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EWISP
The EWI Scholarship Program (EWISP)
is an arm of EWI's Business/Career/Development Program, better known as B/C/DP.
The B/C/DP began in 1974 when Sears, Roebuck & Co. invited EWI to become
involved in a community project to encourage the development of careers in business
among high school students. For 15 years, the program was co-sponsored and
funded by EWI, Sears, Roebuck and Lanier Business Products. It became
fully funded and administered by EWI in 1989 under the exempt status of the
B/C/DP. Today, it is known as the B/C/DP Program and encompasses a broad
range of educational and philanthropic endeavors. It is administered under
strict compliance with IRS rules and governing a 501c3 organization.
This scholarship is recognized
by Money magazine as one of the top 12 scholarships opportunities in the
United States. EWISP allows selected students to compete at both the EWI
Chapter and EWI National levels for scholarships.
To date, the National EWISP
program has awarded over $400,000 in scholarships to high school juniors from
all over the United States and Canada.
EWI of Milwaukee opens its
annual competition in December to all high school juniors of public, private and
parochial high schools in the five-county Southeastern Wisconsin area served by
EWI of Milwaukee including Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Ozaukee and
Sheboygan counties.
Each high school can nominate
one junior student to compete (the student must be nominated by their school or
teacher). A packet provided by EWI is completed by the student. The packets are then turned
over to our esteemed panel of judges who narrow the field down to 3 finalists. Finalists are then invited to the EWISP
Banquet where the first, second and third place winners are announced. In
2010, EWI of Milwaukee will award $2,500 to the first place finalist, $1,500 to the 2nd
place finalist and $1,000 to the 3rd place finalist.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR
2009 EWISP RECIPIENTS!

Left to right:
2nd Place -
Lauren Hammer, DSHA High School, Milwaukee;
3rd
Place - Rachael Baird, Martin Luther High School, Greendale;
1st
Place - Michael Budzinski, Kettle Moraine High School, Wales;
Speaker Peggy Troy, RN, MSN, President and CEO,
Children's Hospital
and Health System, Inc.
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ASIST
The Adult Students in Scholastic
Transition Program (ASIST) provides financial support to adult students at
transitional points in their lives. Applicants may be single parents,
individuals just entering the workforce or displaced workers. EWI of
Milwaukee works with MATC and UW-Milwaukee. Four total ASIST
scholarships are awarded - $2,000 to the first place finalist, and $1,000 to the
2nd, 3rd and 4th place finalist.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR
2009 ASIST RECIPIENTS!

Left to right:
ASIST Chair - Cindi Denevan (RCB
Awards),
$2,000 recipient - Jules Maloney, $1,000 recipients - Jaclyn
Schutz, Mai Sheng Lee, Andrea Hunley, Milwaukee
Chapter President - Erin Brown (Ameriprise Financial)
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