Laurie Lee Woolen Memorial Scholarship

Award

Varies.

Purpose

For First-year Echols Scholars.

Eligibility

First-year Echols scholars with a GPA of 3.4 or higher, and at least 14 graded credit hours in their first semester

Application

Due:  March 14, 2008

An application for the Laurie Lee Woolen Scholarship consists of:

1. An essay, double spaced of approximately 3-4 pages in length. In it the applicant should describe how his or her mind has developed during these first few months at the University as well what the implications of these developments are for future academic work. Mention may be made of course work, but also of experiences outside of class and of contributions made to University life. Financal need may be described, but will be used as a criterion only in cases of a virtual tie based on other criteria.
2. A letter of recommendation from a professor or teaching assistant of the first or second semester. It may not be from a dean or staff member. The letter may be based on a personal interview or performance in a class and should reflect the instructor's judgement of the Scholar in a small class or discussion section.

Applications should be submitted to Assistant Dean William Wilson, Garrett Hall, n o later than 5 p.m. on March 14, 2008. This Scholarship was endowed by friends and family to honor Laurie Lee Woolen, an Echols Scholar from Montgomery, Alabama who in the fall of 1980, after her second year, was killed in an automobile accident. It has received continuing support from the Echols alumni and alumnae, including a gift of $5,000 in 1989 from parents of a recent Echols graduate. Others have supported the Woolen Scholarship with annual gifts.