WEEKEND: AAUW Port Townsend to award Jefferson scholarships Saturday

Published 12:01 am Friday, May 15, 2015

PORT TOWNSEND — Scholar recognition is the focus of the upcoming meeting of AAUW Port Townsend and its affiliate, the University Women’s Foundation of Jefferson County, this Saturday.

The scholarships will be given to young women in East Jefferson County at the meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Fort Worden Chapel.

Everyone is welcome.

Awards will be presented to three students who are graduating from area high schools, two returning college students and two college women who will receive the Elmira K. Beyer Endowed Scholarship and the Academic Endowed Scholarship.

AAUW/UWF also will announce the winner of the new Lisa T. Painter Scholarship and three recipients who are pursuing studies in law, medicine or fine arts.

Renewal scholarships will be awarded to last year’s high school winners who have maintained qualifying grade point averages during their first year of college.

In addition, nine high school students will receive STEM awards to encourage their interest in science, technology, engineering and math, and six incoming eighth-grade girls will be announced as recipients of scholarships to attend a week of Tech Trek camp at Pacific Lutheran University.

In addition to providing these scholarships, AAUW and UWF will contribute more than $10,000 toward local projects for the 2015-16 school year, including middle school career days and elementary school programs in phonics, literacy and math.

For more information on AAUW programs and membership, visit www.pt-wa.aauw.net or phone Anne Englander at 360-390-5896.