BRIDGEPORT HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI AND FRIENDS FOUNDATION INC.
SCHOLARSHIP INSTRUCTIONS AND APPLICATION
The Mission of the Bridgeport High School Alumni & Friends Foundation is to
effectively prepare our students to be successful in the rapidly changing world of
the 21st Century. We solely support academic endeavors within Bridgeport High
School. Scholarship applications are evaluated based upon academic
achievement, financial need, and other criteria addressed within the application.
The Alumni and Friends Foundation is proud to be awarding 18 scholarships for
deserving graduates. Five scholarships will be in the amount of $1500, seven will
be in the amount of $1200, and two will be in the amount of $1000.
The Tom and MaryAnn Mace scholarship is for a student that will be attending a
college or university in WV. It is in the amount of $5000.
Maxine Moose Bruhns, a graduate of BHS, and a BHS Alumni and Friends Hall of
Fame honoree, has graciously provided the means to fund three scholarships
designated for deserving FEMALE graduates only. Those scholarships will be in
the amount of $2000 each. A brief biography of Maxine Moose Bruhns is
attached.
Four of the seven $1200 scholarships are made possible for the first time by area
businesses. They are, Diamond Street Car Wash, Mar-Don Inc. , Mine Belt Service
Company, and Drs. Murray, Murray & Groves. Our ability to fund more
scholarships every year is due to the support of our local businesses.
See your counselor for more information on BHS Alumni & Friends Foundation
Scholarships, including the Doug and Pamela Van Scoy Scholarship for students
who plan on attending WVU.
INSTRUCTIONS
1-It is MANDATORY that each applicant complete ALL of the questions and
provide ALL of the requested documents. The application MUST be typed.
Failure to do so will void the application.
2-Utilize additional typing paper if space confines you on the application.
3-The Foundation reserves the right to limit the number of scholarships awarded
if the application pool is not sufficient in number or merit-based applications.
4-The scholarship money will be awarded upon receipt of a copy of the paid
tuition invoice from the applicant’s chosen institution of higher learning.
5-The scholarship winners will be announced and recognized at the annual Hall of
Fame dinner banquet to be held on October 12, 2013. If at all possible we
request that scholarship recipients attend this dinner.
6-This scholarship application must be submitted to the BHS Counselor’s Office by
April 29, 2013.
BHS ALUMNI AND FRIENDS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Name __________________________________________________________
Mailing Address___________________________________________________
Telephone Number _______________________________________________
1-The intent of these scholarships is to help students further their education.
How have you helped others during your high school career? Include school,
church, club, and community activities.
2-Will you be receiving any other form of financial aid or scholarships? If so,
please list.
3-Do you have any siblings at home?
If yes, how many? Are any of your
siblings disabled?
If yes, please list their name and age.
4-Do you have any siblings currently in college?
If yes, how many?
Biography of Maxine Moose Bruhns
Maxine Moose was born in Grafton WV in 1924. She grew up in Bridgeport on
Newton Street from age three, walking to grade school on Simpson Creek.
Graduating from Bridgeport High School in 1941, she won a scholarship to West
Virginia Wesleyan College. WWII, declared in December of that year, impelled
Maxine to interrupt college and work on Glenn L. Martin’s B-26 Bomber in
Hagerstown, Md.
Graduating from Ohio State University in 1946, she married German-born Fred
C. Bruhns three days later. A political refugee from Hitler, Fred became a refugee
expert, and his work took the couple on a 15 year odyssey covering four
continents. Maxine taught English, worked for CARE, learned French and
German, and acquired a working knowledge of Arabic, Farsi, and Greek.
In 1965, the Bruhnses returned to America, and Maxine became Director of the
Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs at the University of
Pittsburgh-a position she currently holds. She works with Pittsburgh’s 35 ethnic
communities to preserve and promote their heritages through Nationality Rooms,
festivals, coverts, and lectures.
To broaden the University of Pittsburgh’s students’ international horizons, her
program has awarded more than 900 Summer Study Abroad Scholarships.
She earned a master’s degree in Education from the American University in
Beirut, Lebanon in 1954. West Virginia Wesleyan bestowed on her a Doctor of
Humane Letters Honoris Causa degree in 2007. She is a Distinguished Daughter of
Pennsylvania.
Maxine lectured at Bridgeport High School on international cultures, as well as
working abroad and has welcomed hundreds of BHS students to the Nationality
Rooms at the University of Pittsburgh.
5-Write an essay of up to one page about the following statement.
There is a responsibility that goes along with the privilege of being a student and
an alumnus of Bridgeport High School. What does that mean to you?
PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING WITH THIS APPLICATION:
1-Official high school transcript
2-Copy of ACT/SAT scores
3-A completed FAFSA form
4-A wallet sized photo (for use when we announce the winners in the BHS
newsletter)
FAILURE TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION WILL VOID THIS
APPLICATION.
Signed ______________________________________________
Date ________________________________________________