Scholarship Criteria

Parchment High School graduating senior and resident of Parchment School District; attend Kalamazoo Valley Community College; part-time or full-time enrollment; demonstrate improvement in motivation and achievement in high school; demonstrate overcoming adversity.

About this Scholarship

Brian Arthur Thiele was born September 16, 1971 in Kalamazoo, MI. He was finishing a degree in Logistics Management at Western Michigan University when, at the age of 22, his life was cut short as a result of an in-line skating accident while interning in Isny, Germany.

Brian, a 1990 graduate of Portage Northern High School, spent four years on the varsity soccer team. Although he loved to play the game, he found just as much as, if not more, excitement and pleasure on the sideline coaching. Thiele was the head junior varsity coach at Northern for a year, assistant varsity coach at Northern and coached several under-16 Premier TKO FC teams.

This scholarship, established by family and friends in memory of Brian Thiele, provides financial assistance to students who exhibit characteristics similar to those for which Brian is so fondly remembered. This includes playing varsity and/or club soccer, achievement of personal and academic goals, overcoming obstacles to meet his goals, competitive spirit, leadership and a special caring for community.

Scholarship Criteria

Student who is a permanent resident of Kalamazoo County or a student graduating from a high school within Kalamazoo County; four years of soccer during high school; community service; full-time enrollment at a college/university.

Scholarship Criteria

Kalamazoo County resident; previous criminal conviction; two-year or four-year degree or vocational or technical training; enrolling or enrolled full-time or part-time. Financial need.

Scholarship Criteria

Southcentral Michigan High School Hockey League defensemen; graduating high school senior; good sportsmanship; attend a two-year or four-year college/university.

Scholarship Criteria

Undergraduate in radiologic technology, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound sonography or nuclear medicine technology who is a permanent resident of Kalamazoo County or is receiving their clinical or didactic training in Kalamazoo County.

Or continuing education for current radiologic technologist employed in or resident of Kalamazoo County.

Scholarship Criteria

Kalamazoo County resident or graduate of a high school, alternative school or GED program within Kalamazoo County; must be pursuing vocational or technical training, trade school, a certificate program; a two-year or four-year degree full-time or part-time; minimum 2.5 GPA if attending a college/university; if attending a community college, trade or vocational school, minimum 2.0 GPA. Preference for students whose families immigrated to the United States.

Scholarship Criteria

Graduating high school senior; involvement in athletics and school and community activities; full-time enrollment at a college/university.

Scholarship Criteria

High school graduating senior or graduate; certificate or two-year or four-year degree in a manufacturing engineering curriculum; full-time or part-time enrollment at a college/university.

Scholarship Criteria

Graduating high school senior; child or grandchild of an employee of the Welch's Company plant in Lawton or child or grandchild of a National Grape Cooperative member with residency in Allegan, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Kalamazoo, Kent, or Van Buren County; minimum 2.0 GPA; full-time enrollment at a college/university.

Scholarship Criteria

Graduate students pursuing a full-time master's or doctorate degree in business, education, engineering, law, math, medicine, psychology, or science.

Scholarship Criteria

Woman residing in Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph or Van Buren County; under-employed or unemployed with significant break in her education; part-time or full-time enrollment in a certificate or degree-granting program. Applications available March 15 through May 15 annually.

Scholarship Criteria

Graduating high school senior; minimum 3.8 GPA; enrolling full-time at a college/university; participation in extracurricular activities.