{"id":143041,"date":"2021-05-19T23:09:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T04:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143041"},"modified":"2021-05-19T23:09:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T04:09:38","slug":"2-vwhs-grads-awarded-stem-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/19\/2-vwhs-grads-awarded-stem-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"2 VWHS grads awarded STEM scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two Van Wert High School seniors have been awarded Believe in Ohio STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, &amp; Math) scholarships from The Ohio Academy of Science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamie Burenga and Sophie Rutkowski were among 46 students from 41 high schools who received the $1,000 scholarships, which can be used at any Ohio college, university, post-secondary career center, or vocational school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scholarships, funded through the Ohio Department of Higher Education, recognize seniors for their contributions to STEM innovation and entrepreneurship through the Believe in Ohio statewide scholarship program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSTEM and Entrepreneurship are the basis for innovation and building new business opportunities and problem solutions,\u201d said Michael E. Woytek, executive director for The Ohio Academy of Science. \u201cOhio has a long tradition of innovation, and these students are the future professionals needed to propel Ohio\u2019s innovation economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Believe in Ohio is a free, comprehensive, curriculum-based STEM and Entrepreneurship program for Ohio high school students. The program is designed to create a \u201cculture of innovation\u201d and to prepare students to meet the demands of a rapidly changing labor market and become contributors to Ohio\u2019s innovation economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff and submitted information Two Van Wert High School seniors have been awarded Believe in Ohio STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, &amp; Math) scholarships from The Ohio Academy of Science. Jamie Burenga and Sophie Rutkowski were among 46 students from 41 high schools who received the $1,000 scholarships, which can be used at any Ohio college, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-youth"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 02:24:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}