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Student loan guarantor Ascendium recently awarded 801 Wisconsin construction and industrial trade apprentices a total of $1.6M in awards through their Tools of the Trade Scholarship. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) received the most awards this year with the scholarship being extended to 127 qualified schools in trade programs. 
NWTC Apprenticeship Manager Christina Jungwirth said the scholarship impacts so many apprentices in our area and that the opportunity could encourage others to take interest in trade careers knowing that scholarships like these exist.
“I think it will help them see that it can be much more financially manageable,” said Jungwirth, “when someone becomes an apprentice, they have built-in wage increases as they progress through the apprenticeship as part of their apprenticeship contract that they have with their employer or the state, so this scholarship helps supplement their income so it makes a difference.”
The Tools of the Trade Scholarship is designed to assist apprentices with more than just tuition and books. The $2,000 award provides essential financial support to help apprentices alleviate the burden of other costs that they may have during their apprenticeships such as the need for new work clothing or maintenance for their vehicle so they can get to work and school. 
Apprentices are eligible to apply for the Tools of the Trade Scholarship if they are enrolled at a WTCS college, are receiving credit for both fall and spring semesters, and are enrolled in an eligible industrial trade or construction program, and demonstrate financial need. 
 
Photo credit: Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC)
 
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