UW-Oshkosh's new Fire and Emergency Response Management (FERM) degree program is getting quite a bit of attention lately, thanks to Melissa Spielman and Candice Tylke.
Melissa Spielman, a student in the FERM program, is the first recipient of the Candice E. Tylke Scholarship. The $1,500 scholarship will help Spielman cover tuition costs for the 2009-10 academic year.
The scholarship is named in honor Tylke, an Oshkosh graduate. After receiving a bachelor of science degree in biology in 1994, Tylke went on to study fire science at Madison Area Technical College.
Tylke then served as a firefighter and paramedic in Beloit until she died in 2008 at the age of 42.
The annual scholarship that bears her name is a one-year scholarship awarded to a student who has completed one semester in Oshkosh's FERM degree program. Preference is given to female applicants and applicants who have graduated from the fire science program of MATC.
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