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Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wausau will have additional scholarship opportunities thanks to gifts from a local business and the UW Wausau Campus Foundation. These scholarships, offered in three different increments based on grade point average, will be awarded through a $25,000 gift from Rocket Industrial in Wausau and $100,000 from the […]

Students at Royall High School in Elroy, Wis., who attend the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will benefit through scholarships funded by a $1 million endowment. Gifts from Thomas F. Davis estate created the Carol Krohn College Scholarship, which will support one or more $2,500 scholarships for Royall graduates. The award is renewable for up to […]

A gift of more than $2 million to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point from the estate of Jeffrey and Sally (‘61) Fiddler will establish scholarships to benefit first-year students and continuing students in STEM and business fields.   Their gift is in honor of the late Dean Warren Jenkins, who was instrumental in helping Sally Emmel […]

Education and family are at the heart of John and Rita Canning’s philanthropic legacy. Those values are integral to the couple’s most recent gift to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The Cannings have pledged $100,000 in support of the Thomas E. Meiers Memorial Scholarship. The fund was established in honor of Rita Canning’s brother, who […]

In recognition of generous support from the founders/owners of Skyward Inc., the multi-activity center (MAC) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point today was named Skyward Fieldhouse. Skyward founders/owners, Jim King, class of ‘68, and his wife, Jean, created the Skyward Scholars Program. This new endowed program will provide four-year tuition scholarships to incoming UW-Stevens Point […]