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.