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Scholarship Announcement

The Foundation of the Wisconsin Automobile & Truck Dealers is pleased to announce that scholarships will be available in 2022 for graduating high school seniors, adult students and continuing technical college students who are pursuing a career in the auto and truck industry. Current technical college students must be in their first year of a two-year program to be eligible. Scholarships consist of tuition, Snap-on Tools and employment assistance. The WATDA Foundation awards 60 to 80 scholarships per year to students attending Wisconsin Technical Colleges for:

Automotive

Auto Collision

Diesel

Motorcycle

Completed Application Includes:

• Online application form.
  
• Online Technical Skills Evaluation submitted by the applicant’s transportation instructor, employer or mentor.
• Online Personal Evaluation submitted by someone that knows the applicant personally such as a teacher, counselor, coach, local auto or truck dealer, minister or priest, employer, neighbor or family friend.  Evaluations from family members will not be accepted.  Individuals providing the Technical Skills Evaluation may not also provide the personal evaluation. 

High School Students graduating in the spring of 2022:

• High School Transcripts.  If your school does not use a 4.0 scale, please have your counselor convert your GPA to a 4.0 scale before submitting.
• Testing:  Send an e-mail to jolson@watda.org to request the Bennett Mechanical and DAT Spatial online tests sent to you.

Current technical college students with an anticipated graduation date no sooner than the spring of 2023:

• Provide your current technical college transcripts.

Application File must be completed by January 15, 2022

No FAFSA or income information is required to apply for this scholarship. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Be sure to keep copies for your records.
Questions concerning this process can be directed to Julie Olson, Program Director at (608) 251-4631 or emailed to jolson@watda.org

Supporting documents may be sent by:
email: jolson@watda.org
Fax: 608-251-4379
Mail: Foundation of WATDA, 150 East Gilman Street, Suite A100; Madison, WI  53703-1441
Website: Technical Skills and Personal Evaluations

Scholarships will be awarded in the spring and summer of 2022 with funding to begin with the 2022 fall semester.

The application and testing deadline for all scholarships is January 15, 2022

Thank you for your assistance in promoting our scholarships in Wisconsin.
We have awarded over 2,100 scholarships since we established this program.