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GREAT SOUTHWEST CIVITAN FOUNDATION
AB IRVINE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
The Great Southwest Civitan Foundation is a non-profit corporation established in October of 1981. The Foundation seeks to encourage and recognize good citizenship, to develop understanding of basic human freedoms, and to provide scholarships in special education which support work in health related fields with special emphasis on aid to the mentally and physically challenged. Foundation activities increase public awareness of the purpose and objectives of Civitan.
The Ab lrvine Memorial scholarship, established in 1990, is given annually by the Foundation in memory of a man who personified Civitan. Ab, a member of the Albuquerque Breakfast Club for well over twenty years, served as governor of the Great Southwest District from 1972-1973 and was responsible for bringing many wonderful people into membership in Civitan. He also dedicated himself to giving many hours on behalf of Special Olympics.
Because the main focus of Civitan service projects has been to help those with special needs, this scholarship is given to a student who is either a college junior, senior, or graduate student majoring in some field of Special Education. This could be someone who plans to teach at either the elementary or secondary level or someone majoring in Communication DisorderslSpeech and Language Pathology.
The Foundation has been able to provide one $750 scholarship per year to an individual, who may use it toward either tuition or books. We recognize that the need for Special Education teachers is great and feel this will assist some deserving student in being able to make a difference. The legal address of the applicant must be within the Great Southwest District (Montezuma County or La Plata County, Colorado; New Mexico; or El Paso County, Texas) but they may attend a college or university anywhere in one of these three states.
Criteria for basing the selection of the scholarship recipient are: 1) major (must be in one of the above mentioned fields); 2) GPA in major (must be 3.0 or above); 3) career plans; 4) extra curricular activities; 5) personal data (e.g. working while going to school); and 6) financial need.
If you feel you would qualify to receive this scholarship, contact an advisor in the College of Education at your school, or Dora Trudell, Foundation Scholarship Committee chair, at (505) 298-5734 for an application or for additional information. |
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