Scholarship Description
The purpose of the Kohl Excellence Scholarship program is to recognize student leadership, citizenship, school and community involvement, and academic achievement. Our goal is to encourage Wisconsin youth to pursue postsecondary education in a public or nonpublic university, college or vocational/technical college. The Foundation awards $1,000 scholarships to 100 high school graduates each year.A Kohl Excellence Scholarship can only be used to directly reimburse tuition, room and board, books, technology, and fees for postsecondary education. The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation will make the scholarship grant directly to the postsecondary institutions the scholarship recipients attend. Scholarship recipients will be honored, and will receive certificates representing their awards, at a special luncheon held in the spring.Who Is EligibleApplicants must be graduating public high school students who are Wisconsin residents and intend to enroll in a postsecondary institution, which may be a public or nonpublic university, college, or vocational/technical college. Students who are residents of the State of Wisconsin, U.S.A., are in good standing, and who demonstrate probable success in postsecondary education are eligible.This is a competitive scholarship. Students will be evaluated on their leadership, citizenship, school and community involvement, and academic achievement. In addition, students will be evaluated on their ability to clearly articulate goals in each of four areas: future educational goals, personal life goals, community/society service goals, and career goals.Each student must submit three letters of recommendation, one from each of the following categories:1. teacher2. counselor or principal3. community member or family friend
Year of Need: College Freshman,
Type: Merit Based
Num Awards: 100
Min Award: 1000
Max Award:
Deadline: 2025-12-31
Website: http://www.kohleducation.org/
Sponsoring Organization
Herb Kohl Educational Foundation
P.O. Box 877
Sheboygan, WI 53082-0877
Contact Person: Kim Marggraf
Phone: 920-457-1727
Fax:
Web: http://www.kohleducation.org/
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