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Undergraduate Scholarships Thanks to your support, we are once more able to award five $1,800 scholarships for the academic year 2013–2014. Students at the University of Washington and the University of Puget Sound who have a financial need and have maintained a GPA of at least 3.8 are eligible. The student whose essay is judged by the committee the most outstanding will be named the Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr. Scholar, and receive an additional $360. The late Dr. Alvord, a member of PSA-PBK, was an outstanding physician, scientist, philanthropist, and humanitarian who dedicated his life to medical research and support of the local arts and sciences.
Ernest R. Stiefel Graduate Study Award The Ernest R. Stiefel Graduate Study Award is given to graduate or professional students who are members of Phi Beta Kappa chapters at the University of Puget Sound or University of Washington and who will attend graduate or professional school at either the University of Puget Sound or the University of Washington. There may be one or two recipients. There is a total of $4,000 to be awarded. Applications (PDF) are due June 24, 2013. Read more (PDF). The late Mr. Stiefel was a longtime member of the PSA-PBK board of trustees, serving for many years as its treasurer and assistant treasurer. Scholarship Donations If you would like to make a donation to our scholarship fund, please fill out and mail in our scholarship donation form (PDF). You may also donate online. Pathfinder Awards The Pathfinder Award honors those who encourage others
to seek new worlds to discover, pathways to explore, and
untouched destinations to reach. We are pleased to
announce the recipients, who will be honored at our Spring
Luncheon on May 13, 2013. To nominate someone for next
year's awards, submit this
form (PDF) by January 1, 2014. Overton BERRY, for his work in Seattle’s Central Area Motivation Program as a counselor and teacher, assisting low-income youth to reach success by building upon their strongest talents; for performances of free concerts for mentally disabled children; and for benefit concerts for the community and causes throughout the world. Parker BIXBY, band director, Mercer Island High School, for his inspirational and dedicated teaching every year about 300 5th to 12th grade students, comprising 20% of the student body, to whom he is friend, counselor, therapist, role model, and humanitarian. International Models Project on Women's Rights (IMPOWR), a project of the American Bar Association coordinated in Washington state by Mariah Kennedy and Margaret Niles, attorneys at K&L Gates, and assisted by Rebecca Heine. This innovative effort will create a global collaborative research database on women’s rights under law. Ruben VANKEMPEN, theater director at Seattle’s Roosevelt High School for 30 years and recently inducted into the Educational Theatre Association’s Hall of Fame. He inspired a generation of students to becoming team players, leaders as well as followers. Each spring we award a personally inscribed book to
outstanding graduating seniors in participating high
schools throughout the Puget Sound area. This is one way
we encourage and reward outstanding scholastic achievement
in the liberal arts and sciences. High school principals
and guidance counselors are asked to provide the name of
one graduating senior who exemplifies what Phi Beta Kappa
represents — a love of learning — as demonstrated by their
academic achievement as well as a record of service to
others. Among the books we have chosen in the past are James
Gleick's The
Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood;
Walter Isaacson's Einstein:
His Life and Universe; and Gordon S. Wood's Empire
of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic.
Schools may select multiple award recipients. However, we can only pay for the first book award per school. Additional books, with the students' names inscribed on the bookplates, may be ordered at a cost of $35 per book, including shipping and handling. You can place your order using the PayPal button below or by sending us a check. If you would like additional information about the High School Outreach Awards program, would like to nominate a title for the 2014 awards, or would like to volunteer to present books at the schools' award ceremonies in May and June, please e-mail pbkhighschoolcoord@psa-pbk.org or president@psa-pbk.org, or call Linda Willenberg at (425) 641-1606.
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