Ben Masengil Scholarship Awards

The Oregon Beaver Chapter of SWANA awards two scholarships every year. One is for a recent high school graduate who is college bound, and the other is for a returning student. All nominees must be children or grandchildren of current SWANA members.
 

To apply for either scholarship click on the appropriate button to download the scholarship award application:

View past scholarship winners here

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2008 Ben Masengil Scholarship Award Recipient

The Oregon Beaver Chapter of SWANA awards two scholarships every year to college students. One is for a recent high school graduate who is college bound, and the other is for a returning student. All nominees must be children or grandchildren of current SWANA members.

The winner of the scholarship for a returning student is Elsbeth Centola, daughter of Chad Centola of Deschutes County. Elsbeth chosen universities will receive $1,000 each toward the students’ tuition, and the recipients will receive letters of congratulations from the SWANA Oregon Beaver Chapter. Congratulations to Elsbeth!

Elsbeth Centola graduated from Bend Senior High School this June, with honors. For the last seven years she has volunteered at the High Desert Museum in Bend, supervising teens in the museum’s teen volunteer program and working in the animal program, where she handled birds of prey and did interpretive presentations on raptors. It was this exposure to handling animals—large birds, in particular—that piqued her interest in veterinary medicine. She is majoring in zoology at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and is planning to study veterinary medicine in graduate school. Elsbeth is the daughter of Chad Centola, operations manager for the Deschutes County Department of Solid Waste.