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 semester 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 2010 (for spring 2012 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.
- 2011 Recipient - David Younger
- 2010 Recipient - Daniel LaSalle
- 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). Further information about the Rotary club of West University may be found on its website (http://www.westurotary.org).
- Download the Rotary Community Service Scholarship application.
- Complete the application.
- Visit Esther (http://esther.rice.edu) and log in to view your unofficial transcript.
- Create a Adobe Acrobat .pdf version of your transcript either by printing it from Esther or scanning it. If you need assistance with this step, contact Mac Griswold (713-348-6163) before 5:00pm on Tuesday, February 21.
- E-mail both documents (application and unofficial transcript) to Clarence Miller (camill@rice.edu) before the deadline set by the Rotary Club of West University.
Application Deadline: 5:00 pm on Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
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. For general information on Rotary International and its' service activities, visit http://www.rotary.org.