TENTH ANNUAL
PFLAG SCHOLARSHIPS
2012-2013
Scholarship Information and Application Process
Application
deadline is March 31, 2012 for FALL 2012
This year again, several scholarships will be
awarded through the PFLAG scholarship application process. These
scholarships include the following:
Three $1,000 Gene Moore Memorial
Scholarships,
(in memory of PFLAG's past president)
One $1,000 Mark and Art Woodland Memorial Scholarship
(in memory of the son and husband of Elaine Woodland)
Two $250 Tucson LGBTQ School Book Scholarships
This year PFLAG Tucson will award four $1,000
scholarships to LGBT persons to attend an institution of higher education,
three in the name of Gene Moore,
our past president, and one in the name of Mark and Art Woodland, the son
and husband of
long-time PFLAG member Elaine. Mark passed away in 2010 and Art in 2011. In
addition, Tucson LGBTQ will award two $250 School Book Scholarships through
the PFLAG application process to economically challenged, very deserving
Tucson LGBT high school seniors from low-income Tucson families who otherwise
might not be able to attend Pima Community College in Tucson. Although this is
just Tucson LGBT’s third year to offer these through PFLAG Tucson, Tucson LGBTQ has been offering them for 12 years now. The application deadline is
March 31, 2012.
The requirements for a PFLAG Scholarship are:
Must be a gay, lesbian, bisexual or
transgender person, and
Must be accepted to an institution of higher
education for the period for which the scholarship is requested.
The requirements for a Tucson LGBTQ School
Book Scholarship are:
Must be a low-income/economically challenged
Tucson lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender high school senior highly
motivated to attend Pima Community College, who will be officially enrolled
there, and wishes to further his or her education, resulting in a more
active standing and better quality of life for them and the Tucson LGBT
Community;
Must support the values of Tucson’s LGBT
community by giving back to that LGBT community in some way when possible
during their lifetime.
A complete application packet shall consist of:
- The application (personal information page).
You may download this here: Word document or
pdf document (to save to
your hard disk, right-click a link and choose "Save target as");
- An essay detailing the applicant’s plan for
higher education, activities within the community, and why PFLAG Tucson/Tucson
LGBTQ
should award a scholarship to them;
- Two letters of recommendation (one must be
from someone other than a family member); and,
- A copy of the student’s admission acceptance
letter (if the applicant is a current student, then a copy of the most
recent grade report).
The essay should be typed, double-spaced, no
longer than two one-sided pages or one front-to-back page, and detailed enough
to describe the applicant and his/her situation to the committee. Any information that is provided will be used only to select the
most worthy
candidates and will be kept in the strictest confidence. If you have any
questions, please contact us at
pflagtuc@pflagtucson.org or call us at (520) 360-3795.
All information must be submitted to the following
address in one envelope and postmarked by
March 31, 2012:
PFLAG Tucson Scholarship Application
P O Box 36264
Tucson AZ 85740-6264
The applications for the PFLAG Tucson
Scholarships are reviewed by the Board of Directors, or by a committee
established by the Board. Tucson LGBTQ will also evaluate applications
from graduating LGBT high school seniors. Applications will be judged on an individual basis
using only the information provided by the applicant. All applicants will be
notified by mail of the committee’s decisions by April 30, 2012.
The board of directors of PFLAG Tucson, Tucson
LGBTQ, and
their families are excluded from receiving or applying for this scholarship.
