Scholarships

Adeline Wald, granddaughter of Chippewa Falls Federation of Teachers Local 1907 member Melanie Schaller, is the recipient of the 2024 $1,000 AFT-Wisconsin Memorial University Scholarship.  Adeline has been on the honor roll for all four of her high school years as well as a member of the Harmonics Show Choir.  Adeline plans to major in Journalism with the goal of becoming a publisher and help authors get their works out.  Adeline’s grandmother Melanie Schaller was a longtime member and president of Local 1907. Adeline understands the value of unions through her experiences with her

The application period for 2023-2024 scholarships is now open. Awardees will be notified by May 1, 2024

AFT-Wisconsin has a long tradition of offering educational scholarships to support dependents of members in good standing who wish to pursue a secondary education. AFT-Wisconsin offers one $1,000 university scholarship and one $500 technical college scholarship.

This year, an additional $1,000 university scholarship will be awarded in memory of Kathy Monaghan, a long time union member, activist, and leader in AFT-Wisconsin.

Eligibility for Scholarships: Applicant's parent, grandparent

The application period for 2022-2023 scholarships is now open. Awardees will be notified by May 1, 2023

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AFT-Wisconsin has a long tradition of offering educational scholarships to support dependents of members in good standing who wish to pursue a secondary education. AFT-Wisconsin offers one $1,000 university scholarship and one $500 technical college scholarship. 

This year, an additional $500 technical college scholarship is being offered in memory of Phil Neuenfeldt, past president of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO who passed away in November 2018. 

Also

The 2021 university scholarship of $1,000 was awarded to Elsa Mowers, valedictorian at Esko High School with a 4.0 grade point average. She also attended classes at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Lake Superior College and the College of St. Scholastic for university credits. She received a scholarship to attend Conserve School, a semester school for environmental stewardship. In high school Elsa was in concert and jazz band, the varsity Math Team, Bio-club, National Honor Society, Biathlon Club and varsity captain of the soccer club. In addition she participated in the Duluth-Superior

Every year, we offer one $500 technical college scholarship and one $1,000 university scholarship to children and grandchildren of current or retired AFTW members. The Scholarship Committee would like to congratulate this year's winners!

Our technical college scholarship recipient is Jeffrey Krueger from West Salem High School in West Salem, Wisconsin.  He plans to attend the Western Technical College in LaCrosse to study electromechanical technology to become a train engineer.  Jeffrey is a high honor roll student, a member of the cross country and track teams, and member of jazz band, DECA