Genoa Township Board Promotes Public Administration Scholarship Genoa Township Board Promotes Public Administration Scholarship

2/18/14- A scholarship available to Michigan college students is being promoted by the Genoa Township Board of Trustees. The Michigan Township Association offers the Robert R. Robinson scholarship to college juniors and seniors as well as students involved in a graduate program. The scholarship was created in memory of Robert R. Robinson, a former executive director of the association and is worth $250-$1000. Candidates interested in the scholarship must be attending a school in Michigan and majoring in public administration. Genoa Township Board Trustee Linda Rowell tells WHMI applicants only have to be interested in their communities’ government. Rowell discovered the scholarship opportunity when searching the MTA’s website for her own daughter, who will soon be graduating high school. The Genoa Board of Trustees met Monday night for a board meeting and decided to advertise the scholarship on social media and include a link for it on their website. Rowell tells WHMI they will support any potential candidates who plan to pursue it. Rowell discovered the scholarship opportunity while searching the MTA’s website for her own daughter, who will soon be graduating high school. While she says the amount of money offered in the scholarship is not a huge amount, she believes every little bit helps. (DK)