Scholarships

To encourage continued industry growth, the Minneapolis Builders Exchange Scholarship Fund awards scholarships annually to college and technical school students in construction related fields.

In the last four years, since the fund was created, the MBEX Scholarship Fund has awarded over $40,000 in scholarships to directly involved with the local construction industry.

2008 Scholarship Recipients:

Audie Miller
studying Construction Management
at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Dillon Kost
studying Construction Management
at the University of Wisconsin, Stout

Casey Ostgard
studying Welding
at Anoka Technical College

Robert Koopmeiners
studying Construction Management
at the University of Wisconsin, Stout

Anthony Muchow
studying Construction Management
at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Joseph Vos
studying Construction Management
at St. Cloud State University

Paul Smude
studying Civil Engineering
at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Mick Herold
studying HVAC Design
at Dunwoody College of Technology

Erick Schauer
studying Civil Engineering
at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

Steven Totzke
studying Construction Management
at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Paul Braton
studying Construction Management
at Minnesota State University, Moorhead

Justin Zastrow
studying Land Surveying
at St. Cloud State University

Brittni Peterson
studying Psychology
at the University of St. Thomas

Jacqueline Nguyen
studying Architectural Design
at the Art Institutes International

2007 Scholarship Recipients: Daniel Stenzel, studying Architectural Drafting at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Justin Stanek, studying Construction Management at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Erick Schauer, studying Civil Engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; Justin Zastrow, studying Land Surveying at St. Cloud State University; William “Blake” Bolding, studying Construction Management at the University Wisconsin, Stout; Robert J. Smith III, studying Construction Management at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Dan Brenteson, studying Construction Management at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Rhett Chapman Taylor, studying Construction Supervision at Dunwoody College of Technology; Travis Johnson, studying Architectural Drafting and Estimating at Dunwoody College of Technology; Kolten Kersten, studying HVAC Service Technology at Dunwoody College of Technology.

2006 Scholarship Recipients: Dan Brenteson, studying Construction Management at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Justin Zastrow, studying Land Surveying at St Cloud State University; Dan Scheutte, studying Construction Management at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Robert J. Smith III, studying Construction Management at Minnesota State University, Mankato; Alex Sammon, studying Construction Management at South Dakota State University; Eric Munt, studying Construction Management at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Shane Butler, studying Construction Management at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Justin Stanek, studying Construction Management at the University of Wisconsin, Platteville; Brian Ratajczak, studying HVAC Design at Dunwoody College of Technology; Jesse Rooney, studying Architectural Drafting and Estimating at Dunwoody College of Technology.

2005 Scholarship Recipients: Dan Brenteson, studying engineering at Winona State University; Justin Zastrow, studying land surveying at St Cloud State University; Dan Schuette, studying construction management at Minnesota State University Mankato; Mike Dahlin, studying electrical construction design management at Dunwoody College of Technology; Robert J. Smith III, studying construction management at Minnesota State University Mankato; Monica Hines, studying electrical construction design management at Dunwoody College of Technology.

2004 Scholarship Recipients: Arthur Gardner Jr., Troy Nadeau, Dan Brenteson, Derek Clarkin, Dan Schuette

2003 Scholarship Recipient: Aaron Fouquette