The selection committee for the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship Program has announced recipients of the 2015 Herb Kohl Foundation awards for students and teachers.
The $3,000 awards are being made to 101 teachers, their schools, and 163 graduating high school students.
Local award-winners are:
- Excellence Scholar, CESA 1: Willa Tsao, Wind Lake, Muskego High School; and
- Fellowships, CESA 2: Dena Brechtl, Burlington, Waterford Union High School, and Tobias Thompson, Milwaukee, Washington-Caldwell School District, Tichigan.
Excellence Scholarship recipients have demonstrated excellence in the academic arena and high motivation to achieve, have displayed a broad range of activity and leadership outside the academic setting, and have shown strong promise for succeeding in college and beyond.
Fellowship recipients are chosen for their superior ability to inspire a love of learning in their students, their ability to motivate others, and their leadership and service within and outside the classroom.
Excellence Scholarship and Fellowship recipients are selected by a statewide committee composed of civic leaders, and representatives of education-related associations and the program’s co-sponsors: The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools (WCRIS), and regional Cooperative Educational Service Agencies (CESA).
The Kohl Foundation Scholarship and Fellowship program was established by Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator (retired) in 1990 and in recognition of the foundation’s 25th anniversary, Herb Kohl has increased awards to each scholar and fellow to $3,000, and $3,000 to each fellow’s school.
For more information: Kim Marggraf at (920) 946-3640 or [email protected] for questions.
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