UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO FOUNDATION
MONTEVALLO, ALABAMA 35115
HEAD/CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP
Overview: The Head/Cleveland Scholarship is a renewable, needs-based scholarship that is
awarded annually to students who have demonstrated a commitment to issues of social justice,
sustainability, or environmental stewardship.
History and Description: The Head/Cleveland Scholarship was established in 1992 by
family and friends who wished to honor the memory of three remarkable Shelby County women:
Mrs. Sarah Thomas Head, Mrs. Frances Head Cleveland, and Miss Carrie Thomas Head.
These women devoted themselves to lifelong learning, and they championed the special
value of education for women in the South. They were proponents of equal rights and opportunities
for all people, regardless of sex and race, and they had faith that ideas of human equality could be
translated into social and political action. Their lives also enacted their conviction that human beings
must be stewards of the natural world, responsible for their treatment of the earth and appreciative
of its beauty.
Through the Head/Cleveland Scholarship program, it is hoped that these three women and
their high ideals will continue to be inspirations to others. This scholarship is awarded annually to
one or more enrolled University of Montevallo students who, in the judgment of the Selection
Committee, demonstrate financial need, academic achievement, and motivation to pursue a career
that will provide opportunities to make positive differences in the quality of human lives and/or in
the care of the natural environment. Funds for the scholarship come from interest earned on the
accumulated principal.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF AWARD:
1. Sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student status. Undergraduate applicants must
have completed at least 30 and no more than 100 credit hours, with at least 30 hours
earned at UM. NOTE: Hours for which you are currently enrolled do not count toward
the minimum of 30 earned credit hours. Graduate students may apply any time after
being accepted to a UM graduate program.
2. A demonstration of financial need.
3. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.2 or above.
4. Motivation to pursue a career that will provide opportunities to make positive
differences in the quality of human lives and/or in the care of the natural environment.
INFORMATION SHEET
FOR HEAD/CLEVELAND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS
Name: _________________________________________________________________
Date: _________________ Student ID number:________________________________
Telephone: ________________________ Email: _______________________________
Local address: ___________________________________________________________
Home mailing address: _____________________________________________________
Cumulative GPA: _______________ Date you entered UM: _______________________
Hours completed at UM (minimum of 30 completed hours required for undergraduate applicants):
_______________________
Major(s): _______________________________________________________________
Minor(s): _______________________________________________________________
Are you working toward teacher certification? Yes_______ No________
Submit this information sheet electronically to Head/Cleveland Scholarship Committee Chair,
Glenda Conway (conwayg@montevallo.edu), along with an unofficial copy of your transcript and a
typed essay that answers the following questions:
1. What are your career goals? What are you doing now, and what have you done in the
past towards achieving these goals?
2. How are you financing your education? Include information about scholarships, grants,
loans, work on campus and work off campus, family support, and other means of aid.
How adequate are these resources?
3. In what kinds of volunteer and service work have you participated?
Please submit your application as a single PDF attachment. The deadline for applying for the 20152016 Academic Year is Friday, April 10, 2015.
Revised: March 2015