Scholarships and Academic Awards Committee

Charge

1. To recommend application requirements, selection standards, and objective evaluation methods for the annual scholarship competitions; to recommend scholarship recipients and identify runners-up. 
2. To review current scholarships and awards and make recommendations about creating or retiring awards.
3. To recruit, assign, and communicate with evaluators for each of the award cycles.
4. As necessary, coordinate with Service and Partnership committees in the judging of applications for internships.
5. To determine and implement best practices with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Chair

Amy Gates, Midwestern Regent, Chair

Members

Sonia Mae Brown	Southwestern Regent	Board Member
Ami Comeford	Secretary	Board Member
Mary Clai Jones	High Plains Regent	Board Member
Margaret Oakes	Southern Regent	Board Member
Carie King	Editor of Society Publications	Board Affiliate
Chris Lockwood	Associate Executive Director	Central Office
Donna Newsome	Secretary/Historian	Sigma Kappa Delta
Joan Reeves	President	Sigma Kappa Delta
Simone Billings	Non-Board Volunteer	Advisor Emeritus/Deltan
Chih-Ping Chen	Non-Board Volunteer	Advisor
Lori Cummings	Non-Board Volunteer	Advisor
Bellee Jones-Pierce	Non-Board Volunteer	Advisor
Damjana Mraović-O’Hare	Non-Board Volunteer	Advisor
Karen Beth Strovas	Non-Board Volunteer	Advisor