University Women’s Foundation of East Jefferson County awards scholarships

Published 1:30 am Friday, June 3, 2022

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PORT TOWNSEND — The University Women’s Foundation of East Jefferson County recently awarded more than $70,000 in scholarships to 24 local women.

The recipients are:

• Anya Callahan — Elmira K. Beyer Endowed Scholarship, $11,000.

• Megan Weller — Academic Endowed Scholarship, $8,500.

• Lacey Bishop — Lisa T. Painter Endowed Scholarship, $6,000.

• Megan Bland — Academic Excellence Scholarship, $4,000.

• Leah Russell — Academic Excellence Scholarship, $4,000.

• Melanie Bakin — Academic Excellence Scholarship, $1,250.

• Leianna Kunz — Academic Excellence Scholarship, $1,250.

• Rachel Matthes — Constance Anna Pash Memorial Endowed Scholarship, $4,860.

• Emma Liliana “Lily” O’Shea — Constance Anna Pash Memorial Endowed Scholarship, $1,000.

• Bethany McWilliams — Susie Pool Moses Scholarship, $2,500.

• Hailey Gallagher — Environmental Scholarship, $3,000.

• Kelly Grace — Technical Career Scholarship, $5,000.

• Karyanna Eichmann — Technical Career Scholarship, $3,948.

• Olivia Nivision — Technical Career Scholarship, $1,052.

• Maya Dow, Port Townsend; Eryn Munn, Quilcene; and Akira Anderson, Chimacum — High School scholarships, $4,000 each.

• High School STEM awards, $100 each:

Chimacum High School: Madison Burgess and Layla Franson.

Port Townsend High School: Maya Dow, Aurin Asbell and Emily Grant.

Quilcene High School: Eryn Munn, Sara Eldridge and Anastasja Gossette.

The foundation is an affiliate of the Port Townsend branch of the American Association of University Women.

For more information, visit www.aauwpt.org.