Yipee!  What a deal!  The best scholarship offer I've ever seen from a
professional organization.  SEMC is to be congratulated for the quality
and quantity of the scholarships.  All right, all you beginning
professionals, out there.  Your chance has arrived!

Claudia


In article <[log in to unmask]>, "T.Patrick Brennan"
<[log in to unmask]> says:
>
>This year, SEMC's Diversity Commity and Students, Scholarship & Mentors
>Committee will award up to fifteen scholarships to the Annual Meeting,
>October 16-19, Jeckyll Island, GA.  Each scholarship will consist of full
>Annual Meeting registration (includes program sessions, Annual Awards
>Luncheon and three evening events) plus a $375 cash stipend to defray travel
>and lodging costs.  Scholarship recipients will be recognized at the Annual
>Awards Luncheon on Thursday, October 17.
>
>Scholarship catagories are: 1. Students (senior-level undergraduate or
>graduate students preparing for a museum career), 2. Minority Students
>(senior-level undergraduate or graduate students preparing for a museum
>career), 3. Entering Museum Professionals (employed in the museum field for
>24 months or less), 4. Minority Museum Professionals, 5. Museum
>Professionals Working in a Small Museum (museums with annual operating
>budget of $250,000 or less).
>
>Applicants in Category 1. are not required to reside in the southeast, but
>all other applicants must study or work in an institution in the SEMC
>region.  Contact Southeastern Museums Confrence, Post Office Box 3494, Baton
>Rouge, LA 760821-3494 or phone 504.383.5042 fax 504.343.8669.
>
>ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JUNE 28, 1996.
>
>T.Patrick Brennan
>Director, Historic Houses
>The Chrysler Museum of Art
>off: (804) 664-6256
>fax: (804) 441-2329
>email: [log in to unmask]
>http://www.whro.org:80/cl/cmhh/intro.html