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Cowan Receives Welter World Citizen Award


cowan award4/14/15
Through the generosity of Dr. Mark Welter, this award provides an annual tribute to Minnesota State Colleges and Universities students who most exemplify the thoughts, words and actions demanded by a 21st century world citizen. Award recipients are nominated by college/university faculty and staff and share some or all of the following beliefs/commitments:

 

  • All people are of a common species who share a common adventure in a common home.

  • The world shares common problems (pollution, terrorism, challenges) but views them through differing cultural and religious value perspectives.

  • All citizens of planet Earth mutually share an interconnected, fragile biosphere.

  • All people—all cultures, all creeds, all colors, and all countries—have been “depositors and withdrawers at the world bank of knowledge.”

  • Our world is increasingly, inexorably, and undeniably interdependent.

  • No one nation, people, region, or creed can unilaterally deal with contemporary challenges of pollution, population, poverty, pandemics, and peace.


Twenty students from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities have been selected to receive the Mark M. Welter World Citizen Award with $500 to be used for tuition, fees, and books during the 2014-2015 academic year.


Scott Cowan has been selected from Minnesota West Community & Technical College, Canby Campus, to receive this award.  Scott is a Diesel Technology student and also serves as the Secretary/Treasurer on Student Senate. “Scott is an extraordinary young man who demonstrates leadership and collaboration both in the classroom and throughout the campus community”, stated Rebecca Weber, Canby Campus Dean.