Award Announcement: The Dr. Martin D. Jenkins Scholar Award for
Highly Gifted Black Students (6th - 12th Graders)
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| Dr. Martin D. Jenkins |
This student
award is named in honor of Dr. Jenkins, Father of Research on Gifted
Blacks, and it is designed to honor the achievements of highly gifted
Black students who excel academically in school.
Award Benefits. Recipients:
·
will receive $300 Cash Award and
certificate of recognition
·
and parents will receive 1 year Parent
membership in NAGC and Special Populations Network;
·
are required to attend OR share
a 3 minute video during a featured session at NAGC
on Fri. Nov. 14th, 2014 12:30-2:45 pm
·
are required to share brief end of school
year report on academic progress by email.
To Apply. Download the
application file.
· MS Word
File of Jenkins Scholar Award Application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByVI2BFYT7ClSmdYbTNSeXZQZkE/edit?usp=sharing
· PDF of
Jenkins Scholar Award Application: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByVI2BFYT7ClVk5zXzVHNXdSeEE/edit?usp=sharing
· In order
to receive full consideration, materials must be received by Friday,
October 10, by 5:00 pm. (deadline extended) Awardees
and nominators will be notified by email and phone call by October 17th.
Email all materials to the
following three Jenkins Scholar committee members and let us know if you have
any questions.
·
Dr. Joy Lawson Davis, (jdavis@vuu.edu)
Virginia Union Univ., NAGC Executive Board Member. GRACE & SPN Member
·
Dr. Donna Y. Ford, (donna.ford@vanderbilt.edu) , Vanderbilt Univ., NAGC Gifted
Racial Accountability & Commitment to Equity (GRACE) Co-Chair
·
Dr. Tarek Grantham, (grantham@uga.edu)
Univ. of Georgia, NAGC Special Populations Network Convention Program Chair
