2020 Scholarship Reception Booklet

Club Managers Association of America, Stout Student Chapter (CMAA) Annual Scholarship The Club Managers Association of America Scholarship is made available by the student org’s fundraising efforts thought the year. Professionalism, Leadership, and Education are the cornerstones that CMAA is built on and this scholarship was created to assist the organizations members with the funding of their education. Students with a sophomore or higher standing, at least a 3.0 GPA, and majoring in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, or Golf Enterprise Management programs or related minors with an emphasis in the hospitality or service field are encouraged to apply. Applicants are required to be an active national member of CMAA and must provide a letter of recommendation from the Advisor, President, or Vice President of CMAA. The annual awards are $2,500. Charles C. Coker Graduate Scholarship Charles Coker’s family and friends established this scholarship in his memory upon his death in August 2013. After a career in the Navy and obtaining his M.A. in clinical psychology and Ph.D. in experimental psychology, Chuck moved to Menomonie in 1975 to begin a position in the Stout Vocational Rehabilitation Institution. Chuck retired from the university in 2000 after 25 years as a research scientist having written many grants, articles and reports and working on numerous projects related to the field of vocational rehabilitation. In retirement, he founded Research Solutions International (RSI) with the mission of developing internet based program evaluation tools to assist rehabilitation organizations in improving the delivery of employment and social services to individuals with and without disabilities. The scholarship is awarded to a full-time graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.25 in the M.S. vocational rehabilitation program. The annual award is $1,000. Tyler Trombley Patricia Coker Endowed Graduate Scholarship Patricia Coker, who died of cancer in 1991, was a woman of determination who taught until her illness made it impossible. The scholarship recipient must be committed to a service career and a graduate student in one of the following majors: applied psychology, education, school counseling, marriage and family therapy, clinical mental health counseling, school psychology or vocational rehabilitation. The annual award is $1,000. Katelynn Walker Rachael Leystra Nilufar Umarova

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