Lawson Legacy Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Scholarship Purpose: The Lawson Legacy Family Scholarship was initially established in 2009 in honor of the 60th wedding anniversary of Robert Kent Lawson and Helen Delores Akers Lawson. Robert and Delores met while attending Illinois State Normal University. Robert's mother, Avis Anna Crosby Lawson, also an alum of Illinois State, influenced all four of her children to pursue higher education degrees. In addition to Robert, his sister Ruth also graduated from ISNU, along with five of her seven children. In addition, daughter, Cindy Leigh Lawson ('73, '77, '93) is also an Illinois State graduate. Following Robert's death in 2010 daughter, Cindy Lawson and her husband Steven Kester decided to provide a tribute to the Lawson family legacy at Illinois State and established the Lawson Family Legacy Endowed Scholarship Fund. The purpose of this scholarship is to provide assistance to outstanding special education majors who exemplify the excellence of Illinois State University special education graduates.

Major: Spec Ed-Learn & Behav Disordered, Spec Ed-Deaf & Hard of Hearing, .... more

Spec Ed-Mentally Handicapped-Educ
Spec Ed-Moderate Severe Mult Disab

Class Level: Sophomore, Junior, Senior.

Department: Special Education College Of Education

Requirements

Minimum Undergraduate GPA: 3.00 3.00 , 3.10 , 3.1 , 3.20 , 3.2 , 3.30 , 3.3 , 3.40 , 3.4 , 3.50 , 3.5 , 3.60 , 3.6 , 3.70 , 3.7 , 3.80 , 3.8 , 3.90 , 3.9 , 4.00 , 4.0

High School GPA: There is no High School GPA requirement for this scholarship.

Essay: There is no essay required for this scholarship.

Application Deadline: March

Financial Need: This scholarship requires a student to have a Financial Need to be eligible to receive the scholarship. In order to establish "Financial Need", a student must file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You can file the FAFSA at http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.

NOCOUNTY NOADDITIONAL_REQ

Miscellaneous Information

Exemplifies the knowledge, performance and disposition required of outstanding special educators, as evidenced by references from university supervisors, academic advisors, and/or faculty.

Fund Group: 3

Fund Type: 2

Fund Purpose: 15

Fund primary Goal:

Fund Status: O

Scholarship Type: F

Searchable: Y

Survey Code: 08

Additional Information

For more information on applying to this scholarship, please visit the Special Education website.

Contact Information

Lisa Hinthorn
(309) 438-8982
Campus Box: 5910
Normal, IL 61790-5910