SCHOLARSHIP AWARD APPLICATION

This application is for the fall 2008 and spring 2009 term(s) at USAO.  The various USAO alumni scholarships are merit awards based primarily on scholastic promise and achievement; although character, service and leadership potential are also considered.  Limited funds are available for these competitive scholarships.  Please complete this application and return it to the Alumni Office at Troutt Hall 126 by April 30, 2008.  Priority will be given to students who pre-enroll for fall 2008 and whose financial aid packages are complete.  Late applications will be subject to availability of funds. Scholarships require a minimum of a 2.5 G.P.A. and full-time enrollment (12 hrs.) for award consideration.

Scholarship descriptions are on the reverse side of this application or online at www.usao.edu/alumni

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Name:__________________________________________________     Date:___________________________________

Mailing Address:__________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: ____________________ SSN:_________________________     Email: __________________________________

Projected Hours Fall `08_______________    Projected Hours Spring `09_____________________________

DOB (mm/dd/yy)___________________     Anticipated date of graduation (Fall/Spring &Year)_______________________

Various scholarships may require that you meet specific criteria.  Please check ALL of the following criteria which apply.

 Required Attachments

        Please provide the following attachments:

    _____     Resume – include educational experience, honors, and extra-curricular activities.

    _____     Cover letter, discussing the importance of receiving an alumni award and your plans upon graduation.  Explain how you meet the scholarship criteria that you checked above.  Provide documentation, if applicable. 

    _____     Explanation/documentation of financial need. 

    _____     Copy of your current transcript.

    _____     Copy of your CDIB card if applicable (There are specific scholarships for Native American students).

 Signature:_______________________________________________     Date:___________________________________

Office Use Only                       GPA _______     Freshman  Sophomore  Junior  Senior______________________________                        

 Comments:_______________________________________________________________________________________

Award Given:___________________________     Amt:_____________     Date:__________________     init:__________

 General Scholarships:

Mo Gregg Anderson, Flavia Brown Bare (preference Arts & Humanities Majors), Dr. Bonnie Bell Butler Buchanan, Burruss Family Scholarship, Zelma Ball Burruss, Dr. Brenda Stanfill Cranmer, Hazel Frost, Irene Stephens Gibbons, Lois Gillis Hall, Dr. Edith Hammond, Diana Wight Hill, Marjorie Foncannon Johnson, Dr. Venetta Bynum Kell, Danny & Todd Kelly, Marguerite Martin Pinkston (sophomore), Joan Hughes Rawlings, Mary Russell, Betty Sanders, Cecil & Norma Lea Drake Sanderson, Ina Edmondson Schowengerdt, Ed and Aleta Walker Smalley, Garland and Myrtle Stevens, Dr. Roy and Ruth Troutt, Mary Frances Willis West, and J.O. and Thelma Ball Wood.

Scholarships by Major:

Art Majors:  Loucile Bennett Evans, Annie Jones Griffin (Art, Music or Math Education)

Communications/Drama:  Newman-Hill (Drama majors), and Dr. Rose Marie Smith (junior/senior Communication majors), Ruth Gardner Ball (for sophomore or junior Communication majors)

 Deaf Education/Speech Pathology: Kathryn Duncan Empie and J. Harper and Mary Ellen Thomas

 Education:  Shirley Mitchell Duckwall, Dr. Samuel Evans, Barbara Gardiner Hearon (female junior/senior), Lynda Hanna Holding, Phyllis O’Dell James, Bernadene Protzman Lovell (Elementary Education with preference to students from Caddo or Grady Counties), Merenda O’Bar (Early Childhood Program with preference to SNEA students) Christina Satterfield Swanson, Adda Mitchell Voigt, and Dr. Loyce J. Willett (for a student in their semester of student teaching in Physical Education)

 English:  Margaret A. Elliott (junior or senior), Annie Minshew Gillis, Calvin Favorite Good, Leonard and Yoshie Good (for student going to graduate school), Jacob Calvin and Ella Belle Leonard Good, Dr. Clarice Tatman, and Nance Foules Wier (female student)

 Fine Arts Majors:  Anne Marie Hooper Harrison, Dr. Dorothy Tulloss (female with music major preference)

 Music: Kathryn Kniseley Bond, Lorraine Wooster Eck (music education), Fay Craddock Finley, Janis Marsh Fitzgerald, Barbara Crouch Lies (voice or music education major),  Patricia Cooper Percy, Oliver Bennett Powers (music education), Dr. Dorothy Tulloss (preference given to a female student)

 Science:  Lauraleene Baxter Price, Dr. Martha Shackleford (preference to a junior or senior majoring in any of the Biological Sciences), Fred Voigt Award for Excellence in Science (preference to a junior or senior)

Scholarships by Specific Category:

For Women Only:  Dr. Kathleen Black (Native American preference), Barbara Gardiner Hearon (junior/senior education major), Dr. Jeane Porter Hester, Dr. Anna Lewis (for history or social studies major), Kathryn Lois Quattlebaum, Dr. Dorothy Tulloss (music), and Nance Foules Wier (English major) 

For Men Only:  Mark Walter Howery (American nationality)

 For Upper Classmen: Ruth Gardner Ball (Communication Major), Craig Foundation (15hrs), Margaret Elliott (English), Loyal Daughters, Diana Wight Hill (junior/senior), Dr. Rose Marie Smith (Communication Major)Fred Voigt (Science Majors), Barbara Gardiner Hearon (female Education major), Dr. Loyce Willett (student teaching, Physical Education)

 For Older Students:   Mildred Matthews Chambless Family Scholarship (for students 35 years and older)

For Residents of Haileyville, Oklahoma:  Marion Letha Milton

 For Travel:  David H. Vaughn, Jr. (for school affiliated trips outside the US)

 For Native American Students: Phyllis Hillery (preference Native American, secondary preference for biology/pre-physical therapy) junior/senior, Dr. Kathleen Black (female student)