UWMC Foundation

Jim and Susan Skinner Scholarship Fund: Robert Tesch Memorial Scholarship

Eligibility Criteria for Students
The applicants for each award must: 1. be a student continuing at UWMC 2. demonstrate outstanding academic achievement 3. preference given to students with past or current military service Note that these awards cover the cost of one semester’s tuition, paid out over two semesters.
History of Award
With these memorial scholarships, Mr. Skinner recognizes his lifelong friends, James Mealey, Robert Tesch, Jack Gorman and Norman (Miskowski) Mitchell who, like Jim Skinner, graduated from Wausau (East) High School, served in the armed forces during the time of the Korean War, and began their college careers at the UW Extension, predecessor of UWMC.
Recipients
2012-2013	Shannon Bootz
2010-2011	Kristina Karlen
2009-2010	Aline Lynch
2008-2009	Michael Seehafer
2007-2008	Dakota Kaiser
2006-2007	Dustin Charneski
2005-2006	David Lippi-Guerron
2004-2005	Chris Schumacher
2003-2004	Dang Yang
2002-2003	Travis Nytes