Apply for Scholarships offered at Southwest Tech

Welcome to Southwest Tech Foundation's online Scholarship Application!

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Before filling out the application

Section three of the application requires you to answer the following three short answer questions. It is highly recommended that you prepare these answers prior to starting the application. Grammar, punctuation, and complete sentences will be graded!
1. Professional Activities: List any high school/campus, professional, or community/civic activities/clubs you are involved in. If you are not able to be involved, explain what keeps you from being more involved.
2. Career Objectives: What are your career goals and how does attending Southwest Tech help further your goals?
3. Financial Need: Please explain your financial need. Include employment situation and any special circumstances.
You will be asked to give two references. The references cannot be related to the applicant. Example of a reference - past teacher, current instructor, or employer.
- Reference name and email are required.
- When the application is submitted, the references will be automatically sent a recommendation form via email.
- Applicants will be informed via email when references have completed the reference forms.
A completed FAFSA is recommended for scholarships based on financial need.
Students applying for the Child Care Scholarship must complete the Child Care Certification Form .

Apply for Additional Scholarships

Students have many opportunities to gain money to pay for schooling! External scholarships are additional scholarships you can use at Southwest Tech that are not funded by Southwest Tech. Learn More

In 2022-2023 the Southwest Tech Foundation proudly awarded over 850 scholarships with a total value over $525,000!

If you are unable to access documents here, please contact Foundation (foundation@swtc.edu, 608.822.2348)

* Denotes required fields.

The following questions allow Scholarship Selection Committee to match applicants with scholarships with specific criteria. Please answer to the best of your ability.

Personal/Contact Information

* Student ID

If you are a returning Southwest Tech student or have been accepted, please enter your student ID #, not your username. (example: "5551234", not "abc1234")

* First Name

* Last Name

* Gender

Male

Female

Not Specified

* Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy)

* Phone

* Email Address

(Please use a personal email, not your high school email)

Home Address

* Address 1

Address 2

* City

* Zip

* Enter Your County

College Address (if you moved to attend Southwest Tech)

Address 1

Address 2

City

Zip

Education Background

* Choose one of the following:

I am currently attending high school

I graduated from high school

I completed a GED (General Educational Development)/HSED (High School Equivalency Diploma)

* Select the high school you are Attending/Attended

High School Name

I have attended this high school for at least the last three (3) years.

* High school graduation year

* High school graduation Month

Program/s Enrolled In

* Program:

* Are you a New or Current Student at Southwest Tech?

New

Current

If you are enrolled in two programs, please let us know what the second program is.

Second Program:

To qualify for scholarships, students must have a minimum of 6 credits per semester.

* No. of Projected First Semester Credits

* Expected Graduation From Southwest Tech

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Following is a list of items related to the criteria of some scholarships. Please check and fill in all that apply.

* I submitted a FAFSA for the 2023-24 school year.

yes

Reason for not completing a FAFSA:

I have completed/will complete the GED/HSED program at the Richland Center Outreach Center.

* GED/HSED Completion Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

I have completed/will complete the GED/HSED program at the Richland County Jail.

* GED/HSED Completion Date (mm/dd/yyyy)

I am a person with a disability (has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity).

I have or will have a disability documented with Southwest Tech Disability Services before classes begin.

I have a sibling or child with a disability (special needs).

Person with disability

I have a child/children in a licensed or certified day care.

Facility or Provider name (not a family member):

Please complete the Child Care Certification Form.
(This form must be printed, filled out and returned to the Foundation - Suite 350.)

I have a child/children 18 years old or younger.

I am a veteran.

I was honorably discharged.

I served in conflict.

I am currently an EMT, volunteering on rescue squad, or working on my EMT licensure.

I am an Alliant Energy Customer.

I am related to a member of the Grant-Iowa Tavern League.

Grant-Iowa Tavern League Member Name:

I am currently employed.

Name of Employer:

Hours worked weekly

I fundraised in high school for a specific club or community group.

Club or Group name:

Approximate amount raised:

I am receiving tuition assistance through Upland Hills Health.

I have used the services provided by the staff in the Knox Learning Center.

In three to five sentences, please describe how the services provided in the Knox Learning Center have had a positive impact on your academic success at Southwest Tech.

I completed Basic Education (BE) classes through Southwest Tech.

I am accepted into the Law Enforcement Academy.

I am a member of the Southwest Tech Blue Line Club.

I am currently employed as a Nursing Assistant.

I plan on only completing the LPN program.

I plan to continue my education after receiving my Associate Degree in Agribusiness Science & Technology, or Agricultural Power & Equipment Technician.

I completed 30 or more credits in the Midwifery Program.

To qualify for the Violet Wende Dáil $1,000 scholarship fill out the following:

A midwifery scholarship recognizes the life-long commitment to nursing expressed by a nurse who began her career caring for indigent women and children in an urban poorhouse, went on to do volunteer nursing during World War II, and retired from active nursing at age 75. If you were given the opportunity to meet her, what would you tell her about yourself and your own commitment to midwifery? (500 words or less)

Why are you the best candidate to receive a midwifery scholarship? (500 words or less)

What will receiving a midwifery scholarship enable you to achieve that you could not achieve otherwise? (500 words or less)

To qualify for the Jane Dawkins $500 scholarship fill out the following:

Jane tended to women’s needs as a practicing midwife since 1979 and is a founding member of Indiana Midwives Association. She has educated, young midwives with her love, dedication and knowledge of midwifery. If you were given the opportunity to meet Jane Dawkins, CPM, what would you tell her about yourself and your commitment to midwifery?

Jane believed that midwifery was a calling, not merely a career. How will you plan to prioritize your clients over your personal commitments?

Why are you interested in a career as a telephone or electrical lineman? (1000 words or less)

I have completed one year of a culinary program and am coming back for a second year.

I am a member of the Business Professionals of America (BPA).

I am a member of Phi Theta Kappa at Southwest Tech.

I am a member of the Southwest Tech Student Nurses Association.

I played a sport in High School.

Sport/s I participated in:

Number of year/s of participation (1, 2, 3, or 4):

I am a member of the Southwest Tech Student Senate.

I have aged out of the Foster Care System.

I age out in the year:

I am a single parent.

I am a dislocated worker. (may have lost jobs due to plant closures, company downsizing or caused by a significant change in market conditions).

I am a displaced homemaker. (a male or female who is forced to become the household income provider as the result of a death, divorce, or unemployment of his/her spouse).

I am a first generation college student (my parents had no further education beyond High School).

I have completed at least one semester of classes at an accredited university or technical college.

My one-way commute to Southwest Tech is:

My family and I have resided in the state of Wisconsin for five years or more.

The following questions are criteria for specific scholarships and are optional. Please know that it is against the law for Southwest Tech to report a student or family’s immigration status and your status will not be shared with anyone outside of the scholarship selection committee.

I am a citizen of the United States of America.

At least one of my parents is a citizen of the United States of America.

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Please answer the following narrative questions. Grammar, punctuation, and complete sentences will be graded!

Professional Activities:
* What school, professional, and/or civic activities are you currently involved in or have been involved with recently? If you are not able to be involved, please explain what keeps you from being more involved?

Career Objectives:
* What are your career goals and how does attending Southwest Tech help further your goals?

Financial Need:
* Please explain your financial need. Include employment situation and any special circumstances.

* I give my permission to the Southwest Tech Foundation to release the scholarship information, general information from above, and my photograph to scholarship donors and for usage in other promotional purpose.

yes

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References are extremely important when awarding scholarships. You may ask an instructor, advisor, counselor, employer, clergy, or other person NOT related to you to complete this form.

Your scholarship application WILL NOT be considered unless two reference forms are received.
Make sure your reference emails are correct.
If emails are not correct, References will not receive the recommendation form and your scholarship application will be incomplete.

First Reference

* Name

* Email

* Relationship

Second Reference

* Name

* Email

* Relationship

Your references will be emailed a link to the reference form when your scholarship application is submitted.

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Last Step!

Please review the information you entered and make any changes needed by clicking the Previous button.

Personal & Program Information

Checklist

Narrative Questions

Recommendation Forms

By clicking the "Sign and Submit" button below, I certify that the information I have provided is true and complete to the best of my knowledge. Further, I authorize Southwest Tech to release any pertinent information to the Southwest Tech Foundation. This application and supporting documents become the property of Southwest Tech Foundation. I also give permission to the Foundation office to collect necessary FAFSA information from the Southwest Tech Financial Aid office.

By signing below I authorize my selected references to furnish the Foundation with any and all information in connection with my scholarship application.

You need to electronically "sign" the application.
First, we need your name. Next we need your birthdate.

* Enter your name
* Enter your birthdate

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