The Nebraska Press Women's scholarship competition for upper-class women students is offering one $750 scholarship—the NPW Memorial Scholarship—to be given at the Spring NPW convention.
Information and application forms are available at the NPW website: http://nebraskapresswomen.org/?page_id=234
For GRADUATE or full-time UPPERCLASS UNDERGRADUATE women
students pursuing careers in mass communication.
An applicant must be in, or beyond, the second half of her second academic year
of college. Graduate students must be enrolled for at least nine credit hours;
undergraduate students for at least 12 hours.
Applications must include:
• A Nebraska Press Women Scholarship Application Form, available from the
head of your department.
• At least one, and not more than three, samples of applicant’s work, such as
newspaper stories, photographs, radio or video clips, advertising copy or layouts.
• A personal letter, outlining applicant’s achievements and goals. This letter must
be no more than two, double-spaced, single-sided pages. The letter will be a
major factor considered by the scholarship committee.
• A letter of reference from an advisor or faculty member that attests to the
applicant’s overall GPA and her GPA in her major field; it should also note why
the applicant should be selected for this scholarship.
• An optional second letter of reference from a person of the applicant’s choice.
DEADLINE: Must be postmarked on or before MARCH 15, 2014
Send packet of application materials to:
Barb Bierman Batie, chair
NPW Scholarship Committee
43590 Rd. 761
Lexington, NE 68845
If you have questions, call
308-324-2541 or 308-325-2247
or e-mail Barb at
bbatie@atcjet.net