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2024 Scholarships Awarded

Monday, July 15th, 2024

Three students were recently awarded scholarships on behalf of Egan Company and partnering employees. 

The annual Grunerud-Egan Scholarship awards scholarships to two individuals to aid in their pursuit of careers related to construction, engineering, and the trades, supported by Dane Grunerud, Egan Company Senior Project Manager. Zach Welsch and Edwin Solorio were named recipients of the Grunerud-Egan Scholarship this year, receiving $1,000 each toward their schooling. 

Zach is a coil-cleaner in Egan’s Service department, and is attending Century College for his associate’s degree in HVAC-R. Edwin is an Assistant Project Manager with Egan’s Electrical Construction team and is going to school to earn a degree in Electrical Construction Design and Management from Dunwoody College of Technology. 

This year, a third scholarship was sponsored by Mark and Char Broadwater. Mark is Egan’s Vice President of ATS. Their sponsored scholarship awarded $1,000 to Dawson Oelrich, who is attending Northwest Technical College for Electrical and is currently working on a solar project in Southern Minnesota.

This is the fourth year that the Grunerud-Egan scholarship has been awarded, and the first that was awarded in partnership with the Broadwaters. The scholarships are open to Egan employees, as well as the children and grandchildren of employees, and are awarded based on financial need, community involvement, extracurricular activities, academic activities, and an essay/video response.

Congratulations to this year’s recipients!

2022 Grunerud-Egan Scholarship Awarded

Thursday, July 7th, 2022

For the second year in a row, in partnership with Sr. Project Manager Dane Grunerud, Egan Company awarded two deserving students with the Grunerud-Egan Scholarship for the upcoming school year.  Based on generations of support for higher education in Grunerud’s family, this scholarship was founded to help others achieve their educational goals related to construction, engineering, and the trades.

Many employees as well as children and grandchildren of Egan employees applied. Selection of awarded recipients was based on financial need, involvement in the community or extracurricular activities, academic activities, and essay/video response. 

Congratulations to the $1,000 scholarship recipients, Carter Leither and Cassandra Jensen! Leither is an incoming freshman at Minnesota State University, Mankato studying Civil Engineering and is the son of Egan Project Manager, Tony Leither. Jensen is studying HVAC Service as part of her apprenticeship schooling and works with Egan’s Service team.

More information about the Grunerud-Egan Scholarship.

Left: Carter Leither and Tony Leither with Dane Grunerud and James Ford. Right: Cassandra Jensen pictured with Dane Grunerud and James Ford

2021 Inaugural Grunerud-Egan Scholarship Recipients Announced

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021

This year, in partnership with Egan Company Project Manager Dane Grunerud, Egan was able to award two deserving students with the first Grunerud-Egan Scholarship for the Fall of 2021. Founded upon generations of encouragement and belief in higher education, this scholarship aims to help others achieve career aspirations within the construction, engineering, trades, or related fields.

Many qualified applicants—all children or grandchildren of Egan employees—applied. Recipients were selected based on financial need, involvement in the community or extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and essay/video response. 

Congratulations to our award recipients Lucas Aberwald and Brooke Edlund! Aberwald is a freshman attending the University of Minnesota Duluth to study Mechanical Engineering and is the son of Electrician Dan Aberwald. Edlund will be attending Ridgewater College to complete its electrical program and is the step-daughter of Senior Project Manager Randy Kalthoff.

We’re honored to aid in supporting the future of our industry! Read further about the Grunerud-Egan Scholarship.