The Yankton College Alumni Advisory Board has selected deserving inductees for the 2012 Alumni Awards to be presented during the All-Class Reunion held in Yankton, SD this July.  All recipients have agreed to attend to accept their awards at the Banquet & Awards Program scheduled Saturday, July 21 at the Best Western Kelly Inn.  Plan to attend and celebrate their honor. 

2012 Alumni Awards Inductees.pdf 

Yankton College alumni and friends by now should have recieved the annual BULLETIN in the mail.  Be sure to check out the details on the 2012 All-Class Reunion to be held July 19-21 in Yankton, South Dakota.  The reunion schedule and registration form are now available.  Registrations are beginning to arrive.  Visit this Yankton College website each week from now until reunion time for announcements, photographs and additional details.  See you this summer! 

2012 Reunion Information.pdf

The 2012 Annual Bulletin from Yankton College is hot off the printing press and making its way to your mailbox soon.   Many volunteers assist the staff in the mailing preparations:  inserting information, sealing and address labeling, before it makes its way to the post office.  The Yankton College Bulletin is filled with 2012 All-Class Reunion details, scholarship announcements and much more.  For more information call (866) 665-3661. 

The Yankton College Board of Trustees assembled in Yankton, Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at the Summit Activities Center for the annual spring board meetings.  The Alumni Advisory Board and the Financial and Scholarship Committees also met on the morning of April 20.

The Board of Trustees spent two days examining the financial status of the college and adopting the 2012-13 Budget, reaffirming six members whose terms had expired and re-electing the present officers, in addition to approving eighteen $1,000 scholarship awards. 

Other agenda topics included:  Policy & Procedure recommendations and acceptance of the 2012 Yankton College Emergency Response & Recovery Plan.

Special guests at the Friday afternoon session of the Board of Trustees meeting were Warden Jordan Hollingsworth and Rev. Dr. Doug Upton from the Federal Prison Camp.  Upton presented to Yankton College a painting of the Old Middle Building by one of the FPC inmates to be on loan for display in the office.  Upton described the inmate coursework of the 2012 Educational Program entitled “Basics of Bible Interpretation,” which is the first result of the Yankton College and FPC educational collaboration, as a public service and to once again bring theological education to the campus.  Hollingsworth was presented an Honorary Alumni Certificate on behalf of the Board of Directors and Alumni Advisory Board for his gracious hospitality & continued loyalty in support of Yankton College.

The YC Alumni Advisory Board met to review the plans for the Yankton College 2012 All-Class Reunion to be held next July in Yankton.  Other agenda items included:  AAB terms and election procedures, accepting the nomination of Dennis Steffen from Viborg, SD to the AAB and the responsibilities of the three AAB Committees:   Reunion, Alumni Awards and Giving. 

The Legacy Committee met Saturday after the Board of Trustees adjourned to discuss long-range planning for the College.    

The Yankton College Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the names of eighteen $1,000 scholarship awards.  The general high school scholarship recipients are:  Connor Reed, Pierce, NE and Kathryn Soorholtz, Clive, IA, the Carl & Cle Youngworth Scholarship;  Kerri Stolle, Warren, CT, the Brown-Daniels Scholarship;  Tory Gross, Yankton, SD and Madeline Ausdemore, Madison Lake, MN, the Bennett-Walter Scholarship;  Haley Hinseth, Irene, SD, the Rivola Family Scholarship; Matthew Zeeb, Nashua, NH, the Mary L. & Glenn Jensen Scholarship; Luke Buffington, Gayville, SD,  the Class of 1962 Scholarship; Griffin Baker, St. Louis Park, MN, Calvin Hunhoff, Bertrand, NE, Kelly Hobbs, O’Fallow, IL, Matthew Gubbels and Danielle Gill, both from Yankton, SD, the Trantina Revocable Trust Scholarship; Courtney True, Yankton, SD, the Rev. Dr. Donald B. Ward Scholarship and Sarah Ekeren, Yankton, SD, the Y-Club Scholarship; and the post-graduate scholarship recipients are:  Bryce Somer, Omaha, NE and Kristine Zeeb, Nashua, NH,  the Dr. Fritz A. Brink Scholarship and David Kramer, New York, NY, the Dr. Richard G. Sherman Scholarship. 

These  deserving students will receive their awards to attend an accredited college or university for the 2012-13 academic year.  A Scholarship Committee reviewed and ranked the applications on the basis of merit and criteria, among being,  applicants must have:  a) a family relationship to Yankton college alumni, former faculty or staff; or b) a family friend, teacher or pastor with a connection to Yankton College may recommend the applicant. 

The Yankton College Scholarship Program recently received seven new $1,000 scholarships from the kindness of several alumni that will be included in this year's awards.   This generosity was inspired by the positive influences that Yankton College has made on the lives of these alumni. 

(5) The Trantina Revocable Trust Scholarship
Endowed by Mr. & Mrs. Charley Trantina '51, Sun City West, AZ

(1) The Mary L. & Glenn Jensen Scholarship
Endowed in memory of his wife Mary (Mitchell ED '36) by Glenn Jensen '36
Rapid City, SD

(1) The Class of 1962 Scholarship
Endowed by classmates of 1962 in celebration of their 50th Anniverary.

The goals of the scholarship program are to perpetuate the Yankton College tradition of liberal arts in higher education, support deserving young persons who have shown outstanding promise during their secondary education, apply discretionary funds to a higher function and promote the memory and reputation of Yankton College.