Luellen Laurenti Scholarship

The Luellen Laurenti Scholarship Fund was established in 2001 by the Women's Studies Program of Illinois State University, with the assistance of Joseph L. Laurenti, in memory of Luellen Laurenti. Luellen, a long-time stalwart in the women's movement in Illinois and lobbyist for women's rights, passed away in June 2000. This scholarship will help preserve Luellen Laurenti's memory and legacy through the successes of the Illinois State University Women's and Gender Studies students who receive the scholarship.

Luellen Laurenti who taught in the Department of Foreign Languages and the Women's Studies Program at Illinois State University. She moved to central Illinois in 1963 to teach Spanish and to direct the foreign languages laboratory at Illinois State. For a number of years, she taught the introductory women's studies course, "Women Today." In the years after she left teaching, she continued to work with Women's Studies on a variety of co-curricular programs.

The scholarship, is awarded annually and provides support in the amount of $1,000 for an outstanding undergraduate Women's and Gender Studies minor.

Requirements

To be eligible to apply, students must:

• Be enrolled as a full-time or part-time student in good standing at Illinois State University;
• Have declared or are in the process of declaring a minor in Women's and Gender Studies;
• Have completed or are enrolled in at least one course in the Women's and Gender Studies Program;
• Be in their sophomore or junior year;
• Have a cummulative GPA of 3.0 or higher based on a 4.0 system at the time of the application.

Application Procedure

• Download the Luellen Laurenti Scholarship Application for 2013.
• Provide a statement addressing your interest in Women's and Gender Studies, career goals, and volunteer activities / community service.
• Enclose a letter of recommendation, from a WGS faculty member.
• Application must be received by 4.00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2012. Send your applications electronically or deliver hard copies to the Women's and Gender Studies offices, 231 Rachel Cooper Hall.
• For more information, please see the Luellen Laurenti Scholarship Brochure.