Al Golden Memorial Scholarship

Clay Feldner is a senior at North Dakota State University and will graduate in December with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Feldner has worked as an intern for Keitu Engineers and Consultants and Enbridge Pipelines, and will take another internship with Enbridge this summer. After graduation, the Bismarck native hopes to start his career in the North Dakota oil and gas industry.

Courtney Hausauer attends Bismarck State College where she is pursuing degrees in Process Plant Technology, Power Plant Technology and Petroleum Production Technology. Hausauer currently serves as the president of the BSC Energy Club and has worked as an intern at Dakota Gasification Company and the Leland Old Station. After graduating, the Mercer, ND native plans to work at Great River energy or Dakota Gasification Company and will continue working toward a Bachelors of Applied Science in Energy Management.

Matt Jahner is a first-year student in the Petroleum Production AAS program at Bismarck State College and plans to also work toward a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Energy Management. After graduation, the Dickinson native hopes to move to western North Dakota and work for a major oil company in the recovery end of the oil production process.

Maxwell Johnson is a junior at the University of North Dakota where he is majoring in Petroleum Engineering and also serves as secretary for the UND chapter of Society of Petroleum Engineers. A native of Watford City, ND, Johnson has interned with Neset Consulting and Badlands Power Fuels and this summer will work as an intern for Hess Corporation. Johnson says he wants to return to the Watford area after graduation and help make a difference in the impacted region. He also says he wants to get involved in the petroleum industry for the great future it holds as an energy provider for the world. 

Garred Olson is a petroleum engineering major at the University of North Dakota and last spring received a Top Student Award from the North Dakota Society of Professional Engineers. Olson interned with Hess Corp. last summer at their Tioga location and will again intern with the company this summer in Seminole, Texas. After graduating, the Williston native hopes to return to the Williston Basin and begin his career as a petroleum engineer with an oil company.