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Four scholarships of one thousand, five hundred dollars ($1,500) each will be awarded by the Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation to current second or third year veterinary medical students who are attending a College or School of Veterinary Medicine in the United States of America or in Canada this year.

You must submit a complete Application Packet to be considered for the scholarship awards. It must be typed, double-spaced, and submitted to the address below, postmarked no later than January 30, 2009. All information will be strictly confidential, and the decision of the Scholarship Committee will be final. The recipients of the scholarships will be notified as soon as possible after the closing date. Applying for these awards implies your consent for the use of your name in publicity releases.

The Application Packet must be in English and consist of:

Full name

Permanent Address

Address at School Present year of attendance in veterinary medical school (2nd Year or 3rd Year)

A maximum five hundred (500) word essay stating why you are applying; why should we award this scholarship to you. Also include comments on leadership roles, scholarship, special interests and other activities

A resume or curriculum vitae.

A letter of recommendation from a faculty member at your school.

Students should email their application packet as a Word or PDF file to Bonnie Thompson and letters of recommendation can be submitted electronically or by snail mail. When sending by email, please use your edu address:
Subject line: AWVF Scholarship Application.

Please submit completed application to:

Bonnie Thompson
K-State College of Veterinary Medicine
228 Coles Hall
Manhattan, KS 66506-5602
Phone: 785-532-4502
Fax: 785-532-4557
bthomps@vet.ksu.edu

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Tips for the AWVF and Other Scholarships :
Dr. Stacy Pritt

These tips will help you, as a student, gain an important understanding of how to better construct a winning application. While some of the topics are specific to the Association for Women Veterinarians scholarship, many of them apply to need and non-need based scholarships of all types.

What judges are looking for:

Professional and life goals as expressed in the essay section (how will you achieve them, why they are important to you, how do they coincide with the goals of AWVF?) What has inspired you to pursue veterinary medicine and what do you expect to add to the profession Involvement with veterinary and other organizations (i.e. organized veterinary medicine, non-profit organizations, volunteer work, community service, key positions within organizations) Past work experience (how has it been rewarding and what has it taught you)

Before preparing the application:

Keep a record of everything you do from undergraduate years onward Make sure you develop a good rapport with people who can write letters or recommendations Research the award, talk to other winners if possible, read their biographies on the AWVF web site Become a member of the AWVF to gain more information about our organization (Note: membership in AWVF does not necessarily help your chances of winning a scholarship, but it does benefit your professional life in other ways)

The Application:

Try to use the same paper and font for all part of the application that you submit, it is easier on the reader and easier to keep your application together

Essay

Do not exceed the word limit Try several fonts until you find the one most eye catching and appealing (avoid too cute or any font that will attract more attention than your actual words) Try to incorporate a few catchy sentences that the judges will remember Briefly mention any personal struggles, if they exist, and how they have inspired our Discuss activities that are the most important to you and why

The Curriculum Vitae (CV):

A CV is an expanded resume. If you have never seen one, ask a faculty member for a good example. Sections to include

Work experience

Include a brief description of employment and activities, emphasize programs you implemented, key roles in the jobs, and any budget development

Education (all colleges and universities attending, any degrees, overall and major GPAs) Community Activities Honors and Awards Honor Societies Professional organization affiliations Presentations Publications

Letter of Recommendation

Select professors or others that know you, your goals, and your academic achievements. Ask them to describe you as a real person. Make sure they will write you a good recommendation.

General Note - Always have someone good with the written language proof read the entire copy of your final application before submittal.

Dr. Stacy Pritt served on the Cal Poly Pomona Golden Key National Honor Society Scholarship Committee (4 $250 awards), the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society Scholarship Committee (13 $1K awards), and twice on the AWVF Scholarship Committee. She won a $10K Golden Key scholarship for graduate study and the AWVF Honorable Mention in 1996, as a third year student. She has been awarded several other smaller scholarships.

For more information about scholarships or Awards, please contact :

Michelle A. Kutzler DVM, Ph.D
Diplomate, American College of Theriogenologists
Assistant Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-4801
541-737-2858 (reception)
541-737-6952 (voice mail)
541-737-8651 (fax)
Michelle.Kutzler@oregonstate.edu

To donate funds toward the AWVF Scholarship fund, please contact Dr. Deb Nickelson at 602-207-2124 or dnickelson@vpl.com

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