RUSSELL L. AND VERA A. SMITH ESTABLISHED 1991 APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: September NUMBER/AMOUNT: 1 – $275 (Full time and part-time students are eligible) CRITERIA: A. Must be a second-year student in Accounting or Associate Degree Nursing Program B....

Ruth and Phil are strong local supporters of education. Ruth started as a cook at Longfellow Junior High School and then became an Emergency Ward Secretary at Lutheran Hospital. She was active in the Lutheran Hospital Auxiliary, La Crosse Shrine Auxiliary, and...

The La Crosse Chapter 22, Order of the Eastern Star celebrated its one hundredth anniversary on March 22, 1992. The early years of the Chapter are full of charity and devotion to community service. The Chapter continued to develop a wider variety of community...

Lynn Krajewski, Director, Academic Success Center, and her husband, Bob, created this scholarship in honor of their son, Ryean who is autistic. Through the years, Ryean has had the support of many outstanding people trained in the field of special education. He...

Anita G. Smith retired as chairperson of Western’s Health Occupations Division in 1984 after serving Western in this capacity for 15 years. Because of her sincere interest in students, belief in the value of quality education, and her personal knowledge of the need...

Shirley Lotze was a born teacher. She returned to college at a time when it was an exception rather than a rule, to earn her bachelor’s degree. Shirley was an innovative person who was responsible for the development of food service programs at WWTC. She provided...

Frank Kistler, TCI’s Director of Field Operations, along with a developer from Missouri, perished together on Tuesday, November 29, 1994 in a tragic plane explosion. They were enroute from La Crosse, Wisconsin, to a construction site in Kalispell, Montana, where TCI...

Barbara Plum, Nola Larson, and Mary Henthorne established The Transition Magician Endowed Scholarship, and have many similar backgrounds, beliefs, and concerns for quality childcare. They all… acquired college degrees in Early Childhood Education (Barb – now...

Toby Hendrickson joined the WWTC staff as graphics instructor and department head in 1969 and served as chairperson of the Graphics Division from 1977 until his death on August 21, 1986. Toby was one of those rare persons who placed education and students above...

Verjean M. Burden Verjean Burden, commonly known as Jean Burden, was from the Spooner, Wisconsin area but grew up and attended schools in various states, whenever her father was transferred to another Naval base. She always had a thirst for knowledge and enjoyed...

Vernon Memorial Healthcare is a unique rural healthcare system. In a time of large corporations and impersonal patient care, our just-right size offers meaningful provider-patient relationships in a modern setting, with the highest quality of care being the VMH...