AAUW Naperville Area offers $5,000 Angeline Gale Memorial Scholarship

The AAUW Naperville Area is seeking applicants for the $5,000 Angeline Gale Memorial Scholarship for a woman over the age of 26 who is nearing the completion of an undergraduate program.

The 2018 scholarship recipient must have a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0, and be within one year of receiving an associate degree, or having achieved junior status in a bachelor's degree program.

Applicants should reside or attend school in DuPage, Will, Kendall or Kane counties in Illinois. The 2018 scholarship of $5,000 can be awarded to part-time or full-time students, those in traditional or accelerated programs. The candidate may be receiving financial aid. The scholarship committee will interview several women whose applications and personal statements are exemplary. Scholarship finalists who are selected to be interviewed will be asked to provide an official transcript.

The application deadline is March 16. Selection will be made by April 30 and the funds will be dispersed shortly thereafter.

For application and information, visit naperville-il.aauw.net/.

The scholarship is named after Angeline Gale, an educator and founder of our branch. Each year since 1971, the Naperville Branch of AAUW has offered the Angeline Gale Memorial Scholarship to a woman working toward completion of her degree. The scholarship's intent is to encourage women to scholarly pursuits even when their education may have been interrupted for various reasons.