Description - The primary purpose of this scholarship is to encourage female and minority students to pursue studies in computer science.  The next award of the scholarship will be given to a student who will be enrolled with full-time status at TTU during the 2002-2003 academic year.  The monetary value of the award is $1,000, which will be disbursed in two $500 installments to pay for tuition expenses during the fall and spring semesters.

Recipients -

• The recipient must be a current or prospective female, African-American or Native American student in good standing in accordance with current institutional policies

• Must be a full-time student enrolled in a curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science

• Degree in computer science

• Must have and continue to maintain of minimum GPA of 3.0

Application Procedure - Using a word processor, please prepare a statement of your career and educational goals and how the study of computer science relate to them. The length of the statement must be no more than two double-spaced pages. Send statement no later than Feb. 1 to the Mary Patterson Scholarship Committee, Department of Computer Science, Tennessee Technological University, Box 5101
Cookeville, TN 38505.

Or you can visit the website at http://www.csc.tntech.edu/~mjkosa/MaryPatterson.htm.