Women's Center Scholarships

The Women’s Center of UNO administers the following scholarships, “workships,” and book awards. For more information, please contact us at (504) 280-7285, or at eblanken@uno.edu.

Attention scholarship applicants: Milneburg Hall will be closed the week of May 18-22 to accommodate electrical work. Please hold on to your scholarship applications until Milneburg Hall, and the Liberal Arts office in Room 273 of that building, re-opens on Monday, May 25.

The Virginia Rosanne Amato Memorial Scholarship

The Virginia Rosanne Amato Memorial Scholarship is being offered in honor of Virginia Rosanne Amato, who was killed in an accident while studying abroad in 1996 at the age of 20. The scholarship is intended to acknowledge hard work, ambition, and motivation on the part of the recipient, not merely traditional academic success. The scholarship will provide in-state tuition and fees at UNO to the recipient for the number of full-time semesters remaining until scheduled graduation. This scholarship is advertised in the Spring and awarded in the Fall.

An applicant must:

• be a registered female undergraduate at UNO, 21 years of age or older
• have completed at least 24 hours of college courses in the past two years
• maintain full-time status (no less than 12 hours a regular semester) upon receipt of the scholarship
• maintain at least a cumulative 2.0 G.P.A.
• demonstrate financial need
• exhibit academic dedication

Download the Amato Scholarship Application

The French Quarter Business Women’s Network Scholarship For Non-Traditional Women Students

The French Quarter Business Women’s Network (FQBWN) is a non-profit organization founded in 1989 by a group of local businesswomen whose mission is dedicated to improving the quality of life and business in the French Quarter. The FQBWN Scholarship for Nontraditional Women Students provides half the cost of in-state tuition and fees for one year (approximately $1000.00 per semester).

Applicants must:

• be a registered, non-traditional (23 years of age or above) woman student at the University of New Orleans
  
• be an undergraduate who maintains full-time standing (no less than 12 hours) upon receipt of the scholarship
• maintain at least a cumulative 2.0 G.P.A.
• demonstrate financial need
• exhibit academic dedication in the face of hardship.

Download the FQBWN Scholarship Application

The Zonta Club Of New Orleans “Workship” For Non-Traditional Women Students

The Zonta Club is an international organization of women working to improve the status of women and the quality of women’s lives. They are particularly committed to improving women’s health and education throughout the world. The Zonta Club “Workship” provides in-state tuition and fees for an undergraduate at the University of New Orleans. In exchange, the recipient completes an internship in the Women’s Center. The “workship” project is directly linked to meeting the needs of returning women students and building on the unique strengths of this student population. Most often this “workship” is awarded to a recipient for the number of full-time semesters remaining until scheduled graduation.

Applicants must:

• be a registered non-traditional woman student (25 years of age or above) at the University of New Orleans
• be an undergraduate working on first bachelor’s degree
• be an undergraduate who has completed at least 24 hours of college courses
• be in full-time standing (no less than twelve hours) upon receipt of the scholarship
• demonstrate financial need
• have and maintain a 2.5 grade point average or above
• exhibit academic dedication in the face of hardship.

Download the Zonta Scholarship Application

Book Awards

The Jacquelene (Jackie) Seal Book Award

The Jacquelene (Jackie) Seal Book Award is offered by the UNO Student Support Services (SSS) program and provides $250 to a woman student. Preference is given to applicants who are current and active participants with the SSS program. Jackie was a very active student with SSS. Days before her scheduled May 2000 graduation, she became a fatal victim of domestic violence. The SSS program offers this award in memory of Jackie and her strong commitment to succeed academically in the face of many hardships. This academic year (2009-2010), one award will be offered each semester, fall and spring. A student may receive this award for only one semester.

Diversity Affairs Book Award

The Diversity Affairs Book Award is offered by the University of New Orleans Diversity Affairs Program and provides $250 to an undergraduate student (male or female) who has demonstrated a commitment to diversity awareness and education. This award will be offered to four individual deserving students, two in the fall, and two in the spring. A student may receive this award for only one semester.

Shades Of Black Book Award

The Shades of Black Book Award provides $250 to a woman student of African descent. The Shades of Black Book Club consists of twelve members connected by family and friendship, some of whom attended the University of New Orleans. In celebration of the power of literacy and academic accomplishments, this award is given to a deserving student in the Spring Semester only.

Each applicant for any of the above book awards must:

• be a registered woman student at the University of New Orleans (Diversity Award applicants may be male or female)
• be an undergraduate student*
• be in full- or part-time standing (no less than six hours)
• demonstrate financial need
• demonstrate academic commitment (must not be on academic probation)
• exhibit academic dedication in the face of hardship.

Download the Book Award Application

Submitting Your Application

Gather your letters of recommendation first, before faculty members leave for the summer. If you are applying for more than one scholarship, ask the people writing your letters to address them to Dear Scholarship Committee, and to provide you multiple signed copies. You may submit one overall application for the book awards, but you must submit individual application, each with recommendation letters and copies of your transcript, for the other three scholarships. You may ask your college adviser to print out a Webstar transcript for you rather than purchase a transcript from the Registrar, but be prepared to submit an official transcript if the scholarship committee requests it.

All scholarship and book award applications are due no later than Friday, June 5, at 4:30 p.m. Make and save a copy your documents before submitting them in a large envelope marked with your name and the name of the scholarship for which you are applying. Submit your application packet at the College of Liberal Arts, Room 273 in Milneburg Hall.