2021 Jan Trenholm Scholarships

The West Windsor Branch of the Mercer County Library and The Friends of the West Windsor Library would like to announce that Daniel Baumgartner, Joshua Chait, Rohit Kundu, Laura Liao, Pranav Mahableshwarkar, Siddhant Mane, Palak Mehta, Abdul Rahman Qasir and Anirvin Vaddiyar have each been awarded a Jan Trenholm scholarship. The Jan Trenholm scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who have volunteered their time to the West Windsor Library.

Daniel Baumgartner participated in the Study Buddy program, one-on-one mentoring focused on basic mathematical problem solving, and in the Center for Math Advancement, which provided group lessons for students in grades 5-8.

Joshua Chait
, Rohit Kundu, Pranav Mahableshwarkar and Anirvin Vaddiyar impressed the staff with their "Creative Math Problem Solving" program for students grade second to seventh to encourage creative thinking and apply math concepts to real world problems.

Laura Liao assisted with the library's annual Halloween play.

Siddhant Mane conducted thoughtful science enrichment and math programs with knowledge and dedication.

Palak Mehta hosted a public speaking program at the library.

Abdul Rahman Qasir assisted with programs, helped with ongoing arts and crafts projects, helped with shelving and sorting books, and helped with keeping the book collection in order.

These nine dedicated students have helped to make the library a special place. On behalf of the staff at the West Windsor Library and the Friends of the West Windsor Library we thank them for the time and efforts they have given to the library.

The Jan Trenholm scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who have volunteered their time to the West Windsor Library. The scholarship program is supported by donations in honor of Jan Trenholm, who was a dedicated volunteer to the West Windsor Library and to the Friends of the West Windsor Library. We also want to thank Jan's husband, William Warren, and her family for their generous donations to the scholarship fund in order to promote the importance of Jan's legacy of community volunteerism to our wonderful library.