[SOA] MAC Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority Students - due Mar 1

[Carleton, Janet]

Midwest Archives Conference - Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship for Minority Students
Seeking applicants! Applications are due March 1, 2018
More information here: http://www.midwestarchives.org/motley
Purpose: To provide financial assistance to minority students pursuing graduate education in archival administration and to encourage ethnic diversification of the Midwest Archives Conference and of the archival profession as a whole.
Award (2 awarded annually): Scholarship of $750 and complimentary 1-year membership to MAC
Eligibility: There are eligibility requirements for both the applicant and the graduate archival program which must be met for consideration for this scholarship.
Applicant: The applicant must be a student of African, American Indian, Asian or Pacific Islander, or Latino descent and currently enrolled in a graduate, multi-course program in archival administration or accepted into such a program for the next academic year. The applicant must also have a grade point average of at least 3.0 (based on a 4.0 scale) in their most recent academic year.
Program: The graduate program must offer at least three courses in archival administration or be listed in the current SAA Directory of Archival Education. If the program is not listed in the SAA Directory of Archival Education<http://www2.archivists.org/dae>, the applicant must provide proof of the three-course standard by submitting copies of course descriptions from the institution's current departmental catalog.
Application: Applications are due March 1, 2018 and must include the following documents:

  *   Completed Application Form (pdf)<https://midwestarc.memberclicks.net/assets/documents/archiemotleyapplicationform.pdf>
  *   Transcript from the applicant's most recent academic program.
  *   Essay of not more than 500 words outlining the applicant's interests and future goals in archival administration.
  *   Two letters of recommendation.
Completed applications should be sent to:
Rachel Howard
Digital Initiatives Librarian
University of Louisville Libraries
Archives and Special Collections
Louisville, KY  40292
Telephone: 502-852-4476
Email: rachel.howard at louisville.edu<mailto:rachel.howard at louisville.edu>
Award Requirement: Award winner will write an essay for the MAC Newsletter on their academic activities assisted by the scholarship and its importance to their graduate archival education.
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