WAA: Polk County Chapter Scholarships
Scholarships
Each scholarship inquires about the student’s classes, grades, courses of study, and future plans after graduation along with a creative section where we simply asked the applicants to tell “Their UW Story.” It was fun to see the variety of responses that we received in 2007 – tales of people’s adventures on campus, the trials and tribulations of adjusting from rural life to a more urban setting, and details of their experiences with roommates and classes.
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2008 WAA: Polk County Scholarship Application Now Available!
The 2008 scholarship application is now available. Deadline for receipt of application is February 1, 2008. Please click on the scholarship application link below for more information.
Our first two scholarships were given out in May 2007 at our Founder's Day dinner. Congratulations to our 2007 winners, Erika Leadholm and Sam Eldred!
Sam is from Amery and started his 2nd year at UW-Madison in Fall '07. He is leaning towards a natural resources and environmental engineering major with a certificate in environmental studies. He hasn’t been shying away from difficult classes his first year at school, taking calculus, chemistry, statistics, and third semester Spanish while also earning an impressive GPA. He has an interest in joining the Peace Corps after college to combine his studious interests with his enjoyment of traveling and learning about other cultures.
Sam Eldred, one of the award recipients, with Polk County Chapter Leader, Kimber Liedl, at an awards banquet in Madison, WI.
Sam is from Amery and started his 2nd year at UW-Madison in Fall '07. He is leaning towards a natural resources and environmental engineering major with a certificate in environmental studies. He hasn’t been shying away from difficult classes his first year at school, taking calculus, chemistry, statistics, and third semester Spanish while also earning an impressive GPA. He has an interest in joining the Peace Corps after college to combine his studious interests with his enjoyment of traveling and learning about other cultures.
Sam Eldred, one of the award recipients, with Polk County Chapter Leader, Kimber Liedl, at an awards banquet in Madison, WI.
Erika, also from Amery, started her 3rd year at UW-Madison in Fall '07. She is double majoring in Elementary Education and English with plans on someday becoming a teacher. She has immersed herself in collegiate life, playing in the UW Marching Band, tutoring students at Midvale Elementary School, participating in the Big Brother, Big Sister program, and studying abroad.
Erika’s UW story detailed the initial separation anxiety from leaving family and friends, the challenges and adventures adjusting to student life, and what the university means to her. Her final paragraph in her essay concludes:
“UW-Madison, to me, is sitting at Memorial Union Terrace, gazing over Lake Mendota on a hot summer night. It’s trudging up Bascom Hill in the middle of winter, when protecting your cheeks from the negative ten degree weather is secondary to making sure you don’t slip down the hill. Madison is polka-ing with a friendly stranger during the “Bud Song,” then joining arms while the entire football stadium whole-heartedly sings, “Varsity.” More than all of this, though, Madison is about the people I’ve met and the lessons I’ve learned. When I become an alumna and look back on my college career at UW-Madison, I have a feeling there will be enough memories to last a lifetime."
Erika’s UW story detailed the initial separation anxiety from leaving family and friends, the challenges and adventures adjusting to student life, and what the university means to her. Her final paragraph in her essay concludes:
“UW-Madison, to me, is sitting at Memorial Union Terrace, gazing over Lake Mendota on a hot summer night. It’s trudging up Bascom Hill in the middle of winter, when protecting your cheeks from the negative ten degree weather is secondary to making sure you don’t slip down the hill. Madison is polka-ing with a friendly stranger during the “Bud Song,” then joining arms while the entire football stadium whole-heartedly sings, “Varsity.” More than all of this, though, Madison is about the people I’ve met and the lessons I’ve learned. When I become an alumna and look back on my college career at UW-Madison, I have a feeling there will be enough memories to last a lifetime."
