GUILD
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
In the summer of 2000, the Toledo Guild decided to award
five, $500 scholarships each year to either Blade employees
or their family members to help with expenses as they pursued
further education. The goal was to not simply reward those
with the highest grade point average, but rather to find
students who were doing well in the classroom and who had
a commitment to their community and a clear vision of their
future. Since then, we’ve awarded 30 scholarships to
Guild members and their and family members who are pursuing
careers as teachers, lawyers, ministers, pharmacists, and
business people. While their final careers will be different,
all of the scholarship recipients have shared a commitment
to making their community a better place in which to live.
Following are profiles of the Guild’s
2005 scholarship recipients:
Ian Bova is a 2005
honors graduate of Perrysburg High School. He’s an Eagle
Scout and a musician, with extracurricular activities that
are too numerous to mention. He plans to attend the College
of Wooster, then seminary to become an ordained Presbyterian
minister. He then hopes to enlist in the military and serve
as a chaplain. His father, Dennis
Bova, is a copy editor in Editorial.
Andrew
Forsyth is an honors student at Wayne State University
in Detroit, where he is a pre-med student majoring in psychology.
He hopes to eventually become a physician working in the
field of infectious diseases and plans to specialize in
the treatment of patients living with HIV and AIDS. His
father, Alan Forsyth,
is a copy editor in Editorial.
Richard Kohli isn’t
a traditional student by any means. He is a student at Bowling
Green State University and plans to become a high school
social studies teacher when he graduates next June. Before
he embarked on his college studies, he served 11 years in
the U.S. Army, including assignments in Egypt and Germany,
and worked at the Lucas County Board of Elections. He is
a stay-at-home dad to two children while his wife, Annie
Cieslukowski, works as a copywriter in Marketing.
Kevin Meyer is a recent
graduate of Clay High School in Oregon, where he was a member
of the National Honor Society, a football player, and a member
of DECA, the club devoted to business and marketing. His
plan is to get a bachelor’s degree in business and
marketing and then pursue a doctorate in business, most likely
in the field of global marketing. His mom, Kim
Meyer, works in Retail Advertising.
Leah Wilson is a recent
graduate of Evergreen High School in Metamora, where she
was a member of the National Honor Society and the student
council. She also played basketball and volleyball and ran
cross country. She plans to attend the University of Toledo
and find a major that will help her, as she says, to “contribute
in a meaningful way to life in my community.” Her father, Gary
Wilson, works in Information Technology. |
