AAUW Venice Web Page
August 2024
Non-Traditional Scholarship for Sarasota County Women
The Venice Branch AAUW (American Association of University Women) continues to provide financial assistance, through a scholarship fund, to women residents of Sarasota County.
A non-traditional student is one whose family or other obligations required an interruption in studies prior to resuming higher education (Re-entry), or one who waited until later in life to start higher education (Delayed Entry).
The scholarships are normally funded through proceeds raised by an AAUW Home Tour held each February administered in a partnership with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. However because of the pandemic the last two years and the recent hurricane, our branch has had to cancel the event. Even so, our membership donated money to the Scholarship Fund and this year we awarded scholarships of $2500 to five extraordinary women.
The AAUW Home Tour is scheduled for February 2025! Details coming soon!
SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS
The candidate MUST:
- Be a resident of Sarasota County. If using a post office box number, verification of residency must be sent.
- Provide proof of application or enrollment in an accredited institution of higher education.
- Complete the scholarship application for Gulf Coast Community Foundation. Go to www.gulfcoastcf.org/scholarships.
- Interviews with the AAUW Scholarship Committee are required.
- In addition to the above requirements, candidates for the Re-Entry Scholarship must have previously attended an accredited institution of higher education before studies were interrupted.
- Enclose official verification showing dates of these previous studies.
- Forward a copy of the most recent transcript and proof of current enrollment.
- These requirements will be evidenced in your application to Gulf Coast Community Foundation
- Successful scholarship recipients may re-apply for immediate subsequent years
- Scholarship winners will be notified by e-mail.
PAT WEBER AAUW VENICE USF SCHOLARSHIP
A partnership with USF continues to grow. Two young women will receive monies from the Pat Weber Scholarship Fund, which AAUW Venice established last year to honor Pat for her STEM contributions throughout the years. A small committee, consisting of Bobbi Amero, Kathleen Pickering, Marge Ostrom, and Kaitlyn Kramer, the Associate Director of Development Advancement, has met a few times to discuss additional opportunities for AAUW going forward.