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Use the "Other Scholarship Opportunities"
link at the top of this page to learn about some other
scholarships outside of The Community Foundation. Check
with your school guidance counselor
or advisor to learn about additional opportunities.
The following
scholarships continue to be offered by The Community
Foundation of Greater Lafayette:
Max and Elsie Goken Endowment Fund
Scholarship
Six Goken scholarships of $5,000 each are available in 2012.
Application deadline
was 12 noon on Thursday, January 12, 2012.
The Max and Elsie Goken Endowment Fund was created in
2006 by a bequest from the estate of Elsie Goken. Elsie
and her husband, Max, came to Lafayette in 1952 when he
joined Lafayette Life Insurance Company and later became
president and CEO. Before coming to Lafayette, Elsie Goken taught school in Bloomington, Illinois, in a
one-room schoolhouse and worked her way up to a position
in the superintendent’s office. While in Lafayette, she
became active in an organization that promotes
educational opportunities for women. She was also a life
member and Board member of the YWCA, and volunteered for
Meals on Wheels, Red Cross, and the local hospital.
Proceeds from the Goken estate will help fund college
scholarships for those who wish to continue their
education or return to school to better provide for
themselves and their families.
This award is administered by The Community Foundation of
Greater Lafayette.
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Robert and Dorothy Hughes Community
Fund Scholarship
Two Hughes
scholarships of $1,000 each are available for 2012.
Application deadline
was 12 noon on
Thursday, January 12, 2012.
The Robert and Dorothy Hughes Community Fund was created
in 2007 by Joan Anne Hughes. Proceeds from the Hughes
Fund will help fund college scholarships to earn a
baccalaureate degree in Nursing for those with financial
need who live or work in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
Financial need is based on the pool of applicants.
This award is administered by The Community Foundation of
Greater Lafayette.
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Elizabeth Mackay Fund Scholarship
Two
Mackay scholarships of $5,000 each are available in
2012.
Application
deadline was 12 noon on Thursday, January 12, 2012.
The Elizabeth Mackay Fund was established in 2007 by a
bequest from the estate of Elizabeth Mackay. Born in
1912 to David Mackay and Eva Lenore Linn Mackay, she
grew up in the Kossuth Street home of her grandparents,
Joseph and Elizabeth Deal Linn, who owned a downtown
shop selling china and home furnishings. Elizabeth
Mackay graduated from Purdue University in 1933, then
earned master's and doctoral degrees at the University
of Wisconsin. She returned to Purdue as a biology
instructor in 1937, then was an assistant professor of
botany from 1941 to 1955. Mackay went on to posts at the
University of Hawaii, Cornell, Syracuse, and Ohio State
University. Her career included serving as president of
the Indiana Chapter of the American Association of
University Women and national vice president of the
scientific honor society, Sigma Delta Epsilon. She was
also a fellow in the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. Traveling professionally and for
pleasure, she visited Europe, Asia, South America,
Africa, Ecuador, the Caribbean, and other lands.
Elizabeth Mackay died at age 94 in Columbus, Ohio.
Proceeds from the Mackay estate will help fund college
scholarships, including those directed at women studying
science.
This award is administered by The Community Foundation of
Greater Lafayette.
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Price Family Scholarship in Memory of Thomas M. Price
One
scholarship of $1,500 is available in 2012.
Application
deadline was 12 noon on Thursday, January 12, 2012.
This
scholarship was established by Sue Holder Price in
memory of her husband Thomas M. Price. As an involved
parent, Tom saw the importance of team sports in young
lives. His son Bill Price swam for the West Lafayette
White Sharks Swim Team for 10 years and for West
Lafayette High School for four years. Tom viewed
swimming as a character building sport believing in the
values of perseverance, hard work, self-discipline and
teamwork. Because of his son’s involvement and wanting
to maximize the opportunities available to local
talented swimmers, Tom along with other passionate
supporters established Boilermaker Aquatics. This newly
formed swim club, affiliated with Purdue University,
unified the local clubs into one team as well as
attracted a strong coaching staff. Boilermaker Aquatics
has and continues to produce outstanding swimmers at the
high school, collegiate and national level. Tom worked
tirelessly, and he generously gave his time and talent
to accomplish the formation of Boilermaker Aquatics. The
family of Thomas M. Price has chosen to honor his memory
with an annual scholarship that will leave a legacy for
his passion of youth and team sport.
This award is
administered by The Community Foundation of Greater
Lafayette.
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Robert and Marilyn Whitsel Scholarship
One
scholarship of $1,500 is available in 2012.
Application deadline
was 12 noon on Thursday, January 12, 2012.
Established in 2011 by The Lafayette Life Insurance Company (Lafayette Life) and The Lafayette Life Foundation to establish a legacy of the company that was founded in this wonderful community as well as the legacy of a very generous man and a dynamic leader of Lafayette Life, Robert Whitsel and his wife, Marilyn Whitsel.
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Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship
Three Lilly
Endowment Community Scholarships are available in 2012
in Tippecanoe County.
Application
deadline was 12 noon on Thursday, January 12, 2012.
Lilly
Scholarship Criteria
Application Tips
Interview Tips
Lilly Scholarship Recipients
Financial Form FAQs
Lilly Endowment Inc. sponsors the Lilly Endowment
Community Scholarship (LECS) Program administered by
community foundations across the state. The program is
designed to raise the level of
educational attainment in Indiana and increase awareness
of the potential of Indiana's community foundations to
improve the quality of life of the state's residents.
The scholarships are for full tuition and fees for four
years at the public or private accredited Indiana
college or university of the recipient's choice. A $900
annual stipend for required books and equipment is also
included.
Each community foundation determines its
own criteria. If you are attending high school in
or residing in Tippecanoe County, click
here for guidelines.
If you are looking for a community foundation in another
county, use the community foundation locator.
www.communityfoundationlocator.org/search/index.cfm
The number of scholarships awarded in each county is
based on population. Tippecanoe County currently has
three
scholarships.
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Other Scholarships
Administered by The Community Foundation, but the
application process is handled by other organizations.
CONTACT THE ORGANIZATION LISTED AFTER MARCH 1, 2012 FOR
MORE INFORMATION.
Roland G. Parrish BCC Scholarship
Multiple scholarships of
$1,000 each are available in 2010 and in 2011.
Established
in 2010 by Roland G. Parrish, this scholarship is meant
to benefit African-American students at Purdue
University who are sophomores, juniors or seniors with a
cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale, and who have
financial need.
For application
information, contact the Black Cultural Center at Purdue
University:
http://www.purdue.edu/bcc/index.html
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Roger Blalock
Scholarship
Two
scholarships of $1,000 each are available in 2011.
A native of Chicago,
Roger Blalock graduated from Purdue University in 1969
with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education and a
Communication minor. Roger was a two-year basketball
letter winner during his time as a student at Purdue.
Since graduation Roger has served in many capacities and
now serves as a Senior Associate Athletics Director.
Roger continues to work at Purdue inspiring young
athletes and students of minority decent. Roger is very
involved in the community and enjoys his time with his
wife J.B. and son R.B. He is a pillar of the Lafayette
community and an integral part of the success of Purdue
Athletic programs. For these reasons Purdue Black Alumni
Organization chooses to honor Roger Blalock with this
scholarship.
The Roger Blalock
Scholarship is designed to raise the level of
educational attainment at Purdue University by those of
African American and Hispanic American descent. This award is administered by The Community Foundation of
Greater Lafayette.
For an application, click
here.
For application
instructions, click
here.
For recommendation
instructions, click
here.
For additional
information, go to:
https://www.purduealum.org/PBAOInfo/Scholarships/tabid/949/Default.aspx
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Presidential Leadership Scholarship
Two
scholarships of $1,000 each are available in 2011.
Tarrus Richardson served
as the Purdue Black Alumni Organizations president from
2005 to 2008. He received a B.S. in Accounting from
Purdue University in 1991 and an MBA from Harvard
Business School, where he was a Robert A. Toigo Fellow.
After working in corporate America at several major
financial institutions, Mr. Richardson went on to form
ICV Capital, a 130 Million Dollar private equity firm
where he is a managing director, in 1998.Mr. Richardson
is also a founder of the Council of Urban Professionals,
a Member of the New York City Chapter of The Young
Presidents Organization (YPO) and an Associate Member of
The New America Alliance. He takes a huge interest in
politics and wants to see students of color succeed at
Purdue University.
The PBAO Presidential
Leadership Scholarship was created in 2009 in honor of
Tarrus Richardson, a former PBAO president. It is
designed to raise the level of educational attainment at
Purdue University by those of African American and
Hispanic American decent. This scholarship will only be
awarded to seniors in high school that are accepted to
Purdue University for the upcoming fall semester. This
award is administered by The Community Foundation of
Greater Lafayette.
For an application, click
here.
For application
instructions, click
here.
For recommendation
instructions, click
here.
For additional
information, go to:
https://www.purduealum.org/PBAOInfo/Scholarships/tabid/949/Default.aspx
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Harold Schramm Scholarship
One
scholarship of $1,000 is available in 2011.
This
scholarship was established in memory of Harold Schramm,
a man who during his lifetime was recognized nationally
and locally for his outstanding contributions in
engineering and product management. Over the past few
years, a group of loyal and grateful Purdue alumni have
worked diligently and charitably to honor Harold’s
legacy. Establishing this scholarship has been their way
of honoring his gifts of knowledge, which he generously
passed onto each and everyone enrolled in Purdue’s
Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
Through the efforts of these alumni, it’s apparent to us
at The Foundation that Harold made a lasting impact on
many of the professionals now working in the field of
agriculture and biological engineering.
This award is
administered by The Community Foundation of Greater
Lafayette.
Students must meet all of
the following requirements in order to apply and be
considered for the scholarship:
Attend Purdue
University
Junior Status in
Fall of 2010 (according to school criteria)
Working towards a
degree in Agricultural Engineering with an interest in
the Machine Systems Engineering area.
Students will be required
to submit the following items:
- Resume
- Written essay
addressing the following:
1. What are your
educational goals and why have you selected your
academic area?
2. What professional
talents do you have that will promote the values that
Harold Schramm exhibited during his professional
career? (See attached for Harold Schramm's write-up
attached. Harold was a 1999 Distinguished Agricultural
Alumni.)
3. List volunteer
activities which you have participated in locally or
globally.
For application
information, contact Dan Taylor, Academic
Coordinator/Assistant to the Department Head, Purdue
University, Agricultural and Biological Engineering,
taylordc@purdue.edu,
Telephone: 765-494-1181.
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Other Scholarships
The community foundation administers a limited
number of other scholarships but direct application to
the foundation isn't possible. Most of these
scholarships are for graduates of specific high schools;
if you are eligible for any of them, details are already
available from your school. We have included a link to
other scholarship opportunities that have come to our
attention. Click
here or
click the link near the top of this page to review that
list.
Financial Aid
Resources
If you're looking for financial help with
post-secondary education, your high school guidance
counselor is an excellent starting point. Click
here for a
list of additional resources.
SAT Resources
If you're looking for a way
to take free practice SAT exams, click
here.
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Scholarship Recipients
Our
2011 Scholarship recipients were formally recognized on
May 24, 2010 at a special dessert
reception. For a list of each scholarship and the recipient(s), click
here.
40th
Anniversary Scholarships - Only in 2011!
In honor of The Community
Foundation's 40th Anniversary, a special scholarship was
created. Revenues from the Gems and Jeans
anniversary event in August 2010 was used in 2011
for four college scholarships of $2,500 each.
Recipients were
selected from applicants to The Community Foundation for
certain 2011 scholarships (Goken, Hughes, Mackay, Price, and
Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships).
Criteria for selection
included clear evidence of leadership and community
service activities in keeping with The Community
Foundation of Greater Lafayette's mission:
To inspire, nurture, and
practice philanthropy, stewardship, and leadership in
the communities we serve.
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