Welcome Home Scholarship created at Bryan High School.

Bryan High School class officers Katherine Thormeier and Dominic Malanga met with Bryan Area Foundation President/CEO Amy Miller in the spring of 2025 to discuss ideas for creating a scholarship using their remaining class funds. Their class, having been eighth graders during the COVID-19 pandemic, had $11,000 remaining due to their class trip to Chicago being cancelled. The officers wanted to use the money to start a program that would have a significant and long-lasting impact and decided to launch the Welcome Home Scholarship. This scholarship will encourage fellow Bryan High School graduates who have furthered their education outside of Williams County to consider returning to live, work, serve, and play after graduating from an accredited college, university, or trade school. Recipients of the Welcome Home Scholarship will receive up to $10,000 for repayment of federal student loan debt in quarterly installments for one year following their return to Williams County.