Scholarships

Summer Scholarships Opportunities

Five scholarships are being offered to Fulton County residents this summer. The scholarships are administered by the Northern Indiana Community Foundation, Inc.

The Bill Schroer Memorial Fund was created by Bill's family to honor this beloved husband and father who was also a teacher, coach and citizen of Rochester Indiana. This scholarship provides assistance with college books and supplies. The deadline for the Bill Schroer Memorial Fund Scholarship is July 25th.

The Fulton County Youth Fund Scholarship is designed to benefit students who have completed one year in an accredited four year Indiana college or university and pursuing a career working with youth or children. After an unsuccessful attempt to create a Boys and Girls Club, this fund was created to support an activity or program specifically for the young people of Fulton County. The deadline for the scholarship is August 8th.

For those students that have acquired their G.E.D. and are motivated to continue on to the next level, there is the Fulton County 4Community Higher Education Scholarship. This was established by the Fulton County 4Community Partners and the United Way of Fulton County with a vision to promote higher education for GED program participants. The deadline for the scholarhip is August 8th.

Non-traditional students are encouraged to apply for the Back Home Again in Indiana Scholarship. This scholarship supports those students who are invested in their communities as well as working towards a college degree. A non-traditional student can be one who did not begin college immediately after high school, those who received their GED, students who want to advance in their current field or re-enter the job market. The scholarship also has an August 8th deadline.

The Ginger Miller Higher Education Scholarship supports college graduates pursuing graduate school or professinal school, who are residents of Fulton County, Indiana and deserving of financial assistance. Applicants must have graduated from college with a "B" or higher cumulative GPA. The scholarship has a September 8th deadline.

Specific criteria and applications are available at the Northern Indiana Community Foundation office at 175 Main Street in Rochester or online at www.nicf.org.

Fulton County Community Foundation Announces Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship Recipients

Mason D. Heyde

Melissa N. Schwenk

Two Fulton County students have been named recipients of full, four-year scholarships as the Fulton County Community Foundation 2008 Lilly Endowment Community Scholars.

Mason D. Heyde and Melissa N. Schwenk will receive full tuition to the Indiana College of their choice and an $800 yearly stipend for required books and equipment.

Mason is the son of David and Alison Heyde and will be a 2008 graduate of Rochester High School. He plans to pursue an undergraduate degree in business and work towards achieving a Master of Business Administration degree. A member of the student council for four years, Mason is serving his classmates as Student Body President this year. He is involved in a number of school and community organizations such as National Honor Society, Varsity Golf and Tennis and is a member of Grace United Methodist Church and youth group. He is a four year Round Barn Festival volunteer. 

Melissa is the daughter of Timothy and Briget Schwenk and attends Culver Academies. Chemical Engineering is the area of study that Melissa plans to pursue. The arts are important to Melissa as she participates in theatre, dance and is a staff writer for The Vedette, the campus newspaper. She has been President of Computer Club for two years and Dorm Chairwoman her senior year. Melissa participated in a "School Year Abroad" program and spent a year studying in Italy where she mastered the language and was required to completely immerse herself in the Italian culture.

The two recipients were selected for the prestigious Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship from a field of 18 applications by the Fulton County Community Foundation Scholarship Committee.

For the selection process, the applications were 'blinded' meaning that the identities of the applicants are removed. The committee scores applications on academic performance community, school and work activities and a career goals essay. Of the18 applications, 5 finalists were selected for a final interview. These finalists are asked to write an impromptu essay and are personally interviewed by the committee. The committee narrowed the field to two nominees and one alternate. These names were submitted to Independent Colleges of Indiana, Inc. (ICI) for the selection of the recipients.

ICI is a nonprofit corporation that represents 31 regionally accredited degree granting, nonprofit, private colleges and universities in the state.

The scholarships are the result of a statewide Lilly Endowment initiative to help Hoosier students reach higher levels of education. Indiana ranks among the lowest states in the percentage of residents over the age of 25 with a bachelor's degree. There were 216 scholarships awarded statewide.

The remaining three finalists who were interviewed by the committee are awarded a one time $1000 scholarship from the Fulton County Community Foundation. These exceptional students are Mitchell Bowers, Brynn Durkes and Nathaniel Hays.

Bill Schroer Memorial Fund

Back Home Again in Indiana

Fulton County Youth Fund Scholarship

Fulton County 4Community High Education Scholarship

Ginger Miller High Education Fund Scholarship

Fulton County Community Foundation Scholarship Application
The deadline for the application is past please check back in the fall of 2008!

• Akron Las Donas Marcus Hackworth & Scott Sechrist Memorial Scholarship
• Jim Barkman Memorial Scholarship
• Caston High School Scholarship
• The W.D. Cumberland 4-H Scholarship
• Stephen Fellers Memorial Scholarship
• Frounfelter Scholarship
• Roy Haggerty Memorial Scholarship
• Melissa Hoffman Gamel Scholarship
• Jayne Ann Good Memorial Scholarship
• Elmer Harris & Beulah P. Harris Scholarship
• Franklin and Jane Heisler Memorial Scholarship
• Patricia Kumler Hoover Nursing Scholarship
• Angele J. Kochenderfer Memorial Scholarship
• Steven Bruce Mattice Memorial Scholarship
• Harold E. and Neva Funk Mikesell Scholarship
• Coach John Robert McKee Memorial Scholarship
• John R. Nelson Memorial Scholarship
• Amanda Kay Ramsey Memorial Scholarship
• Rochester Firefighters Memorial Scholarship
• Nelson W. Sadler Memorial Ag Scholarship
• George M. Schwenk Memorial Scholarship
• Lawrence J & Violet M. Seiwert Scholarship
• Union Township Scholarship
• Howard M. Utter and Helen Pike Utter Scholarship (Not available until 2010)
• Dr. Russell L. and Pauline Whittenberger Sparks Memorial Scholarship
• Barb Wilson Scholarship
• Zelma Crabill-Helen and Carl Wilson Scholarship
• The Claude S. and Marie M. Berger Scholarship application
  (for Tippecanoe Valley High School Student)