2021 Scholarship Reception Booklet

Annual and Endowed Scholarships

Club Managers Association of America, Stout Student Chapter (CMAA) Annual Scholarship The Club Managers Association of America Scholarship is made available by the student organization’s fundraising efforts throughout the year. Professionalism, leadership, and education are the cornerstones that CMAA is built on and this scholarship was created to assist the organization’s members with the funding of their education. Students with a sophomore or higher standing, a 3.0 GPA or higher, and a major in hotel, restaurant, and tourism management, golf enterprise management, 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 adviser, president, or vice president of CMAA. The annual award is $1,500. Nilufar Umarova Charles C. Coker Graduate Scholarship This scholarship was established by the family and friends of Charles Coker 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. This 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 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 recipient of this scholarship must be committed to a service career and a graduate student majoring in applied psychology, education, school counseling, marriage and family therapy, clinical mental health counseling, school psychology, or vocational rehabilitation. The annual award is $1,000. Michael Dorfman award is $1,000. Andrew Beaudry

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