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A scholarship has been created for former longtime faculty member and colleague, Geraldine Fowle, who died on October 8, 2011.  Geraldine was a key member of the faculty of the Department of Art and Art History at UMKC for more than 45 years.  To honor the contributions of this outstanding educator, the Geraldine E. Fowle Art History Scholarship Fund was recently established with a lead gift from Geraldine’s sister, Rosemary Deen of Stone Ridge, New York.  In addition, generous gifts have been received from many of her colleagues and friends here at UMKC and Kansas City.  The fund will provide scholarship support to deserving undergraduate or graduate students who are seeking a degree in Art History at UMKC.  We hope you will join with your colleagues and support this special scholarship fund for the students Geraldine dedicated her life to educating and serving at UMKC.  For questions, please contact Phil Watson, Director of Development and Gift Planning at the College of Arts & Sciences, at 108 Scofield Hall, ext. 5776, or watsonp@umkcfoundation.org.

The 6th Annual Scholarship Fest for Latinos of Tomorrow was hosted by The College on Arts & Sciences on Saturday, March 10.  More than 65 students participated in the event–a dual-tracked college access/college retention program designed to identify and bank scholarship packages to encourage a college-going culture and develop a scholarship/financial plan to allow current college students to complete their degrees.

Once again, this year’s event was co-sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures, the High School College Partnerships and Arts & Sciences Continuing Education.  A special campus welcome was provided by Dr. Kevin Z. Truman, Dean of the School of Computer Sciences and Engineering.  Sessions included Preparing for College, Navigating a Seamless Transfer to a 4-Year Institution, Financial Literacy, FastWeb, College 101: Scholarship Essays and Resumes—An Introduction and Engaging with College Recruiters.

Those completing Scholarship Fest continued the annual program for Latinos of Tomorrow members, attending Essay and Resume Workshops from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 10 and 17, 2012.  Assisted by Kelley Young, Alice Reckley Vallejos and Lynne Clawson-Day, the students finalized a minimum of three scholarship applications each.  Students participating in this series of workshops have earned more than $13,000 per year in scholarship funding for an upcoming academic year to complement merit scholarships in their quest to meet the ever-increasing costs of higher education.

Julie Bates, a German major with an art history minor, will teach English in Germany.  Sa Shea Gaston, a graduate student in romance languages, will teach English in Mexico.  The faculty member is Thomas Stroik (English) who will teach in Poland.  Once again UMKC and A&S do well in national scholarly awards.

Read more here:

• www.kansascity.com/2012/05/17/3617839/area-schools-celebrate-fulbright.html#storylink=cpy.

The picture is of all the James and Neoma Kilway Scholarship in Chemistry recipients at the Donor/ Scholar Reception in Nov. 2010. FRONT ROW: The Babcock Family (Donors to the scholarship) SECOND ROW from left to right: Alyssa Ellsworth (BA Chemistry), Kandace Yee (BA Chemistry), Paula Rodriguez (BA in Chemistry & Minor in Spanish), Brianne Shropshire (BA in Chemistry and Biology), Madeline Leal (BS in Chemistry and BS in Biology with a minor in Mathematics), Alexandrea Armfield (BA in Chemistry), Patrick Deeter (BS in Chemistry with a minor in Spanish).THIRD ROW: Azzam Paroya (BA in Chemistry with a minor in Psychology), David Taylor Burns (BA in Chemistry and BA in Biology).

The reception announced the recipients of current and new A&S scholarships and recognized the donors whose gener­osity made the scholarships possible.

2010 was a very good year for the A&S Scholarship Office administered by Liz Barton. She noted that UMKC had received a million dollar endowment/gift in May 2010 from the Bernard Osher Foundation.    

The scholarship is campus wide, but is housed in the college. There are 10 Osher Reentry Scholars at any given time.  For more see: http://cas.umkc.edu/scholar-ships/Osher.shtml  

Among the scholarships new for 2010-2011 is the James and Neoma Kilway Scholarship in Chemistry, created by Kathleen Kilway (Chemistry, Chair) in honor of her parents.  The award is for full-time undergraduate majors in Chemistry who have a 3.0 GPA and demonstrate financial need.  

Other new A&S Scholarships for 2010-2011 are: Fred Andrews Film Jubilee Fund & Scholarship and the Pizza 51 Scholarship.  

New scholarships for 2011-2012 will include the David N.Atkinson Scholarship in Political Science, the Clemens Scholarship for Undergraduate Chemistry majors, the Richard McKinzie Memorial Scholarship, the Philosophy Undergraduate Scholarship and the John Scott Shepherd Scholarship in Film Studies. The Linda H. and Thomas H. Talbott Scholarship and Leadership Awards will also be made.  

Danielle Roberts-Economics Major

One of the student speakers at the reception was Danielle Roberts who is working towards a BA in Economics and received the Robert Greene Scholarship for $8,000. Criteria for this renewable scholarship are: Full-time Junior or Senior majoring in Economics who demonstrates financial need, and exhibits evidence of scholarship, leadership, and desire to succeed.  

Application Deadlines for all scholarships are rapidly approaching. Please alert interested students to these deadlines.  

Osher Scholarship Application deadline for is March 4, 2011:  http://cas.umkc.edu/scholarships/PDFs/11­12application.pdf  

Application deadline for A&S General Scholarship Application Feb. 9, 2011: http://cas.umkc. edu/scholarships/PDFs/2011.12application.pdf  

In addition, there are three specific scholarship campaigns that are currently managed by the College’s office of Advancement. To see more information about them and /or make a donation go to:  

http://www.umkc.edu/give/genewagner/
http://www.umkc.edu/give/clarencekelley/
http://www.umkc.edu/umkc-foundation/give/lgbtqia-scholarship/  

The College is also continuing to fundraise for the Jim Falls Honorary Scholarship in History. There is no website for this one but those interested in making a donation can contact Karen English at 816-235-1139 or englishk@umkc.edu.

In an effort to help raise funds for endowed scholarships in the Department, Professor George Gale will be donating a number of his infamous shirts (with certificates to their authenticity) to donors who make contributions in the amounts of $250 and $500. For more see: http://cas.umkc.edu/onthequad/pdfs/QuadSp10.pdf

A&S faculty need to alert their students that the deadline for applying for A&S Scholarships for AY2010-2011 is February 5, 2010. The form can be found here:
http://cas.umkc.edu/SCHOLARSHIPS/PDFs/Application.pdf

If you are advising those who are returning to college after a break of at least five years, be sure to point them to the Bernard Osher Reentry Scholarship. For more details on this award with a March 5, 2010 deadline, go to:
http://cas.umkc.edu/SCHOLARSHIPS/Osher.shtml

Liz Barton is the A&S Scholarship Coordinator at bartonliz@umkc.edu and you can see the list of A&S scholarships at Scholarship Web site:
http://cas.umkc.edu/SCHOLARSHIPS/

Jennie Nielsen, A&S senior and scholarship recipient, with Karen Vorst, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.

On October 27, 2009, UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton announced receipt of $1,000,000 to endow the need-based Armacost Scholarships for students in any major in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Donors of other scholarships and A&S scholarship recipients were present and heard Jennie Nielsen (A&S senior and scholarship recipient) describe the freedom to be a student that her several scholarships afforded her.

More on A&S Scholarships

• A&S Scholarship Web site
• Osher Scholarship Web site
• A&S Scholarship Application