EAU CLAIRE – Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) students received 470 scholarships and microgrants totaling more than $494,000 throughout the 2025-2026 school year. The students and scholarship donors participated in the CVTC Foundation annual Scholarship Awards Reception to honor the students and donors, recently.

Scholarships were given to incoming and continuing students and span a majority of the CVTC program areas.

Award winners with scholarship names are listed below:

Ellsworth: Landyn Rusch, Dick Klatt Memorial Welding Endowment Scholarship; Emma Jo Meier, Great Northern Corporation Endowment Scholarship, Patrick B. Devine Memorial Endowment Scholarship, and US Bank Endowment Scholarship

Elmwood: Elizabeth Weinzirl, Wisconsin Rural Opportunities Scholarship and Zenas & Dorothy Beers Memorial Endowment Scholarship

Hager City: Lily Melstrom, Julia Stoffa Memorial Scholarship; Sage Melstrom, Karl & Vila Nygaard Memorial Nursing Endowment Scholarship - New Student

Prescott: Lilian McCarter, Ida B. Fischer Ged Scholarship

River Falls: Timothy Shay, 3M Map New Student Scholarship; Cayde Plummer, Allan Kosier Memorial Scholarship, Bartingale Mechanical Scholarship, and Xcel Energy HVAC Scholarship; Katelyn Nill, American Association Of University Women - River Falls Scholarship, River Falls Sports Broadcasting Scholarship I, and River Falls Sports Broadcasting Scholarship II; Caleb Williamson, Aura & Raymond Strong Memorial Endowment Scholarship, Chippewa Valley Model A Club Endowment Scholarship, Indianhead Old Car Club Auto Collision Repair & Refinish Scholarship, and Shawn M. Sillman Memorial Auto Collision Repair & Refinish Technician Endowed Scholarship; Kiaya Johnson, Bruce Barker Commemorative Scholarship Endowment; Devynn Olson, Cathy "Stretch" Weiss Memorial Endowment Scholarship and Nancy A. Bejin Radiography Memorial Endowment Scholarship; Eli Guthrie, Cheryl A. Janke Memorial Endowment Scholarship and Josephine Dine Memorial Endowment Scholarship; Cody Olson, Consolidated Lumber Company D/B/A Arrow Building Center Endowment Scholarship, CVTC Facilities Maintenance Endowment, Gus Bell Memorial Endowment Scholarship, River Falls Sports Broadcasting Scholarship I, and River Falls Sports Broadcasting Scholarship II; Jonathan Korolchuk, CVTC Machine Tool Faculty & Staff Scholarship, Elmer Roos Memorial Endowment Scholarship, Gerald H. Jacobson Endowment Scholarship, and Nordson Edi Corporation Scholarship; Stanquelia Eiland, Jason Bohac Memorial Endowment Scholarship and Neighbor To Neighbor Scholarship; Laura Deusterman, Paul S. Symchych Charitable Foundation Scholarship and Roger Schaefer Endowment Scholarship; Tova Meads, River Falls Sports Broadcasting Scholarship I and River Falls Sports Broadcasting Scholarship II; Trenton Shuman, River Falls Sports Broadcasting Scholarship I and River Falls Sports Broadcasting Scholarship II

Spring Valley: Irving Lopez Viveros, C & M Homebuilders General Scholarship and Mary Kleinsteiber Memorial Endowment; Drake Gartmann, Connie Lecleir-Meyer & Michael Meyer Scholarship and Northwest Wisconsin Building Inspectors' Association Endowment Scholarship- Residential Construction River Falls; Ellenor Vance, I.B.E.W. Local 953-Gas Utility Construction & Service Scholarship and Xcel Energy Gas Utility Scholarship

Submitted by CVTC