SAA's 2019 Josephine Forman Scholarship is now open!

SAA's 2019 Josephine Forman Scholarship is now open!

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      Lisa HenryLisa Henry
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      The purpose of the Josephine Forman Scholarship is to provide financial support to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival science, to encourage students to pursue a career as an archivist, and to promote the diversification of the American archives profession. The scholarship is given to applicants who demonstrate excellent potential for scholastic and personal achievement and who manifest a commitment both to the archives profession and to advancing diversity concerns within it.

      The recipient of the award will receive a scholarship of $10,000. Awardees also may be invited to attend the annual meeting of the General Commission on Archives and History and/or the Quadrennial Historical Convocation, with funding provided by GCAH. Also included is complimentary registration to the SAA Annual Meeting in the year in which the scholarship is received.

      Eligibility:
      · The applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States.
      · The applicant must be of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander descent.
      · The applicant must be currently enrolled in a graduate program or a multi-course program in archival administration, or have applied to such a program for the next academic year.
      · The applicant shall have completed no more than half of the credit requirements toward her/his graduate degree at the time of the award (i.e., June 1).
      · The applicant must be enrolled in a graduate program and begin school no later than September 1 or the fall semester/quarter immediately following the award.
      · Applicants may have full-time or part-time status.

      For more details and application information please visit: http://www2.archivists.org/governance/handbook/section12-forman

      The deadline to apply is February 28, 2019.

      Sincerely,

      The Josephine Forman Scholarship Subcommittee
      Allyson Smally (Chair), University of Chicago
      L. Dale Patterson, United Methodist Church Archives
      Daardi Mixon, Minnesota State University at Mankato
      Megan Keller Young, University of Illinois at Chicago

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