MILWAUKEE — Online applications for the 2021 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Excellence Scholarship can now be submitted at 

www.kohleducation.org. 

A total of 100 students will be chosen to receive $10,000 scholarships from among all applicants throughout the state. 

Applicants must be residents of Wisconsin who will graduate from high school in 2021, and plan to continue their education at a college, university or vocational/technical school. Students will be evaluated on academic achievement, leadership, citizenship and school and community activities. Completed online applications are due at 5 p.m. on Nov. 17. 

Students should go to http://www.kohleducation.org/studentexcellence/ to learn more and apply. 

Selection of recipients will be made by a state-level panel composed of representatives from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation, Cooperative Educational Service Agencies, Wisconsin Council of Religious and Independent Schools, several education-related associations and community representatives. 

Since the program was established in 1990, the Herb Kohl Foundation has awarded 3,000 Excellence scholarships to graduating high school students throughout the state for a total of $7.4 million.