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The
Women's Center
is interested in the academic success of women. To support
women at RIT we will keep you updated with the latest scholarship
and grant information for women. If you are aware of something
that is not listed here please email the Women's Center at:
ritwom@rit.edu.
Student
Scholarships
Women’s
Council of RIT Endowed Scholarship
Academic
scholarships to women students at RIT who exhibit a strong
commitment to a high academic average while struggling with
an exceptional/difficult personal or family circumstance.
The deadline for applications is April 6, 2009
Scholarship Criteria: Recipients Must:
- Be women students in any program of study at RIT.
- Maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better.
- Have strong community/campus involvement.
- Have excelled in spite of exceptional/difficult personal
or family circumstances.
- Demonstrate financial need.
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Submit application and essay (describing how you have excelled
in spite of exceptional/difficult personal or family circumstances)
to Women’s Center (Student, Alumni Union, room A510)
by April 6th.
Scholarships are not renewable, reflecting the Council’s
efforts to reach a helping hand to a new woman each year.
The Women’s Center administers this scholarship.
Background:
The Women’s Council was founded by Marcia Ellingson,
daughter of RIT’s fourth president, John Randall, and
wife of RIT’s fifth president, Mark Ellingson. The purpose
of the Council is to stimulate interest and promote understanding
of RIT within the community, to provide an educational program
about the Institute to its members, and to be of service to
the university. The Council is committed to participating
in a variety of projects that advance the interest in and
support of RIT. Annually, the Council funds several scholarships
and awards for women and donates toward tuition scholarships
for RIT’s childcare center, Margaret’s House.
Women’s Council of RIT Endowed Scholarship
Application
Name:
Year Level: Program of Study:
Student ID#:
Phone#:
Please describe your community/campus involvement:
Please describe how you have excelled in spite of exceptional/difficult
personal or family circumstances:
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The
Women's Independence Scholarship Program (WISP)
is available nationally to women who have left an abusive
domestic situation and who are pursuing an education designed
to provide economic independence for themselves and their
children..
http://www.wispinc.org/
SLF
believes that education is a powerful tool which breaks down
barriers and opens doors of opportunity. The objective of
the Women's Independence Scholarship Program is to help survivors
of domestic violence obtain an education that will in turn
offer them the chance to secure employment, personal independence
and self sufficiency.
Support
is available for full or part-time students interested in
attending vocational, community college, four-year degree
or graduate studies programs.
Deadlines:
Requests
for assistance are accepted on an ongoing basis.
Applications should be submitted as early as possible and
at least 2 months before the start date of the program to
be attended. WISP cannot guarantee that applications received
after that period will
be reviewed in time for funds to be awarded by the desired
date.
Download
Application Booklet:
http://www.wispinc.org/DownloadForms/tabid/58/Default.aspx
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The
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) lists scholarships
on their website - check out their listings here.
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Ibero-American
Action League, Inc.
Hispanic
Scholarship Endowment Fund
The
Hispanic Scholarship Endowment Fund was created to provide
perpetual financial support for the educational endeavors
of Hispanic youth in the Rochester community and surrounding
counties.
The Fund is an essential resource for the Hispanic community.
It will enable students to have access to educational and
career opportunities, which can move them in a direction of
financial security.
These
scholarships are given to students with educational excellence.
The
application deadline for the next scholarship selection is
March 13, 2009.
Download
the Hispanic Scholarship Endowment Fund application form here
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Renate
W. Chasman Scholarship for Women
Sponsor:
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Award
Type(s): Student Scholarship
SYNOPSIS:
The sponsor wishes to encourage women to pursue a career in
the
natural sciences, engineering, or mathematics. A one-time
award of $2,000 will be made directly to the recipient, to
be applied towards expenses associated with an academic program
pursued on a half time or greater basis.
Applicant
Type(s): Women
Graduate
Student
Undergraduate Student
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must be: A re-entry woman - one who has
returned to
school to pursue her education following an interruption;
A citizen of
the United States or a permanent resident alien; A
resident of Long
Island in New York State (i.e., Nassau County, Suffolk County,
Brooklyn or Queens); Accepted for credit into a degree-oriented
program in the natural sciences (e.g., chemistry, physics,
biology),engineering, or mathematics, at an accredited educational
institution;
and entering the junior or senior undergraduate, or first-year
graduate level.
FUNDING: A one-time award of $2,000 will
be made directly to the recipient,
to be applied towards expenses associated with an academic
program pursued on a half time or greater basis.
DEADLINE:
April 1, 2009
Contact: Rosa Palmore
Address: Chasman Scholarship
P.O. Box 183
Upton, NY 11973
E-mail: palmore@bnl.gov
Program URL: http://www.bnl.gov/BWIS/scholarships.asp
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