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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Just nine months after Texas cattle feeder Paul Engler donated $20 million to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ashley Nunnenkamp is completing her first semester as an Engler scholar and trying to make the most of a Nebraska native's generosity.
"He knows how appreciative we are," she said during a break in classes Monday, "but we can never thank him enough."
Nunnenkamp, a 20-year-old agribusiness major from Sutton, is looking ahead to finals next week and back on the announcement that made her one of the first students to receive an annual scholarship award of as much as $10,000 through the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation.
Paul Engler, who grew up on a Sandhills cattle ranch, stepped to an East Campus microphone in March to announce the largest single gift in the history of NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. That gift to his alma mater comes from the second-largest cattle-feeding enterprise in the nation. Engler feedlots in Texas and Kansas regularly hold more than 470,000 animals...... Continue reading
"He knows how appreciative we are," she said during a break in classes Monday, "but we can never thank him enough."
Nunnenkamp, a 20-year-old agribusiness major from Sutton, is looking ahead to finals next week and back on the announcement that made her one of the first students to receive an annual scholarship award of as much as $10,000 through the Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation.
Paul Engler, who grew up on a Sandhills cattle ranch, stepped to an East Campus microphone in March to announce the largest single gift in the history of NU's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. That gift to his alma mater comes from the second-largest cattle-feeding enterprise in the nation. Engler feedlots in Texas and Kansas regularly hold more than 470,000 animals...... Continue reading
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