2021-2022 SPECIAL HONORS SCHOLARSHIPS
GABE STEPETIN BUSINESS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT – WILLIAM RUTLEDGE
My family is a crucial aspect of my college career. When I’m on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, I carry with me pride and the legacy of my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on. I am tremendously blessed to receive the Gabe Stepetin Business Scholarship from an organization that is closely tied to my family’s history. This year, I am more motivated than ever to make them, and The Aleut Foundation, proud, as I strive to be a dynamic student and a well-rounded individual in my business studies. My gratitude goes out to TAF’s board, and my well-wishes to fellow beneficiaries and scholarship recipients
ALICE PETRIVELLI LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT – CHRISTINA LAREE NEWHALL
I would like to express my gratitude to the TAF Board for their generosity and continued support of my education. I felt both excited and deeply honored to learn that I would be the recipient of The Aleut Foundation’s Alice Petrivelli Leadership Scholarship. This scholarship will assist in funding the completion of my doctorate degree in linguistics and language revitalization at the University of Arizona.
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ANDREW GRONHOLDT ARTS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT – JULIA JOHANNESEN
I feel so honored that I have been chosen as the recipient of the Andrew Gronholdt Arts Scholarship. I would like to express my gratitude to The Aleut Foundation and The Aleut Corporation Board of Directors for their financial support which is helping me further my academic career. I am so grateful for this opportunity, and it would not be possible without their support!
Thank you so much!
LILLIE HOPE-MCGARVEY HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT – EMMA STEWART
Being the recipient of this generous scholarship, the Lillie Hope-McGarvey Health Scholarship, is a great honor, and I want you to know this award will not only help me further my education, it will ultimately assist others once I start my career as a speech language pathologist.
That is why I am majoring in Speech and Hearing Sciences at Washington State University. My reasons for pursuing speech language include my fascination with the topic and a strong desire to help others who might struggle with issues similar to the speech and language difficulties I experienced as a child. I spent years working with speech therapists. Their dedication and skill helped me overcome my own problems and also lit a spark inside of me, compelling me to pay the work forward. Now, I can almost see myself working in my profession.
Thank you so very much!
TAF SPRING SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
HONORS
Julieanne Renee Berikoff Nursing Northwest Nazarene University
Caela Brandal Biology SUNY Polytechnic Institute
John Curtis Psychology Alaska Pacific University
Rica Dawa Nursing Chico State College
Johannes DeBakker Business & Economics Saint Martin’s University
Lauren Denham Political Science & Women’s Studies Texas Christian University
Logan Dushkin Biological Sciences Colorado School of Mines
Kyrie Dyakanoff Nursing Northern Arizona University
Anna Emanoff Psychology Northampton Community College
Micah Fouts Human Services John Brown University
Brittany Gardner Biological Sciences University of Alaska Anchorage
Ray Gould Nursing Western Governor University
McKenna Gould Medical Sonography Pierce Collegee
Andrew Guenther Finance & Economics Eastern Washington University
Carson Harris Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics University of Alaska Anchorage
Carter Johnson Chemical Engineering Arizona State University
Sydney Kashevarof Accounting University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Jeffery Kauffman Economics Grand Canyon University
Mikhail Lestenkof Civil Engineering University of Alaska Anchorage
Maxim Malavansky, Jr. Political Science & Business NOVA
Delanie Maxon Business & Communication University of Alaska Anchorage
Tyler McIntire Undeclared Fort Lewis College
Mia McWilliams Business & Accounting California State University, East Bay
Danielle Merculief Health Education Alaska Pacific University
McKenna Merle Veterinary Medicine Washington State University
Desiree Mobeck Social Work & Psychology University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tamara Odden Nursing University of Baltimore Maryland County
Grace Pedersen Languages & History University of Alaska Anchorage
Andrew Peters Biological Sciences UC Davis
Benjamin Raugust Cognitive Scient UC Davis
Darin Robinson Business Oregon State University – Cascades
Anna Rutledge Biology & Linguistics Liberty University
Abigail Rutledge Biology & Languages Wheaton College
Noah Samuelson Finance Arizona State University
Daniel Shellikoff Liberal Arts Alaska Pacific University
Robert Snigaroff Computer Science & Engineering Columbia University
LaVonna Thomas Social Work & Psychology Misericordia University
Ariel Vergen Theatre and Dance & English University of Puget Sound
Megan Kashevarof Psychology University of Alaska Anchorage
Torin Schroeder Business Fort Lewis College
Heidi White Sports Science & Psychology Park University
Leilonnie Brandell Education University of Alaska Fairbanks
Briley Waddill Business Harding University
Rachel Denham Child Development University of Oregon
EXCEPTIONAL
Tatiana Beers Art & Illustration Brigham Young University Idaho
Daniel Calugan Undeclared University of Alaska Anchorage
Grace Dushkin Nursing College of St. Scholastica
Andronika Emanoff Management University of Alaska Fairbanks
Michael Ferguson Journalism and Public Communications & Film Directing Peninsula College
Anna Gould, Business Everett Community College
Raietta Kuzakin, Nursing Whatcom Community College
Jake LaConte Communication & Psychology University of Missouri
Michael Lapinskas General Studies Chemeketa Community College
Natalie Mack Psychology & Criminal Justice University of Alaska Anchorage
Elaina Mack Kinesiology University of Alaska Anchorage
Savanna Maxon Biology & Languages Adrian College
Mariah McCallum Marine Biology University of Alaska Southeast
Laurence Merculief, Jr. Computer Engineering & Mathematics University of Alaska Anchorage
Kasie Murphy Nutrition California State University Sacramento
Jeffrey Owens Management San Jose State University
William Robert Geological Sciences University of Maine Farmington
Christian Ruiz Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics Washington State University
Graydon Severian Undeclared University of Alaska Southeast
Danelle Shellikoff Nursing & Alaska Native Studies University of Alaska Anchorage
Hardy Sperle Business Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Cooper Sperle Religion Mid-America Christian University
Jake Stewart Education Central Washington University
Payten Stroud Social Science University of Alaska Southeast
Logan Thompson Baking and Pastry Arts Johnson and Wales University
Madison Thompson Business Montana State University
Kameron Werner Religion Multnomah University
Nicole Whittern Sports Science Seattle University
Elexa Yee Biochemistry University of California Santa Barbara
Brynne Nelson Psychology & Social Work University of Providence
Lucas Helmich Business Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville
ACHIEVEMENT
Vega Britt Psychology University of Alaska Anchorage
McKale Hill Mechanical Engineering & Mathematics University of Alaska Anchorage
Kayla Kashevarof Business & Accounting University of Alaska Anchorage
Nick LaConte Undeclared St. Charles Community College
Emma Lund Biology UCLA
Kyler Mack Exercise Science University of Providence
Taytum Robinson Diagnostic Sonography University of Alaska Anchorage
Sarah Willhite General Studies Mt. Hood Community College
Monica Yatchmeneff Accounting University of Alaska Southeast
MERIT
Kaden Bean Criminal Justice & Biology Washington State University
Rachel Duruttya Applied Psychology & Art Wayne Community College
Tony Gould HVAC/R Bellingham Technical College
Leslie Gerking Education Western Governor’s University
Joseph O’Brien Exercise Science Trinity Bible College
Lily Stewart Medicine & Chemistry The Evergreen State College
PART-TIME
Chad Burt Health Education Central Washington University
Kyra Dushkin Nursing Mohave Community College
Sarah Dushkin Business Southern New Hampshire University
Kristyn George Mental Health Counseling Northcentral University
Dominick Harris Biological Sciences Oregon State University
Shara Kay Diamond Art & Alaska Native Studies University of Alaska Anchorage
Randi Maxwell Occupational Therapy Cincinnati State Community College
Monica Mazza Allied Health University of Alaska Anchorage
Bobbie McNeley Law Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Concepcion Melovidov Fisheries University of Alaska Fairbanks
Brandy Merculief Business University of Alaska Fairbanks
Zoe Merculieff Alaska Native Studies University of Alaska Fairbanks
Oxcenia O’Domin Business Alaska Pacific University
Olivia Olson, Alaska Native Studies Alaska Pacific University
Gianna Pallotta Business San Diego Mesa College
Erica Parker Chemistry & Mathematics California State University of Sacramento
Nellie Roehl Management University of Alaska Southeast
Sarah Stepetin Unangam Tunuu Language University of Alaska Anchorage
TeShonda Thomas Nursing & Biological Sciences University of Alaska Anchorage
GRADUATE
Maxwell Beers Medicine Boston University School of Medicine
Caleb Beers Medicine New York Medical College
Madison Christiansen Business Alaska Pacific University
Lisa Dirks Information Science University of Washington
Pearl Foster Business University of Alaska Fairbanks
Siri Gillespie Human Sexuality Widener University
Natasha Harris Operations and Technology Management University of Portland
Taylor Helmich Speech Pathology & Psychology Maryville University of Saint Louis
Kelley Jansen Clinical Psychology University of Montana
Pamela King Education University of Phoenix
Addison Lutchen Spanish Education University of Nebraska at Kearney
Michelle McGlashan Business & Finance Washington State University
Myron Melovidov, Jr. Mathematics Western Governors University
Alexis Merculief Human Development Oregon State University
Lauren Peters Alaska Native Studies & History UC Davis
Paula Pletnikoff Geological Sciences University of Iceland
Amanda Poe Psychology Alaska Pacific University
Robin Rutledge Psychology Liberty University
Melissa Scott Medicine University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Madeline Snigaroff Linguistics University of Chicago
Kallin Spiller Marketing & Business University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Haliehana Stepetin Native American Studies University of California Davis
Luke Stowe Business Alaska Pacific University
WORKING
Audrey Foster Management Alaska Pacific University
Kyle Foster Business Alaska Pacific University
Kalis Dyakanoff Business California State University Channel Islands
SPECIAL HONORS
Julia Johannesen Andrew Gronholdt Arts Scholarship Recipient Journalism & Business University of Oregon
William Rutledge Gabe Stepetin Business Scholarship Recipient Business & Geography & Environmental Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Christina Newhall Alice Petrivelli Business Leadership Scholarship Recipient Linguistics & Anthropology University of Arizona
Emma Stewart Lillie Hope-McGarvey Health Scholarship Recipient Speech Therapy & Human Development Washington State University