FALL 2011: Our First Graduates!
Melissa Pognon, our first scholarship recipient from Project Morry, has Graduated! She is moving forward, continuing her studies abroad, working in Spain through a program by the University of Alcala, interning in the Matching Gifts Department at the US Fund for UNICEF. Well Done Melissa!
Summer 2010:
Jordana Beaty, our 2008 recipient from Benton High School, has just been accepted to the LPN program at Rend Lake College. Way to go Jordana!
February, 2010:
Jennifer Nolan, our 2008 recipient from Project Morry, has just found out that she landed an internship with the U.S. Marshall's Office in their Manhattan office. Congrats, and best of luck Jennifer!
Chris Stewart, our 2007 recipient from Benton High School (pictured on right), was able to take part in a trip to Santiago, Chile, to present at the VIII Latin American Symposium on Nuclear Physics and Applications. While there, his team presented some of the background information and preliminary results of the research that he has been doing over the past year and a half.
history:
The Donna Kaye Smith Scholarship Fund was established through the generous gifts of family and friends of Donna Kaye Smith. Scott and Andrea Ralls, Donna’s son and daughter-in-law, wanted to find a way to memorialize the spirit and effort that Donna Kaye Smith exhibited every day just to live, and her love and compassion for those less fortunate. To that end they have, along with family and friends, created The Donna Kaye Smith Scholarship Fund.
This Scholarship Fund will be used to assist those, who otherwise might not have the opportunity, to attend college. Recipients of the scholarship shall be graduates of Benton High School in Benton, IL and the Project Morry Program, in White Plains, NY who show evidence of financial need.
scholarship guidelines:
- Recipients will provide an application, and a 500-word essay on who has impacted their life in a positive way.
- The Donna Kaye Smith Scholarship Committee shall select scholarship recipients.
- Recipients of the scholarship may reapply and be granted scholarships for four consecutive years given they meet the guidelines for continued scholarship which are; Maintaining a 2.0 cumulative GPA, Maintaining full time student status, and no scholastic or legal disciplinary action against them.
- The awards each year shall be payable over a period of 2 semesters. The actual amount and number of awards may very based on the growth in the scholarship fund and the available interest earnings.