Sterling Rotary Club awards scholarships to nearly dozen Logan County graduates
Sterling Rotary Club handed out 11 scholarships to Logan County graduates, including six for Northeastern Junior College. The awards cut first-year costs and keep local students moving toward college.
The Sterling Rotary Club turned its Wednesday noon meeting at the Tennant Art Gallery at Northeastern Junior College into a public show of support for Logan County seniors, awarding scholarships to 11 graduates and putting immediate money toward tuition, books and housing costs.
Six students received scholarships to attend Northeastern Junior College, while five others were awarded Marcia Luce Memorial Scholarships. For families facing senior-year expenses, the awards can make a practical difference right away by reducing the cost of starting college, whether a graduate stays close to home at NJC or uses the money to ease the price of a four-year school elsewhere.
The club’s scholarship work is not a one-time gesture. A Rotary District 5440 grant record for the Sterling project says the club raises funds each year for scholarships for graduating seniors from the three high schools in Logan County, with the awards intended for students’ first two years at the local junior college. That grant record listed a total budget of $5,000 for the 2020-21 Rotary year and noted that rising higher-education costs have made the scholarship funds less valuable over time.
That context makes the May 20 scholarship presentation more than a ceremonial lunch. It showed how local civic groups are still helping steer graduates toward college and keeping the first step within reach for students who want to begin at Northeastern Junior College. The club’s regular Wednesday meetings at noon at the Tennant Art Gallery also give the awards a visible public platform, underscoring that Logan County treats education as a shared community responsibility.
The Marcia Luce Memorial Scholarships also carried a piece of Sterling history. Marcia R. Luce died Nov. 13, 2008, at age 64. She was the first woman elected to the Sterling City Council, the first woman to join the Sterling Rotary Club, and later the club’s first woman president. Luce attended Sterling schools, NJC and Adams State, and built a career as a teacher, administrator and city councilwoman.
Rotary International says club and district scholarships can be supported by local fundraising or Rotary Foundation district and global grants, placing Sterling’s program in a wider service tradition. For Logan County graduates, the immediate result is simpler: a stronger start on college, a smaller financial burden and a clearer path from high school to the next stage of education.
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