Current Officers

Awards Committee Chair

Rusty Nelson
SuperValu

Education Committee Chair

Lisa Povolny
General Mills, Inc.

Macy Award Committee Chair

Lamin Kassama
University of Wisconsin-Stout
715-232-1623
kassamal@uwstout.edu

Scholarship Committee Chair

Gary Reineccius
University of Minnesota
greinecc@umn.edu

2009-2010 Scholarship Applications Now Accepted!

The MN IFT offers scholarships and travel awards each year to outstanding graduate and undergraduate students. The scholarships and awards are intended to encourage interest and research in the students’ specific disciplines. This year a minimum of 11 scholarships and travel awards will be offered. The scholarships will be awarded at the April 2010 MN IFT Student Recognition Night. Awards are given in the 2009-2010 school year, so please complete the application based on your current academic classification.

Application deadline is Feb 16! Please download the appropriate forms below, fill out and email them to the committee chair. Further information on the MN IFT Scholarship program can be obtained from: Gary Reineccius, MN IFT Scholarship Committee Chair

  1. Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship:
    • Application Form (Download Word Document)

  2. Elwood Caldwell Scholarship for Student Volunteer:
    • Announcement and Instructions (Dowlonad PDF document)
    • Nomination Form (Download Word Document
    • Application Form - For Student (Download Word Document>

Last year's (2008-09) Scholarship Winners:

The following awards were given out during the Student Recognition Night in April 2009.  Congratulations to all!

Graduate Awards ($1,250 each):  Stelios Viazis, Catherine Lee, Bridget McClatchey - University of MN;   Chenchaiah Marella - South Dakota State University;  Yu Zhang- North Dakota State University

Undergraduate Awards ($1,000 each): Sarah Gutkowski, University of MN;   Christa Larson, South Dakota State University 

Travel Awards ($350 each): Catherine Lee, Keith Petrofsky, University of MN;   Chenchaiah Marlla, South Dakota State University 

Caldwell Volunteerism Award ($2,250) : Jackie Koch, University of Minnesota