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Illinois Geographical Society's Two Annual Community
College Student Awards:
- Outstanding Community College Student Geographer
- Charles Womack Award
The Outstanding Community College
Student Geographer Award
This award goes to a student who excelled in one
or more geography classes within the past year. The
recipient does not have to be a major in geography. The
student receives a financial award and recognition at the
IGS Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony. Nominate no more
than two students. We will contact you if your student
will receive the award so you can encourage them to
attend the meeting and ceremony.
For nomination form see link at right.
The Charles Womack Award
This award is for an outstanding two-year
student intending on majoring in geography. A maximum of
one award is issued per year. The student receives a
financial award and recognition at the IGS Annual Meeting
and Awards Ceremony. We will contact you if your student
will receive the award so you can encourage him/ her to
attend the ceremony.
The scholarship was established at the 1996 IGS annual
meeting in Normal, Illinois. It was initially funded by
friends and relatives of Charles "Chuck" Womack to honor
his memory and perpetuate his spirit. Chuck was an
outstanding teacher of geography at Lake Land Community
College in Mattoon. He was well-known, highly respected,
and well-liked in his local community and among the
members of IGS. Our Society is very pleased to join with
his family in establishing this award to honor Chuck's
lasting educational contributions to the people of
Illinois.
We will contact you if your student will receive the
award so you can encourage them to attend the meeting and
ceremony.
Charles Womack Memorial Scholarship Nomination
Guidelines
1. The student must be nominated by an
Illinois community college instructor.
2. The student must be currently or within the past
year enrolled in an Illinois community college.
3. The student should be planning to pursue an
undergraduate degree in geography.
4. The student should, in the opinion of the
nominating instructor, be a person of moral character
and superior academic ability, and who has
demonstrated promise of development as a geographer
by:
- Keen discipline and interest in the
subject.
- Perception of geographic philosophies and
concepts.
- Mastery of cartographic, computer, mathematical
or writing skills.
5. The student must have completed, at the time of
nomination, at least 30 semester or 45 quarter hours
of college course work.
6. The student must have earned a GPA of at least
3.0 on a four-point scale, or a 4.0 on a five-point
scale. The student's GPA must be included on the
nomination form in order to be considered for this
award.
7. Please list all geography courses taken and
grades earned.
8. Please list any geography course(s) the student
is currently enrolled.
9. Additional comments are welcome and will be
considered.
For nomination form see link at right.
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Nomination Forms:
Click on the links below for nomination forms in the MS
Word format (.doc).
Completed forms can be sent by April 5, 2013 via
e-mail or USPS:
Mark Healy
mhealy@harpercollege.edu
Business and Social Science Division
William Rainey Harper College
1200 W. Algonquin Rd.
Palatine, IL 60067
For more information call or email Mark Healy
at:
e: mhealy@harpercollege.edu
w: 847-925-6352
h: 815-728-1571
c: 815-861-7265
2013 IGS Annual Meeting and Conference
The 2013 Annual Meeting and Conference of the
Illinois Geographical Society will be held April 26-27 in
Peoria, IL.
- Friday, April 26 (field trip, banquet and awards
ceremony)
- Saturday, April 27 (keynote address, conference,
and annual meeting).
For more information and conference registration forms
please go the Society's website at: http://www.cod.edu/igs/
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