WAUKESHA — Ludvika Gryskiewicz, a Wausau resident and University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point student, received the 2019 Elizabeth Peters Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $2,500, awarded by the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants, WICPA, Educational Foundation Inc. Gryskiewicz is a fifth-year accounting major at UW–Stevens Point.
The scholarship, established by Wipfli LLP through the WICPA Educational Foundation, is named after Elizabeth Peters, CPA, who began her career as a staff accountant with Wipfli, Ulrich & Co. in 1949, at a time when major CPA firms were not hiring women. In 1961, she became the first woman in Wisconsin to be elected as partner in a CPA firm.
Eleven students received WICPA Educational Foundation scholarships. Recipients were selected based on academic achievement, community service, personal statement and recommendation letters.
