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Outstanding Alumni Award

The SCC Alumni Association annually selects an alumnus to receive the Outstanding Alumni Award on each campus. If you know someone who attended our technical college campus in Faribault or Mankato, please consider nominating them.

The Outstanding Alumni Award winner and their guest will be honored at a graduation reception and dinner. The alumnus will receive the Outstanding Alumni Medallion and address the graduates at the ceremony in May. They are also invited to be a guest speaker in our classrooms to share their experience and expertise with today's students.

We are looking for a person who has achieved success in their career, is active in the community, and/or has given something back to our college as a volunteer and/or financial donor. If you define a friend, family member, or business acquaintance as "Outstanding" for these or other reasons, please nominate them for this award.

Please submit his or her name, current contact information, and the reasons you would call him or her outstanding to the SCC Alumni Office by the first week of April. Email angela.storch@southcentral.edu or FAX the Alumni Office at 507-332-5888.

Outstanding Alumni Recipients

Faribault Campus
2000
Sandy Nichols, Practical Nursing (1982) SCC Nursing Instructor
2001
Mary Riach, Accounting (1988) CEO of Humphrey Manlift
2002
Jeanne Schoenbauer, Practical Nursing (1970) Retired from District One Hospital
2003
 Tom Trnka Carpentry (1977) Owner of Trnka Woodproducts
 2004  Steven Schmidt, Carpentry (1976) Owner of Steven Schmidt Construction
2005
Adam Draheim, Computer Integrated Machining (1997), Manufacturing Manager at K&G Manufacturing

Mankato Campus
  2000 Bonnie Barrer Sales Marketing & Management (1981) General Manager of Coca-Cola Bottling Midwest
  2001 Lorin Krueger, Electronics (1976) President/CEO of Winland Electronics
  2001 Rob Colby, Electronics (1976) Owner of Master Mix Sauces
  2002 Dennis Siemer, Electronics (1960) President/Owner of V-TEK Inc.
  2003  Marilyn Keltgen, Computer Careers (2001) Hickory Tech Customer Service.
2004  Larry Kuyper, Sales and Marketing Management (1997) Managing Partner of EFS Financial Resources
2005
Cathy Riley, Sales and Marketing Management (1979), Director of Marketing and Communications at AgStar Financial Services