WISCONSIN RAPIDS-The Mid-State Technical College Foundation has awarded $42,100 for Continuing Student Scholarships to 41 current students enrolled in associate degree or technical diploma programs this fall. The following includes the name of the scholarship, the amount awarded, the student's name, his or her program of study, and their community of residence:

Leonard & Lillian Bethke Transportation Scholarship ($1,000): Carl Van Hoof, Automotive Technician, Necedah.

MSTC Foundation Full-Time Continuing Student Scholarships ($1,500): Chelley Beck, Accounting, and Amanda Voorhies, Business Management, Arkdale; Nicholas Firkus, Diesel & Heavy Equipment Technician, Custer; Joanne Ruppert, Marketing, Friendship; Francine Koats, Nursing, Hancock; Noren Fromm, Medical Assistant, Medford; Melody Wagner, Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement, Mosinee; Kimberly Tesch, Criminal Justice-Law Enforcement and Xee Vang, Health Unit Coordinator, Plover; Ronald Van Ert, Industrial Mechanical Technician, Rudolph; Craig Hubbard, Respiratory Therapist, Steven Lang, Business Management, and Lindsay Langreck, Business Management, Stevens Point; Courtney Goodwin, Business Management, Krista Hafenbredl, Nursing, Thomas Hawes, IT-Programmer/Analyst, Howard Marg, Civil Engineering Technology-Highway Technician, Andrew Ranum, Machine Tool Technician, and Mitch Uratchko, Accounting, Wisconsin Rapids.

MSTC Foundation Part-Time Continuing Student Scholarships ($500): Joanne Sumpter, Accounting, Adams; Samantha Erl, Medical Assistant, Dorchester; Renee Klein, Nursing, Hewitt; Lynneia Miller, Supervisory Management and Rebecca Pue, Nursing, Marshfield; Caitlin Hannasch, Urban Forestry Technician, Neillsville; Beth Thomas, Nursing, Nekoosa; Thomas Lozier, Nursing, Plover; Lisa Hubbard, Supervisory Management and Nancy Schultz, Supervisory Management, Stevens Point; Linda Boehm, Nursing, Michael Bohn, Electrical Power Engineering Technician, Mary Brockman, Nursing, Sue Eidson, Nursing, Donna Lucin, Nursing, Zandra Morgan, Nursing, and Michelle Weronke, Nursing, Wisconsin Rapids.

MSTC New Program Continuing Student (up to $1,250): Amy DeSmet, Clinical Research Coordinator, Marshfield; Tia Bowen, Clinical Research Coordinator, Kevin Carlson, Laboratory Science Technician, and Kacey Werner, Clinical Research Coordinator, Wisconsin Rapids.

The Foundation scholarship recipients were selected by the MSTC Scholarship Selection Committee. Students' academic achievements, extracurricular activities, and responses to essay questions were reviewed and assessed by the committee.

Established in 1979, the MSTC Foundation partners with donors to support and strengthen the college's role in serving the educational needs of central Wisconsin residents.