Generation Proud and Celebrating Our Elders

GTF/COE Scholarship Background and Purpose

The Celebrating Our Elders Project recently received a Greater Texas Foundation grant that will enhance our ability to award scholarships. The COE Project now offers two different scholarships: Greater Texas Foundation/Generation Proud Scholarship and the Leading for Change Scholarship. While the scholarship have different eligibility criteria requirements, the essential purpose of honoring our Hispanic and African American elders remains the same.

African and Hispanic cultures celebrate elders.  Elders transmit to youth the wisdom necessary to develop useful and respectful lives.  This pattern of elders teaching and inspiring youth is also characteristic of African-American and Hispanic communities in the U.S.

Think about your life.  Has there been a particular African-American or Hispanic elder who has supported or inspired your achievement?  Did this elder believe in you when accomplishing your dreams seemed difficult?  Your elder could be a relative, teacher, coach, minister or neighbor.

We want to hear your story of how your African-American or Hispanic elder has influenced your life.

In honor of these elders and your achievements, the University of Houston-Clear Lake is offering scholarships to students whose stories about supportive elders best exemplify the intergenerational strengths of African and    
Hispanic communities.

While an honored elder must be African-American or Hispanic, a student from any ethnic group may apply.  In short, students do not need to be African-American or Hispanic, but each story must honor an African-American or Hispanic elder.

Generation Proud Scholarship

The Greater Texas Foundation partnered with UHCL's Celebrating our Elders scholarship program for the Generation Proud scholarship. Applicants for Generation Proud must satisfy the following criteria:

• First–generation college student
• New community college transfer student to UHCL
• Financial need (demonstrated by FAFSA application)
• Minimum transfer GPA of 2.5

Scholarship Awards: $200 - $2000
Deadline: December 21, 2009 for application and story
Apply for Generation Proud Scholarship

Celebrating Our Elders Project Scholarship

Eligible applicants for Celebrating Our Elders scholarship are one of the following:

• A high school senior intending to enroll in a Houston-area community college Fall 2009
• A dual-enrollment student
• A student currently enrolled in a Houston-area community college

Scholarship Awards: $200 - $2000
Deadline: Closed
Apply for Celebrating Our Elders Scholarship