North & East Texas Press Association
Scholarship Application

The North & East Texas Press Association will award two $1500 scholarships, one to a graduating high school senior and one to a currently enrolled college student*. The scholarships are payable at $750 per semester to the registrar of the college of the recipient's choice.

DEADLINE: Applications must be postmarked by March 21 to be considered. Winners will be notified by April 4. Winners will be invited to attend the NETPA convention in Ft. Worth April 14-16.

Applicants MUST be from the area served by NETPA and have a declared major in journalism/communications.

Please provide the following materials in your scholarship application submission:

1. Complete the attached application (Download it here) and include a resume that includes scholastic, athletic and community activities.

2. Provide a current official transcript certified by school or college registrar.

3. High school applicants should submit three letters of recommendation from:
a) senior, junior or dual credit college English instructor
b) publication adviser
c) from a person of the applicant's choice
College applicants should submit only (b) and (c).

4. Applicants should submit clips of published work. Include publication dates. May send photocopies of work as published in yearbook or magazine. Please mount all photocopies and newspaper clippings on paper and place in folder or binder.

Please include a cover sheet with the following information:
Student's Name
Indicate which scholarship you are applying for (scholastic-HS or collegiate)
Address
Phone number
email

Send the completed application to:
Suzanne Bardwell
1994 Medlin Road
Gilmer, Texas 75645

If you have any questions, please contact Suzanne Bardwell at 903-291-2029 or SuzanneBardwell@aol.com.

*At judges' discretion two scholarships may be awarded in one category and none in another based on the quality of the applications.

NETPA announces 2007 scholarship recipients

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS - Meghan Clark, valedictorian of the Olney High School Class of 2007, was introduced by NETPA Scholarship Chairman Randy Keck at the 2007 NETPA Convention as one of two 2007 scholarship winners. Accompanying Meghan to the NETPA convention awards brunch were her sister, Autumn, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Scotte Clark.

The North and East Texas Press Association has announced that Tiffany Henry of White Oak and Meghan M. Clark of Olney are the recipients of two $1,500 college scholarships for the 2007-08 school year.

Clark won first place in district in UIL editorial writing in 2005. At Olney High School, she was the freshman class secretary, Spanish club historian, treasurer and president, band chaplain, and band section leader. She was a National Merit Scholarship finalist and is a member of the National Honor Society.

Henry has been a staff writer and photographer her junior and senior years at White Oak High School and was editor of the yearbook in 2007. She has received the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award, Elk’s Lodge Student of the Month, and was on the 2005 and 2006 National Scholastic Press Association Honor Roll of Student Journalists.

The scholarships for Clark and Henry are funded by the NETPA and the Texas Press Association.

The NETPA is one of five regional press associations in Texas that works to promote and strengthen community journalism in its coverage area. For more information, see the Web site at www.netpa.us.