John W. Council Scholarship

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How to Apply

-- Applications for the 2026-2027 academic year will be accepted between January - May 2026. Please return any time during that period if you are interested in applying for this prestigious scholarship.

About John W. Council

John W. Council was a graduate of Appleton West High School and received his Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. For six years following graduation, John served in the Army National Guard, receiving his honorable discharge in 1969. John was a member of Johnston-Blessman Post #38 of the American Legion.

As a pioneer in the information technology field, John's career spanned more than thirty years at area companies including Miller Electric in Appleton and Schreiber Foods in Green Bay. In 1998 he retired from ShopKo as a senior programmer and Electronic Data Interchange Specialist. John was extraordinarily active in the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) for 40 years. He lead the organization at the local, regional and national levels. John served as president of the Northeast Wisconsin Chapter; Secretary, Vice President and President of the Region; Central District Representative to the National AITP Board and Secretary, Executive Vice President and ultimately President-elect of the National AITP Board from which he resigned in 2016 due to health issues.

John's spirit of selfless, devoted, and generous service to others is celebrated in this remarkable memorial scholarship.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, applicants must meet all of the following criteria::

A declared computer science/CIS/MIS/IT major with an overall and major GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent)
A student who has satisfactorily completed at least one full semester of college (12 semester hours or equivalent)
Enrolled as a full-time (12 semester hours or equivalent) undergraduate student at an accredited institution in the United States
A US Citizen or US Permanent Resident

Previous Recipients

2018	Allison Peacock (New Mexico State University) Grace Cheng (Stanford University)
2019	Kevin Gagnon (University of South Carolina) Safal Dumre (Northwestern University) Jasmine Bouges (University of North Georgia)
2020	Chase Allen (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) Justin Wurst (Georgia Institute of Technology) Eric Lavin (Villanova University) Nathan Brinton (Brigham Young University)
2021	Carolyn Resendiz (Northwest Vista College) Christina Zhang (University of Texas at San Antonio) Jared Bates (Southwest Baptist University) Naisan Norassa (University of Washington) Jenny Kim (University of Southern California)
2022	Brandon Lee (Texas A&M University) Maria Alder (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Jack Pamukci (University of North Carolina - Charlotte) Grant Nations (University of Utah) Rhett Marcelo (University of Houston - Downtown)
2023	Joshua Bare (University of North Carolina at Wilmington) Brandon Shim (Texas A&M University) Brianna Lewis (Kennesaw State University) Lucia Melero (Texas A&M University)
2024	Elise Buzzell (Michigan Technological University) Marquise Simpson (North Carolina A&T State University) Eberechi Nwosu (Louisiana State University) Aisosa Idahosa (Brown University) Shrey Gupta (Arizona State University)