Jack R. Luskay Scholarship
Monday, 22 November 2010 19:29
Click here to view the brochure for the Jack R. Luskay Scholarship.
The Jack R. Luskay Memorial Scholarship will send its first honoree to the PSLA Conference in April, 2011. Jack R. Luskay helped found the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association. He became the chief designer of its organizational structure and architect for its annual conference. No scholarship could have greater meaning as a lasting memorial to him.
In 2011, $500 will be awarded for this scholarship to be used toward transportation, registration fee, membership dues, and hotel/meal expenses for the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Conference. In order to apply for this scholarship, a candidate must:
1. Be a practicing or prospective school librarian enrolled in a school library certification program in the state of Pennsylvania [one year minimum residence required.]
2. Be able to demonstrate personal or district/organization financial need.
3. Complete an application and include a one-page essay describing his/her dedication to and the need for life-long learning as it applies to a professional school librarian.
4. Submit one letter of reference.
5. Compile a one-page summary of the experience and submit it to the PA School Librarians Association Board of Directors after attending the conference.
An Advisory Committee of no less than three and no more than five persons consisting of designees of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association will select the scholarship winner (subject to the approval of the Board of Directors of The Pittsburgh Foundation). No member of the Advisory Committee, or his/her immediate family, shall be eligible for scholarship assistance during his or her tenure on the Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee retains the right to withhold scholarship grants in any year if no candidate is determined to be qualified. The Pittsburgh Foundation shall notify the chosen scholarship recipient (s) of its decision. All scholarship checks will be made payable to both the recipient and the Pennsylvania School Librarians Association.
To apply for The Jack R. Luskay Memorial Scholarship go to the Pittsburgh Foundation Website at the following link: http://www.pittsburghfoundation.org/scholarship_search. In the search box type the word Luskay. Under the results, a link will appear for this scholarship. Open that link. At the bottom of that page describing the scholarship you will find the application. Download the application and fill it out. Return it with the accompanying documents required by February 11, 2011 to:
The Jack R. Luskay Memorial Scholarship
Attn: Deborah L. Turner
Scholarship Coordinator
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Five PPG Place, Suite 250
Pittsburgh PA 15222-5414