Wissink Scholarship

The G.M. Wissink Endowed Physics Scholarship recognizing advanced students who have performed exceptionally well in math and physical science courses.  Specifically, students awarded this honor must be:

• A Junior at the time of application, or a sophomore with exceptional circumstances
• Majoring in Physics
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.5 or higher in physical science and mathematics courses
• Students pursuing a teaching degree with a physics emphasis are eligible

Past Winners include:

• 1994-1995: Keith Lidke
• 1995-1996: Steve Macklay
• 1996-1997: David Ellerbusch
• 1997-1998: Brian Schuft
• 1998-1999: Ryan Dorland
• 1999-2000: Jerry Sell
• 2000-2001: Adam Johnson
• 2001-2002: Adam Johnson
• 2002-2003: Ying Xing Lin
• 2003-2004: Ying Xing Lin, Sylvia N'guessan
• 2004-2005: Mike Hilgemann
• 2005-2006: Eric Ehler, Steve Besser
• 2006-2007: Eric Raymer
• 2007-2008: Jacob Simones
• 2008-2009: Arbin Timilsina
• 2009-2010: Chris Prokop
• 2010-2011: Nick Compton
• 2011-2012: Derek Hillinger
• 2012-2013: no award
• 2013-2014: Shalindra Shrestha, Abolaji Akinyemi
• 2014-2015: Abolaji Akinyemi
• 2015-2016: Brandon Baer
• 2016-2017: Jacob Bukkila, Adam Blomgren
• 2017-2018: Benjamin Gettis
• 2018-2019: Alexis Arsenault, Bishal Pandey
• 2019-2020: Jamal Saeed, Tyler Hagen
• 2020-2021: Tyler Hagen, Mohamed Zakariya
• 2021-2022: Jonathan Mullaly
• 2022-2023: Souhail Ouardi, Colby Hastings
• 2023-2024: Dariia Hozhenko