ryan, chair of the board of directors, announced March 29 that Bloemendal, of Woodbury, Minn., and Anderson, of Chanhassen, Minn., would each receive a $5,000 scholarship for the coming academic year. Learn more about our scholars. Scholarship dinner set for Sept. 27The Wood Scholarship fundraising dinner will be Sept. 27 at Centenary United Methodist Church on the corner of Second Street and Cherry Street in downtown Mankato.
Takehito Kamata joins WS boardFormer Wood Scholar Takehito Kamata has joined the Wood Scholarship board of directors. Kamata is an intern in the Office of Institutional Planning, Research and Assessment at MSU. He holds bachelor's degrees from MSU in political science and international relations, as well as an associate degree from the MSU campus in Akita, Japan. Kamata, who was a Wood Scholar during the 2003-04 academic year, expects to graduate from MSU in May with a master's degree in public administration. View Kamata's resume, which is replete with the vigorous levels of community service that are the hallmark of a Wood Scholar.
Dinner yields dollars for endowmentMore than 60 guests at the Oct. 6, 2007 Wood Scholarship Dinner heard Dr. Ann Vogel talk about how volunteers and members of the medical community are providing health care to the uninsured. The $60-a-plate dinner at Keystone Communities in Mankato raised money for the scholarship's endowment. View a photo slide show of the evening, which featured live music, remarks by the 2007 Wood Scholars and presentation of the Community Service Award to Donna Drganc, who has dedicated her life to serving people with physical and developmental disabilities. Photos by Pat Christman. Vogel, a New Ulm, Minn. physician, spoke on "Health Care: Who Is Not Served and Why." She is a Bush Fellowship winner and has trained nurse-midwives and physicians on a Navajo reservation in Arizona. She recently received the Community Service Award from the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA) for her work with the Open Door Health Center in Mankato.
Service makes one a better leader"Community service is the commitment of time. It is the commitment of joy," said businessman, philanthropist and former legislator Glen Taylor '62. "There's a selfish reason to do community service. It will make you a better person. It will make you a better leader." Taylor was the featured speaker at the Wood Scholarship's annual fundraising dinner Sept. 30, 2006 in the Centennial Student Union ballroom. Taylor taught Sunday school for 13 years and shared his time and talents with Mankato area organizations such as Campfire Girls and YMCA. As chairman of Taylor Corp., a billion-dollar holding company for nearly 100 printing and media companies, he has witnessed employees who've not fulfilled their potential because they did not give to their community. Said Taylor: "It's so much more wonderful to give than to receive." View a photo slide show featuring photos by Pat Christman.
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