Cathlamet student receives $4,000 NASE scholarship

As college students everywhere prepare to start a new semester, the National Association for the Self-Employed has made the tuition bill easier to pay for Heather Kehrli, a graduate of Wahkiakum High School in Cathlamet with a $4,000 college scholarship.

The scholarship award can be used to defray the cost of tuition, which has risen to an average of $6,185 per year for four-year public colleges, and $23,712 per year for private schools, according to the College Board. Kehrli will continue studies at the University of Washington this fall.

She is the daughter of Scott Kehrli, a member of the National Association for the Self-Employed. The NASE is an association dedicated to bringing educational resources, consolidated buying power and legislative advocacy to the self-employed.

The NASE awarded 20 scholarships worth $4,000 each this year as part of its scholarship program. In addition, because of the NASE’s mission of supporting entrepreneurs, the flagship award of the association’s Scholarship Program goes to a dependent of an NASE Member already successfully running his or her own business. The NASE Future Entrepreneur award is worth up to $24,000. This year’s NASE Future Entrepreneur is Patrick Kaltenbach of Newtonville, Mass.

“For 19 years, the NASE has viewed this scholarship program as a way to help our members send their children to college,” said Robert Hughes, NASE president. “The students can study any subject at any accredited college. It’s our way of investing in future micro-business owners.”

For more information on the NASE, its scholarship program, or any of this year’s recipients, contact Kristin Oberlander at 202-466-2100 or koberlander@NASE.org.