JONES SCHOLARSHIP
WHAT YOU COULD RECEIVE:
You could receive a scholarship that pays up to $2,200 for in-state tuition for Spring Semester. The winner will be notified in December.
WHO CAN APPLY :
This scholarship is for a USU graduate or undergraduate student with a record of high academic achievement and community service, majoring in one or more of the following departments: Communications; English; History; Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication; Liberal Arts and Sciences; Political Science; Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology; or Economics. Expected graduation date must not be before May. Applicants from the rural parts of Utah, Southeastern Idaho, and Southwestern Wyoming will be given preference in selection. Your letter of application should demonstrate a connection to these rural areas and an interest in studying and understanding the Mountain West and its people.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit a letter of application, a resume, a current USU transcript (unofficial transcripts are acceptable) or a transcript from previous colleges (for transfer students), and the names and contact information of three references. There is no application form. Your letter should tell about yourself, your interests, your experience, and your community service, as well as why you are interested in this scholarship.
Selection of recipient shall be made by the scholarship committee of the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.
For more information call 435-797-3630 or stop by the Mountain West Center, Old Main, Room 303. Applications must be received by noon on October 27, 2008. Please submit all application materials to: (Please be sure to include your complete contact information)
Jones Scholarship
Mountain West Center for Regional Studies
Utah State University
Old Main 303
UMC 0735
Logan, UT 84322-0735
The scholarship recipient will be notified in December.
ABOUT GARTH AND MARIE JONES:
Garth and Marie Jones traded life in sophisticated New York City for the frontier community of Anchorage, Alaska. In 1973, Garth became the founding dean of the School of Business and Public Policy, and Marie the circulation librarian for the new University of Alaska.
Their previous employment assignments for the United States government have been in exotic Ponage in the Eastern Caroline Islands, Jogjakarta on the Island of Java in Indonesia, the Muslim city of Lahore in Pakistan, the lovely island of Oahu, and the sophisticated Chinese university town of Mucha, Taiwan.
Garth's first teaching assignment at the University of Utah gave way to Pennsylvania State University, Brigham Young University, Colorado State University, and the University of Southern California. He developed programs at University of Gadja Mada, Indonesia, at the University of Punjab in Pakistan, and the National Chengchi University in Taiwan, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. The East West Center in Honolulu gave him the opportunity to write.
Garth and Marie are the proud parents of Dr. Drew L., a dentist (University of Oregon Health Science Center); Dr. G. Kevin (SJD University of Virginia School of Law); and Edward, who is a training officer of the State of Alaska. Edward's wife, Susan, is an Anchorage elementary school teacher. Granddaughter Dolly Sri and her husband Peter Douglas Pixton graduated from BYU, class of '97, and grandson Matthew has seen the light and is a graduate student in economics at Utah State University.
Garth has authored numerous books and article. His avocation is Mormon history. Marie is an avid fisherman. Garth and Marie have established a scholarship endowment fund in the Mountain West Center for Regional Studies. Recipients of the Jones Family Scholarship are undergraduate or graduate students majoring in the humanities or social sciences (including economics) with a record of high academic achievement. Students with backgrounds from rural Utah are given particular preference for selection. Garth and Marie encourage recipients to contribute the amounts they receive back to the scholarship endowment to benefit future generations of students, but this is not a requirement.