Locally Grown Scholarships
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Locally Grown Scholarships
Students completing SSP are eligible to apply for up to four Locally Grown Scholarships in their early semesters in college. The scholarships support SSP graduates who attend UWL, Viterbo, Western and other selected schools. Students must be enrolled at least part time and in good-standing. The scholarships range from $350 to $1000/semester.
Locally Grown Scholarship Breakfast
Each fall, SSP friends are invited make a donation to SSP and attend the Locally Grown Scholarship Breakfast. The event features an inspiring message, recognizes SSP graduates now attending college, and gathers SSP donors and friends to say 'thank you'. It is a heart-warming affirmation of the power of education to change lives, often two generations at a time!
October 24, 2024 Save-the-Date
Greetings from SSP at UWL!
We’ve set the date of the 2024 Self-Sufficiency Program Locally-Grown Scholarship Breakfast and hope you will be there!
The UWL Self-Sufficiency Program (SSP) invites the UWL campus and greater La Crosse area to the Self-Sufficiency Program Locally Grown Scholarship Breakfast. We extended a special invitation to former and current SSP students and their families. Children are welcome.
Join us in recognizing the accomplishments of SSP graduates attending our area colleges. You, our community of donors, friends, allies, SSP graduates and families, are the reason we can celebrate each year. Your support and encouragement make such a difference for these tenacious students, and SSP.
Each fall, SSP friends are invited to make a donation to the program and attend the scholarship breakfast. The event features an inspiring message, recognizes SSP graduates now attending college, and gathers SSP donors and friends to say thank you. It is a heart-warming affirmation of the power of education to change lives, often two generations at a time!
Registration is required for this free event.
Have you seen the new SSP video, ‘I know I can do it’?
Updates for the (free) Breakfast and registration coming soon.
Registration is required for this free event.
Thursday, October 24, 2024
7:30-9 a.m.
The Bluffs Ballroom, Student Union, UWL
To RSVP, contact Susanne Koehler at 608.633.3501 or skoehler@uwlax.edu.
Please visit our calendar page for the most updated information.
For questions about this event, or to request disability accommodations, contact Susanne Koehler at 608.633.3501 or skoehler@uwlax.edu
Parking is free for registrants at the UWL Parking Ramp (levels 1-3), 1623 Farwell St., La Crosse, WI. A volunteer will be onsite to register vehicles. An online parking registration link will be provided to registrants who wish to register for parking before the event.
Handicap Parking
You can park in the handicap spaces in Commuter Lot C-12 at the Cleary Center if you have a handicap hanger or license plate. Also a number of handicap parking spaces are on Farwell Street across from the Student Union.
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