ROTARY CLUB OF APPLETON SCHOLARSHIPS

Each year, the Scholarship Committee selects two students who will receive $5,000 scholarships  - $1,666/year for the first three years of college.  Scholarship candidates must be a 2014 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, 2013 and show 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 five applications were received and  Kaitlyn Pritzl and Syndee Eckberg were chosen.   Kaitlyn Pritzl is a student at Appleton East High School and will be attending U. W. Madison to major in psychology.  She would like to be a child therapist working with abused children.  Syndee Eckberg is a student at Appleton West High School and will be attending the University of Mobile Alabama to major in psychology with a minor in Spanish.  She would like to work with children, study abroad  and go on a mission trip.  Kaitlyn and Syndee were thankful for receiving the scholarship so that they can focus on their studies rather than how they are going to pay for their education.

The Scholarship Committee also awarded U. W. Fox Valley Foundation and Fox Valley Technical College Foundation $2,481.09 each for nontraditional scholarships.  Thanks to the Scholarship Committee for their work:  Nancy Johnshoy (Chair), Tonya Dedering, Dan Densow, Karen Dorn, Jeff Esker, Dennis Hultgren, Lynn Peters, Jan Quinlan and Gary Vaughan.