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by ALYSSA M. MATTY
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
Courtney A. Rickenberg, junior family and consumer science secondary education major, was able to celebrate her hard work when she won the Betty Feezor Scholarship.
“I made scholarships a part time job,” said Rickenberg.
She applied for 40 scholarships her senior year of high school and four last year.
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She received two of the four scholarships she applied for last year.
The Betty Feezor Scholarship is awarded to rising juniors each year.
According
to the Betty Feezor Scholarship Web site, “The Betty Feezor Scholarship
Foundation recognizes and honors outstanding students in the various
fields of family and consumer sciences.”
The Web site also states Betty Feezor was a “friend and inspiration to thousands of people by way of her Betty Feezor Show.”
The
scholarship is worth $3,000 and is awarded to students who show
leadership skills. Rickenberg has immersed herself in a variety of
extracurricular activities.
Along
with her role as the president of the Family and Consumer Science club,
she is also an Appalachian Ambassador, a Plemmons Fellow, a caretaker
for an Alzheimer patient, and a volunteer at the Brian Estate Center.
When
asked who inspired Rickenberg to become a teacher of family and
consumer science, Rickenberg said, “My seventh grade home economics
teacher …I excelled and she let me help other people, it made me feel
like I was helping someone learn something new…skills they will use in
life.”
Along
with receiving $3,000 towards her senior year at Appalachian,
Rickenberg received her award at The Duke Mansion in Charlotte.
“[The
mansion] was very classical, very elaborate,” she said. “The people
were so friendly. The gardens were beautiful; there were flowers
everywhere.”
As for
her future hopes and aspirations, Rickenberg wants to stay in North
Carolina and teach. She said she is flexible on where exactly in North
Carolina though.
“Maybe on the coast,” Rickenberg said.
“Eventually I want to teach college,” Rickenberg said.
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