The Nuts & Bolts of Portage County

Category: Scholarships

  • First State Bank offers scholarships to high school seniors

    First State Bank offers scholarships to high school seniors

    Nuts & Bolts Staff

    First State Bank invites local high school seniors to apply for one of ten $1,000 scholarships being offered in 2023 to help with their post-secondary education.

    Applicants must be attending a high school located in a community where First State Bank has a branch location, or either the applicant or their parent(s) must be a First State Bank customer.

    Applicants also must be enrolling with an accredited college, university, or technical school on a full-time basis for the term immediately following graduation from high school.

    “It is inspiring to learn about the various careers our applicants are pursuing and how they plan to positively impact their field or trade,” said vice president of marketing, Brenda Hansen. “Through our scholarship program, we hope to give our recipients better opportunity to focus their energy on attaining career goals and returning to our communities to keep our area workforces strong.”

    The bank is accepting applications through Friday, March 31.

    Scholarship application forms and further details are available on the bank’s website at bankfirststate.com/scholarships.html.

  • Stevens Point Noon Optimist Club offering scholarships

    Stevens Point Noon Optimist Club offering scholarships

    Nuts & Bolts Staff

    The Stevens Point Noon Optimist Club is now accepting applications for 2023 Optimist Scholarships, administered by the Stevens Point Noon Optimist Club.

    Up to $3,000 in scholarship money will be awarded.

    Scholarships will be presented to winning recipients in April of 2023.

    Award recipients who have completed an application must meet the following criteria:

    Be a resident of Portage County.
    Be a graduating high school senior.
    Accepted to an accredited school of higher education, or attend an accredited school of higher education as a full-time student.

    Since 2000, the Stevens Point Noon Optimist Club has awarded scholarships to worthy graduating high school seniors of Portage County.

    The Stevens Point Noon Optimist Club was chartered on May 17, 1961, and has been in continuous service to our local community and youth since that time. The club is committed to the Optimist Mission Statement “By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in youth, our communities, and ourselves.”

    For more information about becoming part of a dedicated and diverse membership, message the club on Facebook.

    For more information or a scholarship application form, contact any Portage County high school guidance counselor, or Club member Karen Myers at 715-344-1940 or email at karenm@portagecountybiz.com.

    All applications must be completed and mailed to Pete Theisen at 5393 Clarice’s Circle, Stevens Point, Wis., 54482, no later than Friday, March 24.