Volume 59, Issue 5  - September 18, 2006

Staff Senate to award book scholarships
By Hugo Rodriguez
Staff Writer

It’s not too late for UTB/TSC staff members to apply for a book scholarship from the Staff Senate, which plans to award $2,000 this semester.

Any staff member under the level of director may apply for a $100 scholarship. Applications are available from Olga García, a member of the Staff Senate Scholarship Committee, in Tandy Hall 125. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Sept. 29.

García said the senate held a bowling tournament in May, where it raised $1,398, and sold about 1,000 discount tickets in July for Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark on South Padre Island, which netted more than $4,100—the most money it has ever raised in an individual fund-raiser. The senate also raised $300 by participating in the Sombrero Festival and received a $3,000 donation from the President’s Circle. The President’s Circle supports students, faculty, and programs for which state funding is either inadequate or non-existent, according the UTB/TSC Web site.

The senate will also award scholarships next spring and summer sessions, she said.

“A hundred dollars might not be a lot [to some people], but to a lot of people, $100 is something, because they have a family, they’re working, and they’re going back to school,” Garcia said.

The Staff Senate meets from 2 to 4 p.m. the third Thursday of every month in the SET-B third floor conference room.