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Rachel Kroontje
  • Class of 2015
  • Herreid, SD

Rachel Kroontje Receives Scholarship From The University Of Minnesota, Morris

2011 Nov 30

Rachel Kroontje, Herreid, is one of many students to receive scholarships from the University of Minnesota, Morris for the 2011–12 academic year. Kroontje is the recipient of the UMM Alumni Association Herb Croom Endowed Scholarship.

Herb Croom was an assistant professor and principal at the University of Minnesota West Central School of Agriculture from 1943 until 1960. With the establishment of the collegiate program on the Morris campus, he became director of student services at the University of Minnesota, Morris and then director of placement and coordinator of alumni relations. The scholarship was initially established by friends and family members at the time of his death in 1973. The UMM Alumni Association provided funds in 1995 to fully endow the Herb Croom Endowed Scholarship. Eligible students are direct descendants of UMM or WCSA alumni.

Kroontje, will graduate from Morris in 2015 with a major in psychology and sociology.

More than 220 donors, scholarship recipients and family members attended the annual Scholarship Jubilee on October 8, a celebration to honor Morris's generous scholarship donors and talented scholarship recipients.

Through personal and academic discovery, the University of Minnesota, Morris provides opportunities for students to grow intellectually, engage in community, experience environmental stewardship and celebrate diversity. A renewable and sustainable educational experience, Morris prepares graduates for careers, for advanced degrees, for lifelong learning, for work world flexibility in the future, and for global citizenship. Learn more about Morris at morris.umn.edu or call 888-866-3382.