{"id":37803,"date":"2026-07-20T14:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=37803"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:04:10","slug":"county-area-students-gain-teaching-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/20\/county-area-students-gain-teaching-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"County, area students gain teaching grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A trio of Adams County students and nine from Wells County are among 310 statewide recipients of Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each will receive competitive $40,000 teaching scholarships, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellmont students Brianna Converset and Gracie York are among the recipients, along with Adams Central&#8217;s Taylor Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five Norwell students \u2013 Kale Fuess, Elijah Jacob, Emmaline Johnson, Emerson Meredith and Cristin Springer \u2013 were selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Higher-Ed-1024x828.jpg?resize=640%2C518&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Higher-Ed.jpg?resize=1024%2C828&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Higher-Ed.jpg?resize=300%2C243&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Higher-Ed.jpg?resize=768%2C621&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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