This scholarship is for Rhode Island women with financial need who plan to attend graduate school to obtain a law degree at an accredited institution.
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Rhode Island Commission on Women/Freda Goldman Education Award
This award will be given to Rhode Island women to assist with transportation, child-care, tutoring, educational materials, and/or other support services. Preference will be given to highly motivated, self-supporting, low-income women who are completing their first undergraduate degree or certificate program.
Calvin College A.M.D.G. Scholarship
International and U.S. college sophomores, juniors and/or seniors are eligible for this award. Students must be enrolled in a pre-architecture program at Calvin College.
GFWC Women’s Club of South County Scholarship
This scholarship is available for female Washington County (RI) residents who are 21 years of age or older. Students must be enrolled or registered in an educational or job skills training program and working toward their first degree (associate or bachelor’s) or certificate.
Naomi Mildred Nicoll Scholarship Fund
This award is available for U.S. female undergraduate students who graduate from Litchfield or Wamogo high schools in Litchfield, Connecticut, and reside in Litchfield, Warren, Morris, or Goshen, Connecticut. Each applicant must be the daughter of a single, working mother who cannot otherwise afford college, and must have a grade point average of B- (2.75) or higher.
Waterbury Women’s Club Scholarship Fund
This award is available for U.S. high school seniors and adult students who are entering their freshman year that reside in the Connecticut Community Foundation’s 21-town service area. Students must plan to major in nursing and have a grade point average of B- or higher.
Helene M. Overly Memorial Graduate Scholarship
International and U.S. female graduate students who plan to pursue a career in a transportation-related field are eligible for this award. Students must be affiliated with a specific WTS chapter and have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Donald & Ruth Agnes Kaplan Memorial Scholarship Fund
This award is available for U.S. female high school seniors and adult students who are entering their freshman year of college who have been residents of one of the following Connecticut cities for the past four years: Cheshire, Naugatuck, Prospect, Waterbury, Watertown, or Woodbury. Students must attend an accredited college or university in New York, the New England states, or Israel; major in a health-related field; and have a grade point average of B- or …
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Chicana/Latina Foundation Scholarship
This award is available for female students in Northern California who are of Chicana/Latina heritage. Applicant must have completed 12 or more credit hours as an undergraduate or be accepted or enrolled in a graduate program, and must have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher (3.0 or higher if a graduate student) at the time of application.
Lois Livingston McMillen Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is open to incoming and current female undergraduate students who reside in the Connecticut Community Foundation’s 21-town service area. Students must have a grade point average of B- (2.75) or higher, and must pursue an artistic career (preference to those pursuing painting and design).