Scholar Highlights

2020, what a year. This year the Annexstad Family Foundation navigated challenging transitions to establish the new creative ways to connect with and support our scholarship recipients and college partners. This fall, the Annexstad Family Foundation celebrated 20 years of supporting deserving and determined undergraduates while simultaneously awarding our 1,000th scholarship to an incoming first year recipient. We look ahead to the potential 2021 offers; to continue to develop our inclusive scholar community, strengthen our institutional partnerships, and create pathways for student success. …

Happy Holidays from the Annexstad Family Foundation!Read More

In partnership with the Annexstad Family Foundation, one CSUSB Palm Desert Campus University Legacy Scholar is selected annually to receive the Leaders for Tomorrow scholarship. This partnership allows the student to graduate from CSUSB Palm Desert debt-free. Annexstad scholar Jennifer Hanson and her brother Scott of Palm Desert are students at Cal State San Bernardino’s Palm Desert Campus studying to become nurses, and both are receiving a full-ride scholarship through the campus’s University Legacy Scholarship program. The University Legacy Scholarship provides an opportunity for …

Annexstad Scholar Jennifer Hanson Shares Dream to Serve as Nurse With Younger BrotherRead More

A Tribute to the Knowledge, Energy, and Passion behind the Annexstad Family Foundation By Al Annexstad During my former career, I hired Dick nearly 40 years ago, and I can honestly say his desire to learn, high energy, and passion for excellence drive him every day. Reaching the great milestone of funding our 1,000th scholarship in our first 20 years is more than an achievement, it’s a testament to Dick’s hard work and dedication to the mission of the Foundation. Dick has been involved with the Annexstad Family Foundation since day one, leading the Foundation’s mission and forming …

Dick Sherwood Retires after 20 Years of ServiceRead More

Indian Springs High School teacher Joe Kelly gets a bit emotional talking about one of his former students. “I get teary-eyed thinking about Kimberly graduating,” he says of Kimberly Rios-Hernandez ’20, who earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Redlands in April. “She’s a great student and will do great things in life.” As a first-generation college-bound student, in high school Rios-Hernandez had the talent and ambition to go to college, but she felt she needed guidance: “Mr. Kelly is the reason I’m at Redlands. He was always looking out for us. He made sure we …

Guiding Future Scholars to Opportunity at RedlandsRead More

Each year Boston College hosts a scholarship dinner in April. Two inspiring students are chosen to speak at the event and this year Naren Briar, an Annexstad Family Foundation Leaders for Tomorrow Scholar, was was one of those students. Despite the dinner being cancelled due to developments surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19), Boston College wanted to give their scholarship recipients an opportunity to express their gratitude to their benefactors. Boston College created a video and showcased the transcripts of the speeches that were to be presented by Naren and fellow student James …

Annexstad Scholar Naren Briar Shares Her StoryRead More