[SOA] MAC Scholarship Opportunity: Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship Applications

[Sherri Goudy]

*Archie Motley Memorial Scholarship Applications Solicited*



MAC is soliciting applications for the 2022 Archie Motley Memorial
Scholarship for Students of Color (http://www.midwestarchives.org/motley
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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.



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,
http://www2.archivists.org/dae
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the applicant must provide proof of the multicourse standard by submitting
copies of course descriptions from the institution’s current departmental
catalog.



Applications are due *March 1, 2022* and must include the following
documents:

   - Completed Application Form, available at
   http://www.midwestarchives.org/motley
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   - Transcript from the applicant's most recent academic program
   (unofficial transcript is acceptable)
   - 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:

Rebekah McFarland Certified Archivist
Sisters of the Living Word rmcfarland at slw.org
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*Applications must be emailed by March 1, 2022.  *
*Awards will be announced no later than June 1, 2022.  *

Sherri Goudy (she,her)
Independent Archivist, Researcher,  and Writer
567-356-7817

"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."

- Mother Teresa
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