Scholarship Support
15 new scholarships were created in the past year:
- Brad Anderson Leadership Legacy Scholarship Endowment
- Basudeb & Renuka Biswas Scholarship Endowment
- Defries Family Scholarship Endowment
- Robert V. Doyle Scholarship
- Paul and Patricia Fjeldsted Family Endowed Scholarship
- The Gold Standard Scholarship
- Justin & Leslie Haskell SEED Scholarship
- James B. & Kathleen T. McDonald Scholarship Endowment
- Darren D. Menlove Scholarship Endowment
- Panda Group Scholarship Expendable
- Duane & Marci Shaw Scholarship Endowment
- Shulsen Family Scholarships
- Jones Simkins Scholarship
- Joe and Mari Strain Scholarship
- Utah Business Week Scholarship on behalf of Peggy Larsen
164 total scholarships are offered by the huntsman school
Two New Scholarships Honor Huntsman Faculty
The 2020-2021 student leadership of the Finance and Economics Club and the Investment Banking Club have organized an endowed scholarship to honor their faculty advisor and mentor, Paul Fjeldsted. Over his tenure at Utah State, Paul has mentored thousands of students to “Dare Mighty Things,” raise their aspirations and their belief in themselves, and help land them in careers they never thought possible. Through his initiative, the school launched a career exploration trip to New York City in 2010. This trip soon became a staple and spawned numerous additional exploration trips. Similarly, Paul’s leadership of the finance club led to participation in the annual CFA Research Challenge, and now Huntsman students have won the state CFA competition four years in a row. Paul spends countless hours helping with student clubs, providing one-on-one mentorship, hosting mock interviews, and reviewing resumes. This sacrifice of time has transformed countless lives and helped place students at some of the most prestigious financial firms in the world.
The Basudeb and Renuka Biswas Scholarship, established as a tribute to Economics Professor Basudeb Biswas and his wife Renuka, will support scholarships for students majoring in Economics or Finance. Basudeb taught in the Economics Department for 33 years, winning not only numerous awards, including USU Teacher of the Year, but also the hearts and minds of his students. He believed in the potential of every student who walked through his door and felt that he could help make a difference in their lives. According to Basudeb’s former student and current Huntsman Senior Associate Dean, Frank Caliendo, “I know of no other professor who exceeds Basudeb’s focus on the success of his students. If ever his students fell behind, it bothered him deeply at a personal level. He was known to call his students at home if they missed class and invite them to one-on-one review sessions to help them catch up. He didn’t count the time he spent, but he certainly counted the success of his students among his greatest achievements.”