Below, please find the latest information on the Emily M. Hewitt Scholarship that Calaveras Big Trees Association if offering this year. Please pass this information along to all appropriate departments at your school.  Thank you.

EMILY M. HEWITT MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP FUND

PURPOSE

To provide a monetary award of $1,000.00 for a promising upper division or graduate student who shows a commitment to communicate and interpret a love of nature and an understanding of need to practice conservation..

ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility for application is extended to any student or graduate student enrolled full-time in an accredited California post-secondary educational institution whose educational career goals clearly coincide with Emily’s interest in communicating and interpreting nature’s wonder.  Students pursuing degrees in environmental protection, forestry, wildlife and fisheries biology, parks and recreation, park management, environmental law and public policy, environmental art, and California history are encouraged to apply.  Dedication ideals of the scholarship will be considered at least as important as financial need in making the award.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

A completed application should include the following:

• Statement of personal and career goals.
• Resume (and portfolio if applicable).
• Transcripts of all college work completed to date- (can be “unofficial” transcript)

Materials sent on behalf of the applicant become the property of the Calaveras Big Trees Association and will not be returned.  If submitting artwork, please use high quality color photos of originals.
Contact:  Sue Hoffmann @ 209.795.3840
Applications must be postmarked by APRIL 16, 2010.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO:
CBTA Emily M. Hewitt Memorial Scholarship Fund
P.O. Box 1196
Arnold, CA 95223

Attach and send with other documents:

Name: __________________________________ Phone (    ) ___________

Address:  ________________________________________________________

   ________________________________________________________

College Major: ___________________________________________________

Award will be made at the CBTA Annual Meeting and Picnic in June – date to be determined. Recipient should be willing to travel to Calaveras Big Trees State Park.  Funds will be distributed to recipient through the college scholarship office upon enrollment for the Fall Semester.