Scholarships

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Ascentra Scholarship Program

Ascentra offers a total of $15,000 in scholarships to assist members planning to further their education.

The scholarships are as follows: 

  • Traditional: Five $1,000 scholarships are awarded to high school student members planning to enter college.
  • Continuing Education: Five $1,000 scholarships are awarded to non-traditional student members age 19 or over planning to attend higher education.
  • Vocational or Trades: Five $1,000 scholarships are awarded to members entering vocational school or college with trade program or entering and internship program with a union or business.

The winners for all scholarships are selected the following spring. 

All applications must be submitted online no later than: Monday, March 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. Central Standard Time.

  • Traditional and Continuing Education

    Traditional and Continuing Education applicants are required to write an essay of approximately 500 words on a new topic each year.

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  • Vocational or Trades

    Vocational or Trades applicants are required to answer a question and submit a letter of recommendation from a teacher.

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High School Scholarship Recipients


 

Kushal Sai Maridu
Bettendorf, Iowa


 

Aaliyah Lay
Bettendorf, Iowa


 

Katelyn Kiefer
LeClaire, Iowa


 

Alex Pauley
Geneseo, Illinois


 

Halie Shemek
Milan, Illinois



Continuing Education Scholarship Recipients


 

Grace Gustafson
Rock Island, Illinois

 

Peyton Bytnar
Bettendorf, Iowa


 

Emma Porter
Bettendorf, Iowa


 

Emma Milder
Clinton, Iowa

 

Isabel Fenner
Blue Grass, Iowa



Vocational / Trades Scholarship Recipients


 

Isabela Saguilan
East Moline, Illinois

 

Daniel Simmons
Bettendorf, Iowa

 

Johnathan Creighton
Bolingbrook, Illinois

 

James Morley
Bettendorf, Iowa

Ashton Huling
Preston, Iowa