The Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) Caring Foundation awarded scholarships to 26 health profession students attending North Dakota colleges, universities or technical colleges. This is the fourth year the BCBSND Caring Foundation has offered these scholarships to North Dakota students.

Dan Conrad, chairman of the BCBSND Caring Foundation states, “We believe in bettering the health and well-being of North Dakotans and one way the Foundation fulfills this is by investing in the education of tomorrow’s health care professionals through our Health Profession Scholarship Program.”

Congratulations to these outstanding students who have each received a $2,500 health profession scholarship for the 2020-2021 school year:

• Alexander Rechlin, Medora, ND– Bismarck State College.
• Amanda Matzke, Horace, ND – Mayville State University.
• Amanda Welk, Bismarck, ND – Bismarck State College.
• Anna Kay Ferguson, Bismarck, ND – University of Mary.
• Annie Gatzke, Fargo, ND – North Dakota State University.
• Benuka Rai, Fargo, ND – North Dakota State University.
• Brady Wold-Heyen, Grand Forks, ND – University of North Dakota.
• Cassidy Limke, Carpio, ND – North Dakota State University.
• Catherine Tisi, Grand Forks, ND – University of North Dakota.
• Clara Widvey, Devils Lake, ND - Lake Region State College.
• Gillian Weibel, Fargo, ND – North Dakota State University.
• Haley Fischer, Fargo, ND – North Dakota State University.
• Hannah Bailey, Bismarck, ND – North Dakota State University.
• Jacqueline Blessum, Rugby, ND – University of North Dakota.
• Jared Schommer, Grand Forks, ND – University of North Dakota.
• Kelsey Marschke, Alice, ND – University of Jamestown.
• Kristal Hudson, Fargo, ND – University of North Dakota.
• Kylie Ann Erickson, Valley City, ND – Valley City State University.
• Lauren Hengel, West Fargo, ND – North Dakota State University.
• Melissa Davis-McGraw, Minot, ND – Dakota College at Bottineau.
• Michele Thorpe, Ellendale, ND – University of North Dakota.
• Mya Halverson, Cando, ND – Lake Region State College.
• Natalie Carriveau, West Fargo, ND – North Dakota State University.
• Peyton Halverson, Cando, ND – Valley City State University.
• Sarah Standal, Fargo, ND – North Dakota State College of Science.
• Taylor Painter, Fargo, ND – Mayville State University.