Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship for Teachers

The Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship is for teachers of Hawaiian or part Hawaiian descent or who teach children of Hawaiian ancestry. It provides a unique opportunity for the selected teacher to travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., to participate in one of the Space Foundation's summer Space Across the Curriculum courses.
 
The scholarship provides an up-to-$2,000 spending allowance for travel, meals and lodging expenses and full tuition and fees for the selected teacher to attend any one of the five week-long courses.
 
The recipient may elect to receive continuing education or graduate academic credit for the course; graduate credit may be applied toward one of several master's degrees offered by the Space Foundation and partner universities.
 

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Apply by submitting a letter, not exceeding two pages, detailing the motivation for applying, interest in space themes in the classroom, what you hope to gain from the experience and how the knowledge gained will be applied in the classroom. The application letter must be endorsed with a letter of support by a principal or other supervisor.

Applications must be received no later than April 6, 2012, and should be addressed to:

Chrys Rheinbolt
Education Programs Administrator
Space Foundation Discovery Institute
105 Coleridge Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO  80909

The recipient will be notified in early May 2012.

Questions?

Contact the Space Foundation via email at Education@SpaceFoundation.org or call +1.719.955.3241.

Scholarship Honors Space Foundation CEO's Grandmother

Established in 2005 to create special professional development opportunities for teachers of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry or teachers working with students of Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian ancestry and funded by Space Foundation Chief Executive Officer Elliot Holokauahi Pulham and his wife, Cynthia A. Pulham, the scholarship honors the memory of Pulham's grandmother, Lucy Enos, who was born in Pahala, Hawai'i, in 1898. Pictured: Lucy Enos flanked by previous Lucy Enos Memorial Scholarship for Teachers recipients Rod Floro and Jessica Kamalu