Six undergraduate and graduate women students at the University of Colorado at Boulder are receiving scholarships for the spring semester 2005 courtesy of the university's Center for Education and Career Transition.
Mary Ball, Iruka Sharon Hikaru and Mary Ellen Flynn each received $1,000 scholarships in three award categories. Kristen Davidson, Elizabeth Franko and Kristi Chapin were awarded $600 each, also for different awards. The winners were selected based on a biographical application essay, grade-point average and amount of financial need.
Two winners were selected in each of the three categories: undergraduate women with a minimum 3.5 grade-point average, graduate women with a minimum 3.5 GPA, and a student of any gender over 30 years old with at least a 3.0 GPA.
Ball and Davidson were the undergraduate winners. Ball studies integrative physiology and hopes to become a physical therapist or physician's assistant. Davidson is working toward teacher certification and intends to teach Spanish.
Graduate students Hikaru and Franko are both pursuing language-related careers. Franko is pursuing a doctoral degree in communications and a career in academia. Hikaru, a master's degree candidate in education, plans to become an English as a second language teacher.
Chapin and Flynn won scholarships in the over-30 category. Chapin is a double major in environmental science and philosophy and plans a career in government or nonprofit work. Flynn is working on an education degree and wants to become an elementary school teacher.
The Center for Education and Career Transition is housed in Counseling and Psychological Services: A Multicultural Center. The scholarship selection committee includes staff from counseling services and the Women's Resource Center.