Karen Redd '91 is the first recipient of the Dennise Maslakowski Graduate Education Scholarship

The Plymouth State University community lost a beloved educator, mentor, colleague, and friend when Associate Vice President for the College of Graduate Studies Dennise Maslakowski passed away on December 19, 2008 after a courageous struggle with cancer. She had spent more than three decades working in education, 25 of those years at Plymouth State.

To honor Maslakowski’s commitment to teaching and nurturing talented and dedicated educators, her family, friends, and colleagues established the Dennise Maslakowski Graduate Education Scholarship Fund. The endowed fund will provide scholarships each year to deserving New Hampshire residents enrolled in master’s or doctoral education programs in the College of Graduate Studies.

Karen Redd ’91, a graduate student pursuing her MEd in K-12 Education with a concentration in special education, is the first recipient of the Maslakowski scholarship. “I have wanted to work with kids in special education all my life,” says Redd, who was taught by Maslakowski as an undergraduate. “I’m very honored by this scholarship because it symbolizes Dennise.”