The Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter of AITP established this award program to honor the memory of Sherry Anklam, a Chapter Past President who embodied all of the best values that this award is based on. Sherry passed away in 1995 at the early age of 44, but not before leaving her mark on AITP, the Northeastern Chapter of AITP and the IT profession. She provided a role model for those who knew her with her dedication to excellence in all she pursued including educational pursuits, ethical standards and a work ethic second to none—and her dedication to the profession through AITP.

This award, which is presented in the Spring and Fall of the year to worthy applicants, is restricted to students pursuing IT degrees who are active in their IT community and/or IT clubs. Applicant must be attending a college, university or technical college located in Wisconsin or Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

The criteria for selection for this award includes academic achievement, leadership, IT club & IT community participation, and community involvement.

The Chapter board also can/does make awards directly to its student chapters for worthwhile educational projects that it believes will benefit the student chapter members and embody the ideals that Sherry stood for.

The fund is managed by the Foundation for Information Technology Education with the selection process managed by the Board of Directors of the Northeastern Wisconsin Chapter of AITP.

 

Previous Recipients

2008	Michael Sweigart (Fox Valley Technical Institute) Rebecca Mertens (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College)
2009	Theresa Martin Blake Doss Evan Cole Fox Valley Technical College (donation)
2011	Shannon Edict
2012	Cheryl Books Joel Endres Isaac Olson
2013	Jeremiah Schmitt
2015	Amy Roell (Northern Michigan University) Eric Gjerde (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College) Northeastern Wisconsin AITP (reimburse cost of students to attend the SAMA Golf Outing)
2017	Carrot Project Boys & Girls Club of Fox Valley Andrew Shimon (Fox Valley Technical College)
2018	Alivia Houdek (University of Wisconsin - Green Bay) Greg Liadis (University of Wisconsin - Green Bay)
2019	Andrew Captain (Fox Valley Technical College) Cindy Luft (Fox Valley Technical College) Becky Adams (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College) Emily Sawall (University of Wisconsin - Green Bay) Zachary Wichlacz (University of Wisconsin - Green Bay)
2020	Jennique Stadtmueller (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College)
2021	Carisa Scanion (University of Wisconsin - Green Bay) Annie Skorupa (University of Wisconsin - Green Bay) University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Foundation (donation)
2022	Josh Rankin (Fox Valley Technical College) University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Foundation (donation)
2023	Dwayne White (Fox Valley Technical College) Emily Schultz (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College) Hugo Santiago (University of Wisconsin - Green Bay)
2024	Aniya Stamper (Fox Valley Technical College) Nathan Budzinski (University of Wisconsin - Superior) Vincent Santilli (Mid-State Technical College) Zach Wiederholt (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College)