UWSP School of Health Sciences & Wellness Banquet 2023

MACEY CHECK Lenice Merrill Eskritt Scholarship

Macey is a family and consumer sciences major. She is a member of the Stevens Point Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and while at UW-Platteville was a member of the Health and Human Performance Club. Following graduation, she hopes to earn a master's degree while working as a high school or middle school teacher of health education.

About the Award Lenice Christine Merrill Eskritt was a wife, mother, and grandmother much beloved by her family. Her sensitivity and compassion for her follow beings served as an example to all who knew her. She was very intelligent but was unable tocontinue her education beyond high school. She valued education and encouraged her six children to pursue post-secondary education in order to give themselves as many opportunities as possible. This scholarship is meant to honor her memory and her potential. It is her family’s desire that someone with similar circumstances to Lenice’s is financially assisted by this scholarship to develop their potential through education.

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