Four Guidance Counselors Receive EducationQuest Scholarship

Six additional counselors receive "runner-up" awards

(LINCOLN Neb. April 18, 2006) – EducationQuest Foundation has selected four Nebraska high school guidance counselors to receive its 2006 Guidance Counselor Enrichment Scholarship. They are Karen Buchfinck from Crete High School; Laura Neubauer from Gibbon High School; Julie Cadwallader from Winnebago Public School; and Terri Nollette from Cody-Kilgore High School.

The scholarship will fund attendance for the counselors at a regional or national college counseling conference. Each counselor will also receive a $1,000 award to purchase career or college-planning materials for their school.

Cadwallader and Nollette will attend the Great Plains Association for College Admission Counseling Conference April 27-29 in Overland Park, Kan.; Buchfinck and Neubauer will attend the National Association for College Admission Counseling Conference October 5-7 in Pittsburgh, Pa.

In addition, six guidance counselors received $500 "runner-up" awards they can use to purchase career or college-planning materials for their schools. They are Victoria Bishop, Platteview High School; Josie Connot, Johnson-Brock Public Schools; Cindy Hanquist, Geneva North High School; Jeanne Hightower, Elkhorn High School; Susan Krotz, Chadron High School; and Holly Nielson, Ralston High School.

"Nebraska high school guidance counselors play a vital role in helping students transition from high school to college - often with little funding," said Tammy Stevenson, Director of Scholarships for EducationQuest. "We're pleased to support their efforts by providing professional development opportunities and much-needed resources through this scholarship."

EducationQuest Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization with a mission to improve access to higher education in Nebraska. Through a permanent endowment, EducationQuest provides free college planning services at its locations in Kearney, Lincoln and Omaha; funds need-based scholarship programs; and provides grants for programs that enhance college access. For more information, call EducationQuest Foundation, headquartered in Lincoln, at 800-303-3745 or visit www.educationquest.org.