SIGMA GAMMA RHO SORORITY, INC.
SOUTHWESTERN REGION

Soror Janet Elaine Youngblood Armand
in Memory of Soror Ruby Lee Patterson Tooley Elementary Education Award

Purpose: The Ruby Lee Patterson Tooley Elementary Education Award is given each year during the Southwestern Regional Conference to a member aspiring to become an elementary school teacher.

Eligibility: Individual Undergraduate Soror

Award: $250.00  and a certificate presented to one Undergraduate Soror

Criteria:  

• Completion of awards application.

• Show that you are actively perusing a degree in Elementary Education.

• Documentation that you are in good standing with the college/university.

• Brief essay (maximum two hundred words, typed). "Why do you think you should be worthy of this award?"

• Three recommendations: 1 Community Leader, 2 University Professor’s.

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Academic:

• Documented junior or equivalent collegiate level in a four-year accredited institute of learning.

• Documented GPA of at least 3.0 for a minimum of two semesters prior to the scholarship application.  

• Required:  Official, sealed transcript from admissions office.