{"id":1818,"date":"2022-08-11T13:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T17:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2022-08-19T09:40:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T13:40:34","slug":"pef-members-daughter-tapped-for-union-plus-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-6\/pef-members-daughter-tapped-for-union-plus-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF member\u2019s daughter tapped for Union Plus scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1819 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Scholarship-Wenke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Scholarship-Wenke.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Scholarship-Wenke-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>August 19, 2022 &#8212;<\/em> Emily Wenke, the daughter of PEF member Joanne Wenke, received a $550 Union Plus scholarship for 2022. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emily is going into her second year of college at St. John\u2019s University in Queens. She attended Saratoga Central Catholic High School and graduated as valedictorian as well as completed dual enrollment credits at Hudson Valley Community College.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition to the Union Plus scholarship, Emily has received PEF\u2019s Joseph Scacalossi Scholarship, the PEO Star Scholarship and Griswold Scholarships, the Saratoga Springs Rotary Club\u2019s Endowed Scholarship in Honor of Charles V. Wait, Sr., and SEFCU\u2019s Campus Connect and Roma Intangible Lodge #215 scholarships. She also receives the NYS Scholarship for Academic Excellence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At St. John\u2019s, Emily participates in Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity, Delta Phi Epsilon, Project Sunshine, Wellness Peer Educators, and is a Student Equity Worker. She is also involved with Campus Ministry and enjoys going on Midnight Runs into Manhattan to provide food and other necessities to people in need.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Emily studies childhood education with a concentration in biology and hopes to pursue special education for her master\u2019s degree. Outside of her extracurriculars and classes, she works with young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during the school year.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In her free time, Emily enjoys going thrift shopping, trying new foods, and hanging out with her dog, Walter.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI am so thankful to our union for all of the opportunities that she has been able to pursue in terms of financing her education,\u201d her mother Joanne said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Union Plus scholarship awards are presented annually to union members or members of their families who want to begin or continue their post-secondary education. In 2022, 189 union members and union family members have been awarded $200,000 in scholarships, ranging from $500 to $4,000.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For more information on Union Plus scholarships and to apply for the 2023 awards, click <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unionplus.org\/benefits\/education\/union-plus-scholarships\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. When applying, note that PEF is AFT Local 4053.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 19, 2022 &#8212; Emily Wenke, the daughter of PEF member Joanne Wenke, received a $550 Union Plus scholarship for 2022. \u00a0 Emily is going into her second year of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-1818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-40-no-6","issue-volume-40-no-7"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PEF member\u2019s daughter tapped for Union Plus scholarship - PEF Communicator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-6\/pef-members-daughter-tapped-for-union-plus-scholarship\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PEF member\u2019s daughter tapped for Union Plus scholarship\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"August 19, 2022 &#8212; 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