Scholarship for Junior & Senior Women

Information on the Priscilla Carney Jones Scholarship is now available from the ACS.

NSM Scholarship Opportunities

Patricia Hilliard Robertson Memorial Scholarship:
This scholarship is to benefit full-time female students in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics who have made a commitment to pursuing a career in the sciences. Candidates must have earned a minimum of 48 credits toward a degree in the following programs: Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geoscience, and Physics with a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $500.

Albert R. Pechan Scholarship:
Awarded to an outstanding science major enrolled full-time; recipient will be selected by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $480.

Wienken and Associates Scholarship:
Awarded to a student enrolled in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics who has successfully completed at least 30 credit hours and achieved a minimum 2.75 cumulative grade point average. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $560.

To apply for these scholarships, please submit the following to the Office of the Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 305 Weyandt Hall:
1. application form available in room 305 Weyandt Hall, or your department office
2. personal statement addressing your career goals/objectives, involvement in extracurricular activities, service to the community/university
3. copy of transcript or academic progress sheet (you do NOT have to attach an official transcript)
4. one letter of recommendation

The deadline for applying for above listed scholarships is April 16, 2008. All above scholarships are non-renewable.

Scholarships for Women Lab Science Majors

The Business & Professional Women’s Association of Indiana, PA will be awarding two (2) Scholarship’s to qualifying female students in higher education. To be eligible applicants must meet all criteria noted in the attached document and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.

Enclosed are an application form and a copy of the guidelines. The interested applicant must return the completed application by March 26, 2008 via email listed below. Students may apply for both scholarships.

Please send applications* to:
paulag@environmentalservicelab.com

*For applications, please email Dr. McElroy.

NAAMLP Scholarship Available

NAAMLP is a non-profit, professional organization that promotes the reclamation and restoration of lands affected by abandoned mining throughout the nation. Title IV of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) established the national Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation Program under the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), U.S. Department of the Interior. SMCRA’s purpose is to reclaim land and water resources adversely affected by past coal mining and left abandoned or inadequately restored. SMCRA levies fees on active coal mining to pay the reclamation costs. Collected fees are deposited in the AML Fund and redistributed to authorized states and tribes to implement their own programs. NAAMLP is the professional association of States and Tribes who work under the auspices of Title IV of SMCRA, as amended.

The $1,500 NAAMLP Scholarship is intended to assist in the education of students who intend to work as scientists or technicians in the field of mine land reclamation.

Letters of application for this scholarship must be received by May 30, 2008.

Scholarship monies will be awarded in the form of a tuition check made out to the accredited educational institution of your choice to be received at the annual NAAMLP conference. Two scholarships will be given: 1) to a student enrolled in a school in the Midwest or Eastern United States (generally east of the Mississippi); and 2) to a student enrolled in a school in the Western United States. The scholarship holders are expected to attend the 2008 NAAMLP Annual Conference in Durango, Colorado on October 26-29, 2008. Costs (travel, lodging, per diem up to a total of $1000) and Conference registration fees will be covered in addition to the scholarship. Scholarship recipients are expected to participate in all Conference activities. Tuition may be used at any accredited institution of higher education. The NAAMLP Scholarship must be utilized during the 2008-2009 school year.

For an application form, please go to: www.onenet.net/~naamlp

ACS Scholars Program Now Receiving Applications

The American Chemical Society Scholars Program is now taking applications for the 2008-09 academic year. The program is designed to encourage African-American, Hispanic, and Native American students to pursue chemistry and biochemistry degrees.

Current students and high school seniors are eligible to apply, with awards ranging from $2500 per year for freshmen up to $5000 per year for juniors and seniors.

For more information, including the application and instruction materials, visit this ACS site.

Deadline is March 1, 2008

Kaycie Butler Wins Department of Homeland Security Scholarship

Biochemistry major and Honors College student Kaycie Butler (Greensburg, PA) was awarded a scholarship through the Department of Homeland Security. The scholarship includes full tuition and a monthly stipend for her junior and senior years at IUP while maintaining a minimum of a 3.30 GPA. It also provides the opportunity to apply for a further scholarship that would be applied to graduate school for up to three years. In addition, there is a summer internship portion, which Kaycie will complete this summer for 12 weeks at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. While at LLNL, Kaycie will work on the development of a platform for virus detection through a microfluidic system.

Congratulations Kaycie!