NORWICH – For the second year, the Chenango County Historical Society will award the Elinor Robb Troicke Scholarship to a local high school student who is hoping to start a career in the realm of museum studies.

CCHS staff and volunteers are busy sorting scholarship applications that were solicited to students from all four corners of the county. Although the application process is closed now, the organization says its goal remains to promote professions that underlie the mission of the museum.

“The purpose of this scholarship is to foster an interest in history and reward kids who choose to take this path in life,” explained CCHS Director Meghan Molloy. “All the winners who are picked are active members of the community and active in promoting the history of Chenango County.”

Named after Elinor Robb Troicke, long-time CCHS volunteer educator and Town of McDonough Historian who passed away in 2011, the scholarship was offered for the first time last year.

“To recognize her and all of her efforts, our education committee developed a scholarship that we will give to any student who is graduating from a Chenango County high school who is going into history or curatorial studies, the arts, education or the types of professions that fall in line with the museum,” said Molloy.