<div dir="auto"><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;text-align:center;line-height:23.968px"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato">Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship Applications Solicited</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:23.968px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:23.968px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato">MAC is soliciting applications for the 2022 Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Students of Color (<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmidwestarc.memberclicks.net%2Fmessage2%2Flink%2Fa151e58f-3598-4530-9829-b2e4223ebe5f%2F1&data=04%7C01%7Cmegank%40uic.edu%7Cf81c9db9a87f45456e7508d9ba6c3247%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637745796128298708%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=NA%2BAJVAK%2FRKu%2FB%2FUUcvZY8pEspLz96EjddYa0mUg9aQ%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.midwestarchives.org/motley</a>). The scholarship is designed to provide financial assistance to students of color pursuing graduate education in archival administration and to encourage ethnic diversification of the MAC membership and of the archival profession as a whole. Two $750 scholarships, accompanied by one-year memberships to MAC, will be awarded.  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:23.968px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:23.968px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato">In order to be eligible for a scholarship, the applicant must be of African, American Indian, Asian or Pacific Islander, or Latinx descent; must be a student currently enrolled in or accepted in a graduate, multicourse program in archival administration; and must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in their academic program. If the program is not listed in the SAA Directory of Archival Education, <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmidwestarc.memberclicks.net%2Fmessage2%2Flink%2Fa151e58f-3598-4530-9829-b2e4223ebe5f%2F2&data=04%7C01%7Cmegank%40uic.edu%7Cf81c9db9a87f45456e7508d9ba6c3247%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637745796128298708%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=KsW6R1wWKvYzkL6ipBn0NZNn4TFpe01HeH%2FGbbVlEJs%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www2.archivists.org/dae</a>, the applicant must provide proof of the multicourse standard by submitting copies of course descriptions from the institution’s current departmental catalog.  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:23.968px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:23.968px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato">Applications are due <strong>March 1, 2022</strong> and must include the following documents:  <u></u><u></u></span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in;font-size:12.8px"><li style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'lato'">Completed Application Form, available at <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmidwestarc.memberclicks.net%2Fmessage2%2Flink%2Fa151e58f-3598-4530-9829-b2e4223ebe5f%2F1&data=04%7C01%7Cmegank%40uic.edu%7Cf81c9db9a87f45456e7508d9ba6c3247%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637745796128298708%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=NA%2BAJVAK%2FRKu%2FB%2FUUcvZY8pEspLz96EjddYa0mUg9aQ%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.midwestarchives.org/motley</a><u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'lato'">Transcript from the applicant's most recent academic program (unofficial transcript is acceptable)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'lato'">Essay of not more than 500 words outlining the applicant's interests and future goals in archival administration<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="line-height:14.7pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'lato'">Two letters of recommendation.   <u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:23.968px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato">Completed applications should be sent to:  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif;line-height:23.968px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:20.972px;font-family:lato">Rebekah McFarland Certified Archivist<br>Sisters of the Living Word <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmidwestarc.memberclicks.net%2Fmessage2%2Flink%2Fa151e58f-3598-4530-9829-b2e4223ebe5f%2F3&data=04%7C01%7Cmegank%40uic.edu%7Cf81c9db9a87f45456e7508d9ba6c3247%7Ce202cd477a564baa99e3e3b71a7c77dd%7C0%7C0%7C637745796128298708%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=3zh%2By%2FInZy89vy2eKDkc%2FD3edqbMzGTjs4VPSFjLTSY%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rmcfarland@slw.org</a>  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:lato"><br><strong>Applications must be emailed by March 1, 2022.  </strong><br><strong>Awards will be announced no later than June 1, 2022.  </strong></span></p><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sherri Goudy (she,her)<br>Independent Archivist, Researcher,  and Writer<br>567-356-7817 <br><br>"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."<br><br>- Mother Teresa</div></div>