[SOA] MAC Bowen Scholarship

[Hillary Bober]

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MIDWEST ARCHIVES CONFERENCE SOLICITS SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

The Midwest Archives Conference (MAC) is soliciting applications for its
annual MAC Louisa Bowen Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Students in
Archival Administration. The scholarship is designed to provide
financial assistance to a resident or full-time student of the MAC
region pursuing graduate education in archival administration.  One
award, comprising a $750 scholarship and a one-year membership to MAC,
will be presented this year.

In order to be eligible for a scholarship, the applicant must meet the
following requirements:

1) Applicants must be residents of or full-time students residing in one
of the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota, and Wisconsin;

2) Applicants must be currently enrolled in or accepted into, a
graduate, multi-course program in archival administration.  If the
program is not listed in the SAA Directory of Archival Education
(http://www.archivists.org/prof-education/edd-index.asp), the applicant
must provide proof of the multi-course standard by submitting copies of
course descriptions from the institution's current departmental catalog;

3) Applicants must have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0
scale) in their academic program

Applications are available from the Bowen Scholarship Committee Chair:

Kimberly Butler (2007-2009) 
Archivist
North Central College Archives
320 E. School Ave.
Naperville, IL  60540-4694
(630) 637-5714
FAX (630) 637-5716
kjbutler at noctrl.edu

or on the MAC web site at http://www.midwestarchives.org/bowen.asp

Applications must be postmarked by April 1, 2008.  Awards will be
announced no later than May 15, 2008.

The Midwest Archives Conference is one of the nation's largest regional
archival organizations, drawing on a membership of more than 1,000
individuals and institutional members from its 12-state area.




Hillary Bober, C.A.
Assistant Archivist
The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard 
Cleveland, OH 44106-1797
hbober at clevelandart.org
T: 216-707-2660
F: 216-421-0921