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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white background="cid:image001.jpg@01CC9ED0.50E54290" lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><img src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC9ED0.50E54290" v:src="cid:image001.jpg@01CC9ED0.50E54290" v:shapes="_x0000_Mail" width=0 height=0 class=shape style='display:none;width:0;height:0'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>TEXAS BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S FOUNDATION, INC.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>THE GILDA MURRAY SCHOLARSHIP<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Purpose: </b>To provide financial assistance to Texas Business Women (TBW) members, 25 years or older, to obtain education or training to prepare for employment or to advance in a business or profession.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Scholarship Requirements<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>To qualify for the Gilda Murray Scholarship, the applicant must be at least 25 years old and be a Texas Business Women member in good standing.*<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>*Note: A member in “good standing” means: 1) dues are current, 2) regular attendance at LO meetings, and 3) active participation on at least one TBW committee.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Scholarship Criteria<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Scholarship award may be up to$500 per applicant.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Funds provided by the scholarship shall be used for tuition and/or required materials (books) to an accredited college or university, technology institution or training center. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='color:red'>Deadline: December 31<sup>st</sup> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For information and application visit the web site at <a href="http://www.texasbpwfoundation.org/PDFs/GildaMurrayScholarshipUpdatedJune2011.pdf">http://www.texasbpwfoundation.org/PDFs/GildaMurrayScholarshipUpdatedJune2011.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Rage Italic";color:#365F91'>Maria del C. Ramos<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Director, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships<br>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>PO Box 3011</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Commerce, TX 75249-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Phone: 903-886-5091<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'>Fax: 903-886-5098<br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/<br></span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>“Most business men generally are so busy coping with immediate and piecemeal matters that there is a lamentable tendency to let the "long run" or future take care of itself. We often are so busy "putting out fires," so to speak, that we find it difficult to do the planning that would prevent those fires from occurring in the first place. As a prominent educator has expressed it, Americans generally "spend so much time on things that are urgent that we have none left to spend on those that are important."</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'> </span><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:black'>Gustav Metzman<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#A88420'>Please take a minute to complete our </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#244061'><a href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/audience/onestopshop/"><span style='color:#244061'>We Care</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#A88420'> survey online and let us know how we are doing!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#0D0D0D'><img border=0 width=85 height=85 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01CC9ED0.50E54290" alt="Description: SpiritLogo.emf"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>