ABWA Niagara seeks qualified female college students for scholarship application

The Stephen Bufton Memorial Education Fund is the national scholarship fund of the American Business Women’s Association (“ABWA”). SBMEF was established to help women secure the education needed to achieve their business and professional goals. The fund is named in memory of the son of ABWA founder Hilary A. Bufton Jr. and Ruth H. Bufton.

Amount: $2,000

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Criteria:

1. Must be a female college student (45 credit hours or more already completed at time of application).

2. Is a citizen of the United States and resides in Niagara or Erie County in the state of New York.

3. Is applying to an institute authorized to confer degrees at the baccalaureate level or higher in the Unites States or its possessions, territories, or districts.

4. Has achieved a cumulative grade point average (“GPA”) of 2.5 or better on a 4.0 scale.

5. Is sponsored by an ABWA chapter/network, although one does not need to be a member.

For more information on applying, please contact Maryanne Fechter, Scholarship Chairperson at: maryannegrand@aol.com

Students please send Maryanne name, phone number and email address, we will send you back a login and password to our scholarship website at www.sbmef.org

We are no longer accepting paper copies for the scholarship, everything must be submitted through the website.

The winner will be notified in May and asked to attend our chapter meeting to accept the scholarship.