2020-21 Dudek Scholarships

During the 2021 academic year, seven students from Pendleton received $13,200 in scholarships to attend Blue Mountain Community College or Eastern Oregon University as a result of the Lee Dudek estate gift to the Pendleton Foundation Trust. Baum Hunter is “very thankful” for his $3,000 award as he completes an AS Degree in Fire Science with BMCC, to prepare for employment in wildland fire control, with the BIA or US Forest Service. A 2018 PHS graduate, he plans to finish his degree spring term, 2021 and wants to live and work in eastern Oregon. Jessamy Lamont expects to receive her AAOT spring term, 2021 from BMCC, then will transfer to OSU to pursue a psychology degree to work as a childlife specialist in a children’s hospital. A 2019 PHS graduate, she thanks the Trust for the $2400 award and for investing in her education. “It is greatly appreciated and I will be sure to make good use of my education.” Other BMCC scholarship recipients include Ceisey Castaneda Martinez, Alorah Kaplanovic and Kyra Ford. Grants of $3,000 were awarded to two Eastern Oregon University students, Madison Parker, a senior completing a degree in elementary education and Drew Lunny, a 2018 PHS graduate pursuing his goal of teaching high school history. Madison plans to stay in the Pendleton community “to teach and provide her students the same positive opportunities I experienced.” Drew, a former BMCC student and ambassador, noted the award helps him in these difficult and troubling times as students complete degrees during the pandemic.