2017 Scholarship | The Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Fund https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org Empowering young women to be leaders and active world citizens through education and active service Mon, 17 Dec 2018 14:56:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-stanley-logo-1-32x32.png 2017 Scholarship | The Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Fund https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org 32 32 221690908 Memorable Moments https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/2017/07/14/memorable-moments/ Fri, 14 Jul 2017 17:23:22 +0000 https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/?p=1836 2017 Awards Ceremony

Finalists (from left to right): Katerina Tiscornia (MIHS), Claire Stein (MIHS), Emily Au (2017 Scholar, RBHS), Christine Lee (2017 Scholar, MIHS),  Celine Nguyen Le (RBHS), So Nanthavongsa (RBH), Rory Murphy (MIHS), Nirae Petty (RBHS), Sidney Montague  (MIHS); Not pictured: Scarlet Quynh Nguyen (RBHS)

The finalists from both Mercer Island and
Rainier Beach read “I am” poems

Nikkita Oliver shares her inspirational story in spoken word

A performance by the Dior Majorettes Dancers, ages 10-14, from the Rainier Valley

You can find a gallery of photos of this year’s awards ceremony HERE.

]]> 1843 Countdown: Four More Days! https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/2017/05/17/countdown-four-more-days/ Wed, 17 May 2017 05:45:58 +0000 https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/?p=1807 Here they are! : the 2017 applicants from Mercer Island (below, top) and Rainier Beach (below, bottom): incredible and accomplished, all. Come meet them on Saturday at our Awards Ceremony and be inspired by our three speakers, contemporary community leaders, all!

This year’s Mercer Island Applicants (11 of 13)

This year’s applicants from Rainier Beach High School (6 of 9)

 

]]> 1839 Countdown: 5 Days to Go!! https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/2017/05/16/countdown-5-days-to-go/ Tue, 16 May 2017 05:52:19 +0000 https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/?p=1805 The big event is on Saturday! Come meet the 2017 Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship applicants at our Awards Ceremony on Saturday at the Northwest African American Museum. Under the tutelage of Poetry Grand Slam Champ Nikkita Oliver, the applicants from both Mercer Island and Rainier Beach High Schools will create a spoken word peace together and then perform it. The Details: Saturday May 20th, 2:30-4:3 (doors open at 2), NW African American Museum, Seattle, refreshment reception to follow.

]]> 1838 In Loving Memory https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/2017/05/13/in-loving-memory/ Sat, 13 May 2017 00:41:48 +0000 https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/?p=1800 We dedicate our 8th Annual Awards Ceremony to our dear friend Harry Leavitt, one of our founding Board members, who passed away in March. Harry was a force like no other. Throughout the nine years of the Fund’s existence, his enthusiasm, hard work and ideas have been vital to our organization. It was Harry who arranged for us to hold our 2017 Awards Ceremony at the NW African American Museum in Seattle. He thought it was the perfect venue for us to award a scholarship to a senior from Mercer Island High School and, for the first time, a scholarship to a senior from Rainier Beach High School in Seattle. Harry will be sorely missed. The Award Ceremony is on Saturday May 20, NW African American Museum in Seattle, 2:30-4:30, doors open at 2.

]]> 1837 There’s plenty of time to apply! https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/2017/01/31/theres-plenty-of-time-to-apply/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 23:42:16 +0000 https://stanleyanndunhamfund.org/?p=1630 ATTENTION: Female Seniors of Mercer Island High and Rainier Beach High–
YOU DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED AND SUPPORTED IN YOUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING OTHERS!

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Last year’s scholarship winners, Holly Waggoner and Rose Guttman with Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Barack Obama, daughter of Stanley Ann Dunham

Apply to the Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship NOW! There’s still time-app is due on 2/28.

Applications are available at stanleyanndunhamfund.org, your college counselors’ offices and washboard.org

SPREAD THE WORD!

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