Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast Partners with Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design to Offer Scholarship for Gold Award Girl Scouts
Gold Award Girl Scouts are eligible for MIAD Merit Scholarship
MILWAUKEE – (January 30, 2025) – Today, Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE) announced an exciting partnership with the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) to provide a scholarship opportunity exclusively for Gold Award Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts who qualify are eligible to receive $16,000-26,000 per year (renewable for four years).
The Gold Award represents the highest achievement in Girl Scouting and recognizes 9th-12th grade Girl Scouts who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership through sustainable community service projects. Gold Award Girl Scouts identify issues in their community, take action, and create meaningful, lasting impact locally and beyond.
Gold Award Girl Scouts become innovative problem-solvers, empathetic leaders, confident public speakers, and focused project managers. As they take action to transform their communities, Gold Award Girl Scouts gain tangible skills and prove they’re the leaders our world needs. They learn resourcefulness, tenacity, and decision-making skills, giving them an edge personally and professionally. This scholarship is another way Gold Award Girl Scouts stand out.
“MIAD’s investment in our Gold Award Girl Scouts is a direct investment back into the community, driving the retention of top scholastic talent in our region,” said Ana Simpson, CEO of Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast. “This scholarship is another step in recognizing the incredible work of Gold Award Girl Scouts who are changing the world for the better.”
MIAD is offering the Merit Scholarship to Gold Award Girl Scouts who provide documentation confirming membership with GSWISE and their Gold Award status. This scholarship is contingent upon an unweighted academic GPA of 3.0 or higher and a submitted application. Girl Scouts are eligible to receive $16,000-26,000 per year for four years.
“We are proud to offer additional scholarship opportunities to future students through the Girl Scouts, an organization that seeks to build courage, confidence, and character, and whose contemporary values mirror those of our college in seeking to make the world a better place for all,” said Jeffrey Morin, President of MIAD.
For more information, to join or to donate, visit www.gswise.org.
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About Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast (GSWISE)
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world. Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges. Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them. We serve approximately 11,700 girls in grades K5-12, and 5,800 adults who believe in our mission of building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. With programs in Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha counties, we give every Girl Scout in our council the chance to reach their full leadership potential. To volunteer, reconnect, donate, or join, visit gswise.org, email customercare@gswise.org, or call 800-565-4475.
