SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Scholarship candidates must be a 2013 graduate of one of the five Appleton high schools, (including traditional and nontraditional attendance – home schooling must be accredited), plan to pursue a bachelor’s degree at an accredited college or university, be in the upper 50% of his/her high school class, have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 through December 31, 2012 and financial need.  For the grant to continue to the grantee must remain a full-time student as defined by their college or university and maintain a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale each semester.  Sixty seven applications were received.  Elizabeth Mui and Ian Schuh were chosen to receive $5,000 scholarships - $1,666/year for the first three years of college.  Elizabeth is a student of Appleton East High School and will be attending U. W. Oshkosh to pursue a double major in elementary and special education.  Ian is a student of Appleton West High School and will be attending Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington.  The Scholarship Committee also awarded U. W. Fox Valley Foundation and Fox Valley Technical College Foundation $2,171.42 each for nontraditional scholarships.  Thanks to the Scholarship Committee for their work:  Nancy Johnshoy (Chair), Tonya Dedering, Dan Densow, Jeff Esker, Kevin Loomans, Mike Muoio, Nancy Leipzig, John Parker, Lynn Peters, Nora Schulz, Jay Schumerth, Sudeep Sodhi and Gary Vaughan.