Five CU-Boulder students have received scholarship awards from the Center for Educational and Career Transitions at CU-Boulder for the fall 1999 semester.
The $600 scholarship is awarded to three categories of students, including undergraduate women, graduate women and any student 30 years or older, male or female.
To receive the undergraduate and graduate scholarship awards, students must maintain a 3.5 grade-point average. Applicants for the "student over 30" award must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0.
Juniors Lela Mansoori, of Englewood, Colo., and Danja Schmid received the undergraduate student awards. Mansoori, 19, is a molecular, cellular and developmental biology major with a 3.9 grade-point average. Schmid, 31, is majoring in journalism with an emphasis in advertising and maintaining a 4.0 grade-point average.
Maria Teresa Reilly, 25, of McLean, Va., received the graduate student award. Reilly has maintained a 3.9 grade-point average in her graduate studies in education and plans to become a bilingual elementary school teacher.
Seniors Elizabeth Lichtenstein and Christine Porta received the student over 30 award. Lichtenstein, 32, is a news editorial journalism major with a 4.0 grade-point average. Porta, 30, is studying hydrology as a geography major and is maintaining a 3.68 grade-point average.
Scholarship awards are based on the applicant's biographical statement, which accompanies all applications, the applicant's grade-point average and academic financial need. In addition, all applicants must be full-time degree students during the semester of the scholarship award and must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of course work on the Boulder campus.
The Center for Educational and Career Transitions is accepting applications for Spring 2000 semester awards, which are available at Counseling Services in Willard Administrative Center, room 134. The deadline to apply for the spring semester is Oct. 1.
For additional information on the scholarships contact Sharon Campbell or Doris Olsen at 303-492-6766.