Southwest Suburban Federation of Teachers
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Scholarships
Scholarships are available every year for both Local 943 members and/or their dependents. Listed below are links to pages with more information about these scholarships.
AFT Local 943 Scholarship application deadline -- 4 p.m. -- Thursday, March 30, 2023
To view Rubric that will be used to judge all 943 applications
IFT Carl J. Megel Scholarship application must be postmarked by Friday, March 3, 2023
IFT Robert G. Porter Scholarship application must be postmarked by Friday, March 3, 2023
AFT Robert Porter Scholarship application window -- December 1 to March 31, 2023
Chicago Federation of Labor William A. Lee Memorial Academic Competition Scholarship application deadline -- Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Chicago Federation of Labor William A. Lee Memorial Random Drawing Scholarship application deadline Wednesday, February 8, 2023
Union Plus Scholarship application deadline -- January 23, 2023
Illinois Retired Teachers Foundation Scholarships application deadline -- March 7. 2023
CONGRATULATIONS LOCAL 943 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Local 943 wishes both of our amazing winners for 2022 the best of luck and success in their future endeavors.
Zoe Kennedy
Zoe Kennedy attended Naperville Central High School where she was involved in many extra-curricular activities and won many awards. She also has worked as a care-giver for the elderly the past 2 years. Her work ethic and dedication for doing well in
school are supported by her dad and her mom, Lucy, who is a teacher in Burbank District 111.
It was Zoe’s fascination with the anatomy and physiology of all living things that sparked her interest in medicine. It was during a visit to the emergency room for stitches that she realized she wanted to spend the rest of her life caring for those who require immediate medical attention.
Zoe will attend the University of Nebraska – Lincoln to study medicine to fulfill her aspirations in becoming and Emergency Room Physician Assistant.
Drew Bingham
Drew Bingham attended Homewood Flossmoor High School and aspires to pursue a degree in biomedical engineering. He will be attending the University of Iowa and we are sure both his dad, Chris, A teacher in Lincoln School District 156 and his mom, Mary, are
excited for him to begin his educational adventure!
Drew hopes to have multiple internship opportunities while attending the university in order to build connections for work after graduation. He plans on working on hand and arm protheses because he wants to help people who have a medical need; and would also like to conduct research on brain mapping of individual digit movement.