Anoka-Ramsey Community College student Cole Ostendorf wins World Citizen Award

November 06, 2015

Anoka-Ramsey Community College student Cole Ostendorf is one of 20 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system students to be nominated and selected to receive the Mark M. Welter World Citizen Award.

This award, provided through the generosity of Welter, is an annual tribute to MnSCU students who most exemplify the thoughts, words, and actions demanded by a 21st century world citizen. The award recipients are nominated by college/university faculty and staff and share some or all of the following beliefs/commitments:

All people are of a common species who share a common adventure in a common home.
The world shares common problems (pollution, terrorism, challenges) but views them through differing cultural and religious value perspectives.
All citizens of planet Earth mutually share an interconnected, fragile biosphere.
All people—all cultures, all creeds, all colors, and all countries—have been “depositors and withdrawers at the world bank of knowledge.”
Our world is increasingly, inexorably and undeniably interdependent.
No one nation, people, region or creed can unilaterally deal with contemporary challenges of pollution, population, poverty, pandemics and peace.
The award includes $500 to be used for tuition, fees and books during the 2015-2016 academic year, totaling $10,000 in scholarships.

Other selected MnSCU students

Paul Iheme N'Gumah, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Chinenye Amadi, Inver Hills Community College
Samantha Miller, South Central College
Sandra Ouraga, Northland Community and Technical College
Hodo Dahir, North Hennepin Community College
David Poppema, Vermilion Community College
Kyle Williams, Mesabi Range College
Austin Schaaf, Rainy River Community College
Maureen McCarthy, Winona State University
Peter Olojo-Nwosu, Southwest Minnesota State University
Preeti Yon Jon, St. Cloud State University
Mbathio Diagne, Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Sahara Aden, Century College
Matthew Leko, Dakota County Technical College
Kevin Anderson, Pine Technical and Community College
Marcel Richardson, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College
Nimo Omar, Hennepin Technical College
Aisha Ahmed, Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Jared Wencel, Alexandria Technical and Community College
For more information about Anoka-Ramsey Community College, visit AnokaRamsey.edu.