ISAC Scholarships

• 2020 ISAC Scholarship Application

Deadline for entries is December 6, 2019. Scholarships will be awarded during the ISAC Spring Conference General Session on March 12, 2020.

In 2019, ISAC awarded six (top) $2,000 scholarships, six (runner-up) $1,000 scholarships, and one $2,000 Past President’s scholarship. The scholarships go to high school seniors who are the children of county officials and county employees. The top scholarship winners are recognized at a ceremony that takes place every year as part of the General Session at the ISAC Spring Conference. The $2,000 scholarship winners for 2019 are:

• Cierra Johannes, District 1
• Alexis Stirling, District 2
• Kade Griesse, District 3
• Connor Shipley, District 4
• Madison Lozano, District 5
• Erin O’Keefe, District 6
• Clay Garretson, Past President’s

The $1,000 scholarship winners for 2019 are as follows:

• Jillian Cosgrove, District 1
• Julia La Rue, District 2
• Sydney Herrig, Disctrict 3
• Mason Vanatta, District 4
• Madilyn Smith, District 5
• Mason Rahe, District 6

The ISAC Scholarship rules require that there be seven scholarship judges, one from each ISAC district and one representative from the ISAC Board, chosen based on gender and affiliate. The ISAC Scholarship judges for the 2019 ISAC scholarship awards:

• District 1: Doug Bishop, Jasper County Treasurer
• District 2: Adam Clemons, Wright County Engineer
• District 3: Stacey Feldman, Plymouth County Auditor
• District 4: Joni Hopkins, Madison County Assessor
• District 5:  Christy Bates, Keokuk County Auditor
• District 6: Steve Dolezal, Johnson County Sheriff’s Office
• ISAC Board of Directors Representative, Joan McCalmant

The ISAC Scholarship applications are distributed and posted on the ISAC website in September, and a copy is also published in the Iowa County magazine. Applications are due in mid-December. ISAC typically receives between 60 and 70 applications each year. The scholarships are funded by the ISAC Education Foundation. A large part of the funds are gained from the annual ISAC Scholarship Golf Fundraiser. The 2019 ISAC Scholarship Golf Fundraiser was held at the Toad Valley Golf Course in Pleasant Hill on June 12, 2019.

Click here to donate to the ISAC Education Foundation.

For questions regarding the ISAC scholarship, please contact Katie Cook.
For questions regarding the ICIT scholarship, please contact Kim Veeder.