For Immediate Release
Contact: Kim Schmelz, Foundation Director
Phone: 608.822.2379
Mail: 1800 Bronson Blvd., Fennimore, WI 53809
Date of Release: February 3, 2016
Rose Chitwood Education Scholarship Established at Southwest Tech
Rose Chitwood Education Scholarship Established at Southwest Tech
Fennimore -Wisconsin 2/03/2016 – The Southwest Tech Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Rose Chitwood Education Scholarship. Rose Chitwood of Boscobel has a passion for education and spent 36 years of her life teaching elementary education before retiring from the Riverdale School District in 1983. The Rose Chitwood scholarship will be awarded for the 2016-17 year and ongoing to a student attending Southwest Tech who has graduated from or is a current resident of the Riverdale or Boscobel School District.Fennimore – The Southwest Tech Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of the Rose Chitwood Education Scholarship. Rose Chitwood of Boscobel has a passion for education and spent 36 years of her life teaching elementary education before retiring from the Riverdale School District in 1983. The Rose Chitwood scholarship will be awarded for the 2016-17 year and ongoing to a student attending Southwest Tech who has graduated from or is a current resident of the Riverdale or Boscobel School District.
“We are fortunate to have a friend of the college support local students from her community as they continue their education at Southwest Tech,” said Holly Clendenen, Executive Director of the Foundation.
The Southwest Tech Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting learning through funding and activities that enables Southwest Tech to provide opportunities for success. The Southwest Tech Foundation welcomes contributions year round to help financially support students, programs and staff at the College. All contributions are tax-deductible. For more information on how you can make a memorial or honorary gift please contact Holly Clendenen at 608-822-2362 or visit www.swtc.edu and click on the Foundation tab.