Health and nutritionist Dr. Dean Ornish once wrote that “the need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food.” Growing up, our most-recent Scholar With Disabilities Award Winner — Grady Smith —
Read MoreCongratulations to Lauren Forney, a Spring 2023 Winner of the Auger & Auger Disabled Scholar Award
May 15th, 2023The one crucial fact many people may not realize about disabilities is that, at some point, they may affect you. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that around 36% of all individuals 65 and older report at least one
Read MoreAuger & Auger Congratulates Fall 2022 Disabled Scholar Award Winner Momoreoluwa Del-Davidson
October 13th, 2022We are excited to announce the final winner of our Fall 2022 scholarship award for individuals with disabilities: Momoreoluwa Del-Davidson. Hailing from the Houston area, Momoreoluwa is a Texan at heart and determined by nature. She currently attends the University
Read MoreAuger & Auger Congratulates Fall 2022 Disabled Scholar Award Winner Steven Blodgett
October 10th, 2022We are announcing one of the recipients of our scholarship fund for individuals with disabilities: Steven Blodgett. Steven hails from Salt Lake City and is currently enrolled at Brigham Young University (BYU). A true lover of knowledge and academia, Steven
Read MoreCongratulations to Avery Counts, a Fall 2022 Winner of the Auger & Auger Disabled Scholar Award
October 7th, 2022Avery Counts is one of three recipients we are honored to award with our Fall 2022 Disabled Scholar Award. Hailing from Little Rock, Arkansas, Avery is a recent high school graduate set to attend the University of Arkansas. She seeks
Read MoreCongratulations to Auger & Auger Disabled Scholar Award 2022 Recipient Katriana Meiman
June 20th, 2022For multiple generations, Katriana Meiman’s family has been dealt challenge after challenge, grappling with a rare medical issue. Both her grandmother and her mother would encounter waves of fatigue and lethargy, often lasting weeks or months on end. When Katriana
Read MoreEric Huayi Court’s positive attitude has helped him rise above many obstacles and challenges outside of his control. When asked to describe the “bumps in the road” he has encountered throughout his life, he answered, “whatever bumps come, it doesn’t
Read MoreHaving an amputation changes your life, but it doesn’t make you a wholly different person than who you were when you were born. Our most-recent Disabled Scholar Award winner, Chloe Schmidt, wishes that this was something more people understood. Injured
Read MoreAuger & Auger Congratulates Fall 2021 Disabled Scholar Award Recipient Bailey Herfindahl
December 7th, 2021In literature and in medicine, the heart is seen as the epicenter of human life. Literally speaking, the heart beats over 100,000 times a day, moving around 2,000 gallons worth of blood. Metaphorically speaking, the heart represents feelings of love,
Read MoreAuger & Auger Congratulates Spring 2021 Disabled Scholar Award Winner Kaitlyn O’Connor
June 29th, 2021We are all asked to make hard choices from time to time, but those who are born with a disability or chronic condition often face such choices at a very early age. With the goal of being able to have
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