Posted 1:12 p.m. Monday, June 4, 2012
[caption id="attachment_1930" align="alignright" width="555" caption="From left Ina (Arneson) Brosinski, ’90; Emma Brosinski, UW-L student and Legacy Scholarship recipient; and Carrol Hunder, ’88."]
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When you ask Emma Brosinski, of Genoa, how many people in her family attended UW-L, the list includes a couple of generations.
Her mother, her two grandmothers and her two grandfathers all attended. So, in a way, Brosinski was carrying out a UW-L legacy when she enrolled at UW-L in fall 2011.
“It was a decision I made on my own, but it had a lot had to do with my family,” says Brosinski. “My mom told me a lot about campus, how she enjoyed it and liked the environment.”
Similarly, UW-L graduate student Laura Rapp is living out a UW-L legacy. She is continuing on in graduate school after earning her undergraduate degree from UW-L in psychology. This fall Rapp will enter her second year in the School Psychology Graduate Program with goals of becoming a school psychologist at the conclusion of the three-year program.
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As both Brosinski and Rapp uphold a strong UW-L tradition, they have earned this year’s Legacy Scholarships from the UW-L Alumni Association.
Membership in the UW-L Alumni Association supports three, $1,000 Legacy Scholarships, which are awarded annually to UW-L students. These students must have been a UW-L alum, child or grandchild of an alum. They must have demonstrated scholarship, leadership, personality and character as well as involvement in extracurricular activities. Last year the Alumni Association added the third scholarship, which goes to an incoming student. This year’s incoming student scholarship winner is Marissa Eckrote, of Stevens Point, Wis.
The Legacy Scholarships were awarded during the Student Scholarship and Awards program April 30 where the UW-L Foundation awarded a total of 400 scholarships, totaling about $325,000. The Foundation awards an additional $150,000 in scholarships at other times throughout the year.
“It is an honor to know that I am being supported by the UW-L community as I continue my education past my undergrad degree,” says Rapp.
Rapp says the intensity of the graduate school program makes it difficult to have time for a job to help pay for school.
“The financial burden of being a graduate student in a program that is three years long definitely made me want to apply for this,” she says. “This helps relieve that burden. It helps me focus in on school and really become a competent practitioner in my field.”
Brosinski agreed that she had a strong financial need.
“I have six younger siblings and I don’t come from wealthy family,” says Brosinski. “I count on scholarships to help with school.”
Brosinski will be entering her sophomore year and is considering studying Community Health Education — like her mother, Ina (Arneson) Brosinski and her grandmother, Carrol Hunder, did. She notes they both went on to have successful careers in the field. Earning the Legacy Scholarship helps her pursue these interests too and means a lot — to her and her family, she says.
“I felt really honored,” says Brosinski. “I think my parents are very proud and my grandma is probably the most excited. She loves school and has always been very proud of me.”
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When you ask Emma Brosinski, of Genoa, how many people in her family attended UW-L, the list includes a couple of generations.
Her mother, her two grandmothers and her two grandfathers all attended. So, in a way, Brosinski was carrying out a UW-L legacy when she enrolled at UW-L in fall 2011.
“It was a decision I made on my own, but it had a lot had to do with my family,” says Brosinski. “My mom told me a lot about campus, how she enjoyed it and liked the environment.”
Similarly, UW-L graduate student Laura Rapp is living out a UW-L legacy. She is continuing on in graduate school after earning her undergraduate degree from UW-L in psychology. This fall Rapp will enter her second year in the School Psychology Graduate Program with goals of becoming a school psychologist at the conclusion of the three-year program.
[caption id="attachment_1934" align="alignright" width="386" caption="UW-L student Laura Rapp"][/caption]
As both Brosinski and Rapp uphold a strong UW-L tradition, they have earned this year’s Legacy Scholarships from the UW-L Alumni Association.
Membership in the UW-L Alumni Association supports three, $1,000 Legacy Scholarships, which are awarded annually to UW-L students. These students must have been a UW-L alum, child or grandchild of an alum. They must have demonstrated scholarship, leadership, personality and character as well as involvement in extracurricular activities. Last year the Alumni Association added the third scholarship, which goes to an incoming student. This year’s incoming student scholarship winner is Marissa Eckrote, of Stevens Point, Wis.
The Legacy Scholarships were awarded during the Student Scholarship and Awards program April 30 where the UW-L Foundation awarded a total of 400 scholarships, totaling about $325,000. The Foundation awards an additional $150,000 in scholarships at other times throughout the year.
“It is an honor to know that I am being supported by the UW-L community as I continue my education past my undergrad degree,” says Rapp.
Rapp says the intensity of the graduate school program makes it difficult to have time for a job to help pay for school.
“The financial burden of being a graduate student in a program that is three years long definitely made me want to apply for this,” she says. “This helps relieve that burden. It helps me focus in on school and really become a competent practitioner in my field.”
Brosinski agreed that she had a strong financial need.
“I have six younger siblings and I don’t come from wealthy family,” says Brosinski. “I count on scholarships to help with school.”
Brosinski will be entering her sophomore year and is considering studying Community Health Education — like her mother, Ina (Arneson) Brosinski and her grandmother, Carrol Hunder, did. She notes they both went on to have successful careers in the field. Earning the Legacy Scholarship helps her pursue these interests too and means a lot — to her and her family, she says.
“I felt really honored,” says Brosinski. “I think my parents are very proud and my grandma is probably the most excited. She loves school and has always been very proud of me.”