Giving and gratitude

| State’s Loyal Friends & Students Celebrate

BY KATHERINE TWEED // 5FOOT20 DESIGN LOUNGE

the joy of giving and the gratitude of receiving blended in the annual Moorhead Community and Technical College Foundation donor recognition and scholarship award ceremony April 17.

Students at MState, the four-college system the Moorhead school is part of, become the dynamic development of the community. Seventy-five percent of the students who attend school stay to work.

First-time donor, the Kemp Lass Family, gave two scholarships. Lass himself graduated from the school twice. Work injuries caused career change. The two young men who received his scholarship both said they intend to “pay it forward.” They want to give back to the school someday.

While Lass is a first-time donor, the Alex Stern Foundation is a 17-year donor. Giving to the school and the community are donor goals.

The students – they learn and grow in technical skills that will be ever changing, as well as earn degrees that will take them into further education.

One woman, who received her scholarship from the Sisters of the Presentation, looks at her psychology and liberal arts degree as a stepping-stone.

For her and the room filled with students, family and friends, the words for the day were “thank you, thank you, thank you.”

Giving, giving back and moving forward – the MState way. [AWM]