Featured byIllinois State University
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
One
Grant
Value unknown
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
Mary McMullan Packwood established the Mary M. Packwood Art Education Graduate Student Scholarship in 1982 to encourage superior academic performance at the graduate level in art education at Illinois State University. Mrs. Packwood held both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from the University of Missouri and was recognized nationally in her field. She taught in the Department of Art for 11 years and made significant contributions to the recruitment of outstanding students. Packwood was the author of “Art Education in the Elementary School” which was published in 1967. She served on the National Art Education Association Board of Directors, and as President of both the Western Arts Association and the Illinois Art Education Association. The Mary M. Packwood Art Education Graduate Student Scholarship is a testament to Packwood’s commitment to fostering excellence in the field of art teacher education.
Benefits
The benefits and monetary value of the scholarship are unknown.
Eligibility
- The applicant must be accepted into a graduate program in art and submit examples of their and their students' art work, writing, college transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and GRE scores. The applicant must be a certified teacher of art in an Illinois school who has taught art for no less than two, and not more than ten years.
- Applicants will be assessed based on their performance as a teacher of art, demonstrated leadership in the school system or the community, and/or academic or artistic ability.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Multiple disciplines
Locations
United States
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified