Submitted by Molly D. Flaten, WESTconsin Credit Union
WESTERN, WI – WESTconsin Credit Union, an advocate for education, has recently awarded fifteen $1,000 scholarships to area high school seniors as part of the WESTconsin Scholarship Program. Recipients were selected based on a variety of criteria including community and school involvement, academic progress, financial need, career plans, and goals.
Ryan Veenendall, a Baldwin-Woodville High School graduate, was the chosen scholarship recipient from the Baldwin area. Veenendall will use the money to help fund his post-secondary education plans at University of Minnesota Duluth to study engineering.
Libby Wagner, a Glenwood City High School graduate, was the chosen scholarship recipient from the Spring Valley area. Wagner will use the money to help fund her post-secondary education plans at Winona State University to study nursing.
Over the past 25 years, WESTconsin has distributed nearly $350,000 to help support the higher education goals of area students. Scholarships are awarded annually to youth members from communities served by WESTconsin offices.
WESTconsin Credit Union has been serving members since 1939, and membership is open to anyone who lives or works in the Wisconsin counties of Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, St. Croix, Sawyer, Taylor, Trempealeau, and Washburn, or the Minnesota counties of Anoka, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Isanti, Pine, Ramsey, Scott, Wabasha, and Washington, with a $5 minimum deposit in a Membership Savings Account. Credit unions are financial institutions owned by their accountholders, and member funds are federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) up to at least $250,000.
