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LoginBarb & Dave Yarusso Scholarship
Fund #8530
?Barb & Dave? are both originally from Minnesota. Barb attended Columbia Heights High School and Dave attended Hill-Murray. The two met at the University of Minnesota when Barb was working as a peer advisor and Dave was transferring from St. Thomas where he spent his first two years of college. They graduated from the esteemed Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science (CEMS) in 1978, were married in 1979 and attended graduate school together at the University of Wisconsin Madison where they obtained PhD?s in chemical engineering. Barbara began her career with General Mills and HB Fuller, then taught unit operations lab in CEMS and short courses at 3M, HB Fuller, and Ecolab, with a brief stint as an assistant professor at the University of St. Thomas in the Manufacturing and Systems Engineering Department. Since 2002 Barbara has been teaching science at Hill-Murray School. David has spent his career at 3M where he is credited with creating a solventless process for making masking tape. They have three children and are active in their church and community including Boy Scouts, Habitat for Humanity, music ministry, and politics. Their advice for future recipients of the Yarusso Scholarship is??Strive to be well rounded, learn to appreciate world culture, languages and music. Remember life balance is very important with community and family being at the center.? Scholarship Criteria: 1)The student should be a person who has overcome significant adversity in their life. ?Significant Adversity? may be financial or any other type of hardship they are working to overcome. The student should submit an essay outlining the adversity they have/are experiencing which demonstrates their problem and how receiving a scholarship would help relieve their burden. 2) Academic merit should not be a factor when considering who should receive the Yarusso Scholarship, provided the candidate has qualified for admission to the program. 3) In accordance with the donor?s wishes, preference will be given to students who are: 1) United States citizens, 2) permanent residents of the United States, or 3) in the United States lawfully on a non-temporary basis (such as refugees or asylees). 5) The Yarusso Scholarship should be awarded to a student in either chemical engineering or materials science for use in both their junior and senior years, hence it is renewable for one additional year provided the student is making satisfactory progress towards earning their degree.