Scholarship Information
By Jennifer Gomori, MAFF Editor
2023 Carl Parsell Scholarship recipients Nolan Campbell of Shelby Township and Marisa Fisher of Sterling Heights share a passion for their future careers. Now they each have $2,500 in scholarship funding to help them achieve those dreams.
While they are at different points in their educational journey, Fisher, a Central Michigan University junior, and Campbell, who graduated high school in May, began preparing for their careers in high school and enjoy helping others in their communities and schools. Both have earned honors for academic excellence.
The two were formally recognized at the 33rd Annual Carl Parsell Memorial Golf Outing on June 8, 2023 at Links of Novi.
The Carl Parsell Scholarship Fund, established in 1991, continues the legacy of Carl Parsell, a law enforcement union movement pioneer, by improving the lives and futures of others through education. Scholarships are awarded annually to Michigan family members of Michigan Association of Fire Fighters (MAFF), Michigan Association of Police (MAP) and Michigan Association of Public Employees (MAPE) union members.
Since the fund's inception, $143,000 in scholarships have been awarded. Scholarship funds are derived from the Annual Carl Parsell Memorial Scholarship Golf Outing.
By Jennifer Gomori, MAFF Editor
Carl Parsell Scholarship recipient Nolan Campbell of Shelby Township has not one, but two parents in law enforcement and he also has aspirations of helping others through his own career.
“Like Carl Parsell, I want to help defend the rights of others,” Campbell wrote in his 2023 Carl Parsell Scholarship application. “I plan to attend Grand Valley State University and study Computer Science with a focus in Cyber Security.”
Campbell, 17, is the stepson of MAP member Heather Marie Campbell, a St. Clair Shores Police Sergeant. He is the son of Monica Harvey of Shelby Township and Martin Campbell of Macomb, who retired as an Eastpointe Police Lieutenant in 2022 after 26 years of service.
His $2,500 Carl Parsell Scholarship will help him focus more on his studies and worry less about the cost.
"This scholarship will help me achieve my dream to attend college,” he wrote. “If chosen, I will be able to take more classes at a time and to have more time to continue my involvement to support my community.”
He’s already done an excellent job of preparing to be successful in his pursuits, completing three computer science courses in high school. He graduated summa cum laude with a 3.75 GPA from Stoney Creek High School in Rochester Hills in May 2023 and received a 1220 on his SAT.
Campbell was a National Honor Society member during his junior and senior years. Through the National Honor Society, he participated in food drives for local charities and the Caleb White Project, collecting and delivering furniture and other houseware items, and painting and making repairs to complete housing projects in Detroit for homeless veterans.
By Jennifer Gomori, MAFF Editor
Marisa Fisher was looking to expand her college education and receiving a 2023 Carl Parsell Scholarship is helping her reach that goal.
The 20-year-old Sterling Heights resident is the daughter of MAP member Christine R. Fisher, a Sterling Heights Police Department Administrative Secretary, and Matthew Fisher. She graduated Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Sterling Heights in 2021 and has a 3.68 GPA at Central Michigan University.
Thanks in part to her $2,500 Carl Parsell Scholarship for the 2023-24 academic year, the Fashion Merchandising major now has dual minors in Journalism and Theater.
“School can be very expensive, but getting support from different scholarships is very helpful, because I am also adding another minor and that adds a lot more classes,” she said. “Getting a Carl Parsell Scholarship made it easier to be confident in my decision to add a minor in Journalism, instead of pushing it aside until I have more money to do it or just learning it myself.”
Fisher received $12,115 during the 2022-23 academic year through Central Michigan University scholarships and grants and a Pell Grant. Her career plans are to work as a fashion stylist or fashion writer/editor of a magazine. “One of my goals is to focus on sustainability in fashion,” she said.
She has been very involved on campus, while gaining experience in her career field. She’s a member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society through Macomb Community College, where she attended her first year of college. She transferred to Central Michigan last fall and just completed her second year of higher education.
