Women Graduates’ Club Scholarship
Awards for 2014-2015 Academic Year
Boston University has always been a leader in women’s
higher education.
In 1869, when the University received
its charter, it became the first U.S. University to be open
without reservation to women.
The Women Graduates’ Club,
established in 1912, is the oldest alumni organization at
Boston University and continues to do its own screening of
awards.
The Club’s objectives have been to promote the
interests of Boston University, to strengthen women’s
educational opportunities, to further all causes that make
for women’s welfare and progress and to award scholarships
to deserving women students.
The Women Graduates’ Club scholarship in the names of Lucy
Jenkins Franklin, Ruth Baker, and Elsbeth Melville has been
awarded to graduate and undergraduate women for 90 years.
If you are interested in applying for the Women Graduates’
Club Scholarship for , you must be a woman enrolled at
Boston University full-time and a U.S. Citizen. All
completed applications must be submitted via the online
scholarship application. You will receive a confirmation of
receipt from the Alumni Relations office your application
has been received and processed. Finalists will be
scheduled for an in-person interview and award recipients
will be chosen by April 30, 2014.
If you have any questions, please contact Nicole Conner at
(617) 353-2360 or nmconner@bu.edu.
Thank you.