LTC Apprentices Earn $1,500 Scholarships

This spring 12 Lakeshore Technical College construction and industrial trades apprentices each received $1,500 scholarships from Ascendium Education Group. Ascendium’s Tools of the Trade Apprentice Scholarship program helps apprentices with financial needs, and help them complete their programs and advance to in-demand jobs. The local recipients of these scholarships are Martin Crownover and Collin Lensink of Sheboygan Falls, Timothy Fryman of Fond du Lac, Anthony Gaffney, Jacky Lee, and Casey Meyer Sheboygan, Cleveland resident Brandon Leicht, Manitowoc’s Keegan Michels, and Brian Schmoock, and Joshua VanEss of Plymouth. Jeff Grunewald, LTC’s dean of apprenticeship and economic development said in a statement, “While apprentices have tremendous support from their employers, their wages are significantly lower while they are training, and they are not eligible for financial aid. These scholarships help bridge that gap.”