Jacob Smith Offered Polytechnic Scholarship

2011 Dec 22

Jacob Smith of New Lisbon, a student at New Lisbon High School, has been accepted at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and offered a $1,000 automatic, one-year scholarship if Smith meets or exceeds the following criteria: ranks in the top 50 percent, with a 3.2 GPA for high schools that do not rank, and has a composite ACT score of 22.

Selection will be determined based solely on academic qualifications and of those who apply by Sunday, Jan. 15.

Smith plans to major in Health, Wellness and Fitness.

UW-Stout, Wisconsin's Polytechnic University, is a special mission university in the UW System. The university has a long-standing reputation of serving business, industry, education and the helping professions through its specialized educational programs. Enrollment this year is 9,357.