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FMAF Welcomes Scholarship Applications
The Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation accepts applications directly for certain scholarships included in our Scholarship Search. Click on the links below to download the specific application you are interested in. Information related to and the qualifying criteria for each scholarship is outlined in the details below.
Please visit our Scholarship Search engine for a complete listing of all the scholarships that are offered via the various funds of the Foundation.
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What is it? An opportunity to apply for an award given to female high school seniors in the arts. Awards will be given at the 13th annual "Celebration of Women and Their Music" event on Saturday, February 20, 2010. Award winners must be able to attend this event.
 The awards are as follows:
$500 Mary Ellen Thompson "Celebration of Women and Their Music" Award
$500 Karen Stoker Arts Support Award
$250 Red River Counseling Visual Arts Award
$250 Vicki Smith-Williams and Dwight Williams Award
$250 Vinz Writing Award
$250 "Dancing Queen" Award
$250 "Ekberg Goddess" Award
Awards have been given to a wide variety of young female artists including musicians, vocalists, dancers, folk singers, and visual artists; the awards committee is also interested in painters, photographers, sculptors (i.e., any of the visual arts), writers, dramatists, theater technicians, culinary artists, etc. The application process is easy. Just download the awards application form and the submission of work form below, fill them out, and send them in with the appropriate material for being judged by the application deadline.
The "Celebration of Women and Their Music" annual event at the historic Fargo Theatre features regional women performing a variety of musical genres from jazz to classical to folk. Each year new artists participate in the show along with select returning favorites from previous years. You may learn more about the event and/or the awards by contacting Deb Jenkins at 701-235-1059, debgreatheart@aol.com or Jeanne Beare at 218-329-6243, jeannebeare@702com.net or by visiting: www.myspace.com/celebrationofwomen
APPLICATION DEADLINE: EXTENDED TO 4:30 pm - January 20, 2010 | |
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The Foundation accepts scholarship applications for The Women@Microsoft Hoppers Scholarship.
The Women@Microsoft group was founded in the fall of 1990 with the purpose of making Microsoft a great place for women. We seek solutions to the issues that affect women, and we provide support to each other. As a natural progression, we are committed to reaching out to the community. One of our efforts in accomplishing this goal is establishing the Women@Microsoft Hoppers Scholarship to provide financial support for higher education to female students who are pursuing a degree in Computer Science.
A successful candidate will be a female student who has shown outstanding academic performance, with special emphasis placed on academic achievement, character, and qualities of leadership while demonstrating financial need.
One scholarship in the amount of $1,500 will be awarded, in addition to one piece of Microsoft Software.
The following criteria must be met in order to apply:
• Female Student
• GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Accepted or enrolled in a college or university located in the state of ND, SD or MN
• Be an undergraduate with a declared major of either Computer Science or a
related Computer Science intensive discipline
• Complete all sections of the application
• Application must be submitted to the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation postmarked by April 17, 2009 . | |
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This scholarship encourages and supports young women pursuing an education in the arts. The scholarship is for female high school seniors who attend school within a 100-mile radius of Fargo-Moorhead. “Arts” may include but are not limited to: literature, music, visual arts, drama, dance, design, technical theater or culinary arts.
The Celebration of Women and Their Music Concert initiated an endowment fund at the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation to provide an annual scholarship. The benefit concert was developed in 1998 by a group of local female artists, organized by Deborah J. Jenkins, a local musician. The annual concert features talented musicians, songwriters, and artists from the surrounding region. Proceeds from the concert are deposited into a permanent endowment at the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 4:30 pm - April 22, 2009 | |
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Dakota Supply Group is a regional distributor of electrical, mechanical, utility, communications, automation, waterworks, filtration and metering technology products and services. The company, with sixteen locations in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, has a strong interest in making sure students pursue training and education in the trade industries.
Combining this business interest with philanthropy has resulted in the establishment of the DSG Education Connection Fund, a scholarship fund with the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation. The Fund will provide scholarships for individuals who wish to be trained and educated in the trade industries. Careers in the trades include Contractor, Electrician, Plumber, Utility Worker, HVAC Technician, Communications Technician, Automation Control/Electronics and more.
The DSG Education Connection Fund is providing multiple scholarships to individuals who are pursuing an education and a career in the trade industries throughout DSG's service area. Scholarships will be awarded in the spring, and all applicants will be notified by mail.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1: Go to www.dsgfund.com and print off the scholarship application.
Step 2: Fill out the application and attach a short essay.
Step 3: Attach your high school transcript (or if already attending college, your college transcript).
Step 4: If in high school, make sure to attach your college acceptance letter, or equivalent (if available).
Step 5: Mail your completed application to:
DSG Education Connection Fund
c/o Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
502 First Avenue North, Suite 202
Fargo, ND 58102-4804
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 30, 2009
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Jocelyn Burdick established this memorial scholarship fund in 1994 in memory of her husband, Quentin N. Burdick. The scholarship is awarded each year to a North Dakota high school student who plans to continue their education. Recipients must have manifested accomplishments in and demonstrated an interest in public service.
Application Deadline: April 30 | |
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The Foundation welcomes scholarship applications for the Kathryn P. Bond Scholarship which will be awarded for the 2009/2010 academic year and will follow the student through their years at an accredited university.
Mrs. Bond created this fund to assist graduate students in continuing their education in the areas of medicine, social services and/or political sciences. The multi-year scholarship is awarded to advance the pursuits of qualified students who are interested in coming back to or staying in North Dakota after receiving their higher education.
Kathryn Bond's dedication to our region and the people who call it home lives on in her legacy by providing educational opportunities to graduate students committed to enhancing our communities.
The following criteria must be met in order to apply:
• Student must be at the graduate level enrolled in an accredited program studying the fields of
medicine, social service or political science;
• Individual from Cass County, North Dakota or Clay County, Minnesota (or immediate surrounding area)
who has indicated an interest in coming back to the region to practice;
• Undergraduate academic achievement will be considered;
• 4-year renewable award; student must be considered to be in good standing by the academic institution
and maintain a GPA of 2.5 or above;
• Application must be submitted to Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation by May 1st, 2009 . | |
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The Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation is pleased to announce this competitive scholarship for individuals from the Fargo-Moorhead area attending medical school.
This scholarship was established by Libby Bushell in memory of her late husband, Robert P. Bushell, MD (1932-1980) to recognize those who are pursuing a career in the medical field. The scholarship will be awarded for the 2008-2009 academic year and may be renewable for four years provided that the student is considered to be in good standing by the academic institution.
The following criteria must be met in order to apply:
• Individual from the Fargo-Moorhead area attending medical school at the
University of North Dakota, Ohio State University, or UMD School of Medicine at Duluth;
• Preference will be given to those with financial need;
• Academic achievement will be considered;
• Potentially a 4-year renewable award.
Committed for 2009-2010 | |
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The Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation is pleased to announce this competitive scholarship for students majoring in a field with a strong mathematics component.
This scholarship was established by Doris Hertsgaard to recognize young women from three local campuses who are studying a field of mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering or physical science. The Scholarship will be awarded for the 2009/2010 academic year. Recipient is eligible to reapply in subsequent years.
The following criteria must be met in order to apply:
• Female Student currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate degree student
at either Concordia, MSUM or NSDU;
• Majoring in an area with a mathematics component. Priority for students in the
following fields of study: mathematics, computer science, statistics, engineering
or physical science;
• Preference will be given to a woman who is a single parent with pre-teenage children;
• Academic achievement will be ranked higher than financial need;
• Recipients of this scholarship are eligible to reapply in subsequent academic years;
• Application must be returned to FMAF by May 8th, 2009 | |
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Ms. Elsie Raer created the Raer Family Scholarship Fund with the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation, which is dedicated to the family's distinct and unique charitable causes. Elsie Raer and her sisters Charlotte and Gertrud displayed sincere passions and deep concerns for a variety of charitable causes. As they grew older, they researched, studied, and developed a passion for elder care education and the concept of "care for the caregiver."
A young German family of modest means, the Raer Family came to America in 1912. Nearly 100 years later, the youngest daughter Elsie, assured that the legacy of the Raer Family will live forever, established the Raer Family Fund.
 Elsie was born September 9, 1916, in Moorhead, Minnesota, where she grew up and graduated from high school. Elsie and her two older sisters, Charlotte and Gertrud, lived together their entire lives, mostly in the Fargo and Detroit Lakes area. Through mutual agreement the sisters agreed the two older sisters would maintain the household while Elsie pursued an education. Elsie graduated from Minnesota State University Moorhead and earned a Master's degree from the University of Southern California. Elsie then returned to Fargo where she taught physical education at North Dakota State University and at Northfield, Minnesota for 35 years.
On August 9, 2006 at the age of 89 years old, Elsie joined her sisters Charlotte and Gertrud in death. Elsie left $1.85 million to the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation to establish the Raer Family Fund, where 45 percent is dedicated to scholarships for students of the Fargo-Moorhead area. The Raer Family Scholarship Fund will be used to provide education assistance for students and is renewable for three additional years, not to exceed four years.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Individuals residing within a 100 mile radius of Fargo who are accepted into a nursing program with a
strong focus on geriatric care at a higher education institution within that same radius;
• Must demonstrate a commitment to return to the Fargo-Moorhead area to provide care for the elderly;
• Preference will be given to applicants who are currently employed by Bethany Homes, Fargo, ND, and
Eventide, Moorhead, MN, when their application is accompanied by a letter of reference from the
above organizations.
Application Deadline for 2009/2010 School Year - May 20th, 2009 | |
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Quentin N. Burdick Memorial Scholarship
