Scholarship opportunities
Did you know there are a number of scholarship available from the Wisconsin Library Association Foundation each year? The scholarships can be used in a wide variety of ways for continuing education opportunties, including courses taken to meet the requirements for certification and recertification. Here's the scoop on what's available.
Library Continuing Education Scholarships
George Bauer Continuing Education Scholarship ($800)
Available to a person employed in a library in Wisconsin, or someone who works with library employees in those communities, to attend a conference or other continuing education program within or outside Wisconsin.
Gloria Hoegh Scholarship for Rural Librarians ($1,050)
Available to a person employed in a library in a Wisconsin community with a population of 5,000 or less, or someone who works with library employees in those communities, to attend a conference or other continuing education program within or outside Wisconsin.
Library Education Scholarships
Library Education Scholarship ($1,300)
Available to a current or permanent Wisconsin resident admitted to a master’s degree program in library and information science or in library media at a Wisconsin school as a part- or full-time student.
Diversity Scholarship ($1,200)
Available to a current or permanent Wisconsin resident admitted to a master’s degree program in library and information science or in library media at a Wisconsin school as a part- or full-time student and who is African-American, Latino/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, of Native American/Alaskan Native descent, or physically challenged.
Sally Davis Scholarship ($1,250)
Available to a current or permanent Wisconsin resident admitted to the master’s degree program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison SLIS as a part- or full-time student.
Vida Cummins Stanton ($1,400)
Available to a current or permanent Wisconsin resident admitted to the master’s degree program at the UW-Milwaukee SOIS as a part- or full-time student pursuing a library media or youth services program.
WLA members and prospective library school students are eligible to apply. The six scholarships available are funding by the WLA Foundation through generous charitable contributions. Applications are due September 15, 2008. More details on the scholarships and copies of the application forms are available at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/scholarships/.
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Library Continuing Education Scholarships
George Bauer Continuing Education Scholarship ($800)
Available to a person employed in a library in Wisconsin, or someone who works with library employees in those communities, to attend a conference or other continuing education program within or outside Wisconsin.
Gloria Hoegh Scholarship for Rural Librarians ($1,050)
Available to a person employed in a library in a Wisconsin community with a population of 5,000 or less, or someone who works with library employees in those communities, to attend a conference or other continuing education program within or outside Wisconsin.
Library Education Scholarships
Library Education Scholarship ($1,300)
Available to a current or permanent Wisconsin resident admitted to a master’s degree program in library and information science or in library media at a Wisconsin school as a part- or full-time student.
Diversity Scholarship ($1,200)
Available to a current or permanent Wisconsin resident admitted to a master’s degree program in library and information science or in library media at a Wisconsin school as a part- or full-time student and who is African-American, Latino/Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, of Native American/Alaskan Native descent, or physically challenged.
Sally Davis Scholarship ($1,250)
Available to a current or permanent Wisconsin resident admitted to the master’s degree program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison SLIS as a part- or full-time student.
Vida Cummins Stanton ($1,400)
Available to a current or permanent Wisconsin resident admitted to the master’s degree program at the UW-Milwaukee SOIS as a part- or full-time student pursuing a library media or youth services program.
WLA members and prospective library school students are eligible to apply. The six scholarships available are funding by the WLA Foundation through generous charitable contributions. Applications are due September 15, 2008. More details on the scholarships and copies of the application forms are available at http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/scholarships/.
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