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