Great Plains College and MNP Announce Scholarship Renewal

Great Plains College is pleased to announce the renewed financial commitment and support of MNP to the college and its students through the MNP Vern Neustaeter Memorial Scholarship. The annual scholarship will be offered in honour of the late MNP partner, Vern Neustaeter, who strongly believed in supporting the community and investing in our people.

The renewed commitment will provide $5,000 towards the MNP Vern Neustaeter Memorial Scholarship from the current 2020-21 academic year through to the 2022-23 academic year, for a total of $15,000.

The scholarship will be awarded based on academic achievement to students entering the electrical or welding programs at the college. This year, the scholarship was awarded to three students (two welding and one electrician).

“The MNP partner group sees tremendous value in investing in entrepreneurship and education,” said Jeremy Rondeau, Partner at MNP. “The future of our community depends heavily on the students building their skills to become valuable members of society going forward. We are proud to invest in our community in Vern’s memory, it is a way to see his legacy continue and support a cause that is close to his heart.”

“During this unparalleled time, donations to our scholarship program are extremely valuable and needed by our students. We can’t thank MNP enough for their generosity,” said Dianne Sletten, donor services coordinator at Great Plains College. “We have one of the strongest and unique scholarship programs in the province. None of that would be possible without the contributions from the community and companies like MNP that continue to support us year-after-year.”

MNP has been a long-time supporter of Great Plains College. Since 2007, they have donated over $75,000 (including the renewed commitment of $15,000 towards the MNP Vern Neustaeter Memorial Scholarship) to Great Plains College, supported numerous other college events and donated their time to give classroom presentations to business, electrician and welding students.