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$750 Scholarship available from the Midwest Archives Conference



Please note that this scholarship program has been extended to any multi-course graduate archival education program, and that the deadline for submissions has been extended to April 15, 2002.

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 resident or full-time student residing in one of the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 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:

    Erik C. Nordberg, University Archivist
    MTU Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
    Michigan Technological University
    1400 Townsend Drive
    Houghton, MI  49931
    Tel. 906-487-2505  
    Fax 906-487-2357
    enordber@mtu.edu

or on the MAC web site at http://www.midwestarchives.org/scholarmn.htm.

Applications must be postmarked by April 15, 2002.  Awards will be announced no later than June 1, 2002.

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.

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