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Rebecca Kurz is a junior building and construction management major who received a $500 scholarship from Horizon Retail Construction of Racine.

PLATTEVILLE - University of Wisconsin-Platteville junior Rebecca Kurz is the first UWP student to receive a $500 scholarship from Horizon Retail Construction of Racine. Horizon plans to award a scholarship to a junior UWP student majoring in building construction management (BCM) every spring and fall.

Junior BCM majors with grade point averages of 2.5 or higher were eligible. Preference was given to students from southeastern Wisconsin with financial need.

Commented Amanda Peterson, human resource manager for Horizon, "We're excited about establishing this scholarship at UWP and are looking into offering at least one UWP internship permanently within the company." Currently, two of the company's top project managers are UWP graduates.

Kurz is a junior from New Berlin majoring in BCM with a minor in business administration. She plans to graduate from UWP in the spring of 2005 after which she would like to pursue a career as a project manager. Honored to be receiving this scholarship, Kurz initially heard about it from her professors and at the job fair held earlier in February. She thanks the industrial studies department for their help noting, "They are willing to do whatever is needed to help their students succeed." Kurz is the daughter of Laura and Jerry Kurz.

The awards luncheon was held Wednesday, April 14, in the Pioneer Student Center with members of the BCM department and Horizon present.