James Menke, a senior majoring in emergency management from Jordan, Minn., was awarded the Command Sergeant Major L. Ken Fisher Emergency Management Scholarship provided by the International Association of Emergency Managers Scholarship Program. 

Menke is one of three recipients from a competitive pool of students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees with course work in emergency management and community planning. The mission of the scholarship program is to support the emergency management profession by recognizing and developing students with intelligence and technical abilities to improve emergency management.

The award of $1,000 is given on the basis of high academic standing, excellent writing skills and commendable reference letters. “James has been one of our top students and his international award underscores the value of NDSU’s emergency management program,” said Daniel J. Klenow, emergency management department head.