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Community Involvement Center

Mailing Address for Couriers:
Rice University
6100 Main Street, MS-200
Houston, TX  77005

Mailing Address for U.S.P.S.:
PO Box 1892
MS-200
Houston, TX  77251-1892

Campus Physical Location:
Rice Memorial Center
2nd Floor
Center for Civic Engagement Suite

service@rice.edu
Phone: 713-348-4970
Fax: 713-348-5885

Rotary Community Service Scholarship

To promote and recognize community service by Rice students, the Rotary Club of West University Place offers an annual $3,000 scholarship in the spring of each year to a continuing undergraduate student at Rice University. The scholarship money will be remitted directly to the recipient's account at Rice University. An important criterion for selection is the applicant's record of community service outside the Rice campus community that embodies the Rotary motto of "Service above Self."

The recipient must have at least one more year at Rice after the current spring semester and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.2.  She or he must also have graduated from high school no later than August 2008 (for spring 2010 applicants).  Finalists will be interviewed and the winner asked to attend a Rotary meeting to accept the award and give a brief talk on his/her service activities. 

  • 2009 Recipient - Matthew Wesley
  • 2008 Recipient - Amanda Venta
  • 2007 Recipient - Pamela Mathai
  • 2006 Recipient - Becky Thilo
  • 2005 Recipient - Jennifer Werdenberg
  • 2004 Recipient - Hanna Garth
  • 2003 Recipient - Aaliya Yaqub
  • 2002 Recipient - Trevor Crowell
  • 2001 Recipient - Brian Solomon
  • 2000 Recipient - Jeff Muñuz
  • 1999 Recipient - Anna DiPerna

Please address any questions about this scholarship to club member Clarence Miller (camill@rice.edu).

  1. Visit the web page of the Rotary Club of West University Place (http://www.westurotary.org) and print the application.
    Note: Application has not yet been posted for the 2009-10 academic year.
  2. Complete the application.
  3. Obtain a copy of your transcript from the Registrar's office.
  4. Bring both your application and transcript to the Community Involvement Center before the deadline set by the Rotary Club of West University.

Application deadline is 5:00pm on Thursday, February 25, 2010.

To learn more about Rotary International's activities with college students and young professionals, visit the web page of the Rotaract Club of West University at http://www.rotaractofriveroaks.org.