Music Education Scholarship Established To Honor NWMSU Alum

The family of a Northwest Missouri State University alumna has established a scholarship intended to honor their daughter’s dedication to music education.

The Sarah Groteluschen Memorial Music Scholarship will provide one $2,000 award annually to assist a Northwest music education student Recipients of the scholarship will be full-time Northwest students with a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher. Recipients also must be a member of an instrumental music performing group at the University with a preference for woodwind instruments.

Sarah graduated from Northwest in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in instrumental music education and died unexpectedly in November of 2020 due to an ascending aortic aneurysm.

Prior to her passing, Sarah worked as a music teacher in the West Nodaway R-I School District. Additionally, she was part of the National Association for Music Education and the Missouri Music Educators Association as well as a president of the Northwest Alumni Association’s Band Alumni Chapter.