RH Scholarship from University of Wisconsin

Sutter to Receive Rumler Holstein Scholarship
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 06/14/2007

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the recipient of the National Holstein Association's 2007 Robert H. Rumler Scholarship. Nikolaus Sutter received his Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural journalism and plans to enroll in the MBA Program at the UW-Madison in the near future. Sutter is currently a marketing executive for Filament Marketing in Madison, where he has led Web site development and a public relations campaign for a bovine reproductive research and services company.

Sutter is the 2007 recipient of the Brian Howell Memorial Scholarship, awarded to the outstanding agricultural journalism and communications student at UW-Madison. In 1999, he was chosen the U.S. student representative for the Semex Royal Winter Fair 'Walk of Fame' and received the gold medal in the Wisconsin State FFA Dairy Proficiency in 1998.

Among his activities and hobbies, Sutter enjoys his role as assistant youth basketball coach, feeding heifers at the 450-cow family dairy operation, and attending real estate investment and dairy production seminars. Sutter is convinced that his childhood-instilled work ethic, positive attitude, desire to learn from his peers will light his path to success in the UW-Madison MBA Program.

The Robert H. Rumler scholarship is presented in honor of Robert H. Rumler, who led the Association as Executive Secretary for 25 years.