The Fort Community Credit Union (FCCU) has announced that it has awarded five scholarship to area 2022 graduates, each of whom have been selected to receive $2,000.
The awards total $10,000.
According to information released by the credit union, “the scholarship was developed in 2019 as a reflection of FCCU’s mission statement: ‘To help our members be in a better financial position than when we met them.’ With the rising cost of education, we wanted to help local graduates offset costs as they enter a whole new chapter of their lives. We are confident the students chosen (representing all of those who applied) have a bright, exciting future ahead of them,” Danielle Frawley, executive vice president and chief experience officer at FCCU, was quoted as saying in the release.
The scholarship recipients are:
• Summer Semrau, a Fort Atkinson High School graduate, who plans to attend Blackhawk Technical College in pursuit of an associates degree in radiography.
• Guinevere Yeager, a Whitewater High School graduate, who plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in pursuit of a degree in computer engineering.
• Gavin Clifton, a Jefferson High School graduate, who plans to participate in the Agricultural Equipment Technology Program at Madison College in pursuit of receiving an associates degree, with further plans to pursue a career as a diesel ag technician.
• Taylor Gray, a Fort Atkinson High School graduate, who plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in pursuit of a degree in biology, following a pre-med track.
• Natalie Kammer, a Fort Atkinson High School graduate, who plans to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison in pursuit of a degree in biomedical engineering.
Summer Semrau
Guinevere Yeager,
Gavin Clifton
Taylor Gray
Natalie Kammer
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