SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS COMMITTEE
By Robert Richardson, November 2024
The AAUW scholarship applications are posted below and will be sent to all area schools and colleges. The application due dates are in early February.
JCK Memorial scholarship application 2024 Memorial Scholarship Note: Candidates for the JCK Scholarship must be nominated by AAUW-La Crosse branch members. *
AAUW_Scholarship_UW-L Note: Candidates for our scholarship available for students attending the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse must apply through the UW-L scholarship portal.
For more information on scholarships, contact Robert Richardson, 608-788-0595, richards.rob2@eagle.uwlax.edu, or Sharon DeCicco, 608-788-5356, sharon.decicco@gmail.com
* Each year, our AAUW Branch offers at least one scholarship designated for a non-traditional student (female 30 years or older). With this memorial scholarship, we seek to support the educational advancement of these individuals who might be continuing their collegiate education, returning to college after a hiatus, or studying in graduate school. To find these individuals, we need our branch members to nominate these women via a letter of support.
Please note: The only way for a non-traditional female student to receive AAUW-La Crosse’s Karen Wilson Memorial Scholarship is for one of our members to nominate her.
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Our virtual Art Fair continues – artfaironthegreen.org, and the La Crosse Community Foundation continues to accept donations on our behalf. Thank you to those who have contributed. If not yet, please consider making a donation in any amount; you may send it directly to LCF with a note that it’s for the AAUW Fund.
AAUW has a long history of advancing education and professional opportunities for women in the U.S. and around the globe. The AAUW La Crosse Branch provides local scholarships for higher education and it provides some grants to nonprofit agencies in the La Crosse community with the purpose of improving the lives of women and girls.
AAUW-La Crosse awards scholarships and grants to: seniors graduation from local high schools; students continuing at Western Technical College, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Viterbo University; recipients of the Tribune Extra Effort Award and non-traditional students. AAUW-La Crosse provides grants to participants in the: National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, UW-L Self-Sufficiency Program, Brighter Tomorrows of Sparta, HOPE Academy, YWCA La Crosse, New Horizons and the Western Technical College Foundation.
The AAUW La Crosse Branch supports the AAUW Education Foundation which is one of the world’s largest sources of funding for graduate women. This Foundation awards more than 200 fellowships and grants worth about three million dollars each year to outstanding women and nonprofit organizations. For information about the criteria, application process and deadlines for these fellowships and grants go to https://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/educational-funding-and-awards/.
For more information on scholarships, contact Robert Richardson, 608-788-0595, richards.rob2@eagle.uwlax.edu, or Sharon DeCicco, 608-788-5356, sharon.decicco@gmail.com