Scholarships are awarded to students majoring in one of the disciplines of the fine arts or library science. Fine arts are considered to be painting, drawing, design, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, glassworks, literature, film or other video recordings, and the performing arts including but not limited to: music, dance and theater.
Effective 2022, scholarships will also be available for staff of the Ely Public Library that are pursuing coursework in Library Science.
Donald G. Gardner Humanities Trust Scholarships may be granted to Ely Memorial High School graduates or an Ely area resident for the past five years. Students must be in their third or fourth year of school or graduate level courses.
Scholarships may be renewable.
Preference shall be given for scholarships which will directly benefit the City of Ely and surrounding area.
Ability and seriousness of purpose are among the considerations for each scholarship.
The Gardner Trust Board reserves the right to request the student to verify his/her major with a written statement from the college. The Gardner Trust Board also reserves the right to award scholarship monies only for actual credits taken by the student up to and including the amount of the scholarship awarded and only for the intended period of the scholarship.
The Trustees may award wholly at the discretion of the Trustees and reserve the right to deny any or all scholarship applications. The Trust recognizes the equivalent of 12 or more term credits as full-time, 9-11 term credits as three-quarter time and 6-8 credits as half-time enrollment. Should a scholarship recipient's enrollment status change, the scholarship award may be changed accordingly.
One third or one half of the scholarship will be disbursed after the successful completion of each quarter or semester, whichever applies, within 3-4 weeks after copies of grades for the term are submitted to the Trust.
Grade documents must clearly display your name, student ID number, quarter, or semester, and completed courses and grades.
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