[May 25, 2012] TDS Telecommunications - Seven Wisconsin high school seniors receive scholarships Tweet (ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 25 May 2012 Release date- 24052012 - Seven Wisconsin High School seniors received Wisconsin State Telecommunications Foundation (WSTF) scholarships this month. Each year, local telephone companies - including TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS) - participate in the WSTF scholarship program. The local telecoms team up with high schools in their serving areas to offer the scholarships. Applications are reviewed by WSTF volunteers who select the finalists based on grades, academic achievements, and extra-curricular activities. This year, seven students in areas TDS serves received WSTF scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,500. The recipients include: Jennifer M. Baker, Greenwood High Jenna L. Romich, New Glarus High Sarah C. Heinemann, Waunakee High Justin R. Hore, Lancaster High Miranda R. Richard, Cuba City High Kristi R. Bartels, Potosi High Kate E. Griswold, Middleton High Since 1966, the Foundation has awarded more than $1.2 million in scholarships to 972 students. The Foundation is part of the Wisconsin State Telecommunications Association, a trade organization representing 65 telephone companies and cooperatives in Wisconsin. TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS) is the seventh largest telecom provider in the U.S. For more than 40 years, the company has been connecting people with high-speed Internet, phone, and TV entertainment services in hundreds of rural, suburban, and metropolitan communities across 31 states. Today, TDS has more than 1.1 million equivalent access lines in service and 2,700 employees. Business customers select from the latest technologies, including: VoIP (managedIP) phone service, dedicated Internet, data networking, and hosted-managed services. Visit www.tdstelecom.com or www.tdsbusiness.com for more information. TDS Telecommunications Corp. also manages the operations of VISI Incorporated, TEAM Technologies, and OneNeck IT Services Corp. through TDS Hosted & Managed Services, LLC. These companies employ more than 350 people who specialize in providing hosted application management, managed hosting, cloud services, and next generation data centers. Visit www.visi.com, www.team-companies.com, and www.oneneck.com for details. TDS Telecommunications Corp. headquartered in Madison, Wis. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS]. A Fortune 500 company, Telephone and Data Systems provides wireless, local and long-distance telephone and broadband services to approximately 7 million customers in 36 states through TDS Telecommunications Corp. and U.S. Cellular [NYSE: USM], its majority owned wireless subsidiary. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Chicago, Telephone and Data Systems employed 12,300 people as of March 31, 2012. Visit www.teldta.com for investor information. For more information contact: Cindy Tomlinson, Associate Manager - PR / TDS Telecommunications Corp. / 608-664-4471 / [email protected] [Editorial queries for this story should be sent to [email protected]] ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2012 Electronic News Publishing - [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]