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The Robert E. Elder Scholarship

The Elder Scholarship supports a first year student, who retains good academic standing,
through four years of study in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. The amount
of the scholarship award, is a minimum of $1,000 and is renewable each academic year for
each of the four years of the recipient’s undergraduate study.

Submission Deadline:

Friday, January 28, 2011
4:00 p.m.
Submit portfolio to Donna Sterlace, Gannet Hall, 7B, Room #2159

Entrance Requirements:

You must have first year status in the School of Photographic Arts and
Sciences (SPAS) and maintain good academic status throughout four years of
academic study;

For continuance of the Elder Scholarship, you must enroll and attend courses
in one of the programs in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences in
pursuit of a degree.

The chosen recipient will communicate with Scholarship donor of their
selection via a thank you letter or card.

Portfolio Submission Requirements:

To qualify for consideration of this Scholarship, you must submit a portfolio of your
photographs. These can be photographs from your past involvement with photography or
new images made during your first months at RIT.

Submit ten (10) of your photographs in a Printlux Portfolio Box (purchased
from the Digital Den) with your name and student number on the box and
clearly marked on the back of each submitted print.

Images can be prints (silver, ink-jet or other digital process),
transparencies or a mix of each. The maximum size is 13”x19”.

The portfolio should reflect your achievement in terms of a cohesive body of
work, visual quality of the images, craft, presentation and creativity.

The Elder Scholarship committee is composed of faculty representing each discipline in
SPAS to ensure impartiality in the reviewing and judging of portfolios.
The selection of the recipient of the Elder Scholarship will be announced early in the
spring quarter. At this time, all students will be notified to pick up their portfolios from
Donna Sterlace in Room 2159.

The recipient will receive an updated award letter from the Office of Financial Aid which
will include confirmation of the amount the recipient will receive. This scholarship is automatically renewed each year (up to 4 years) the student remains in good academic
standing until the recipient completes their undergraduate degree. The Recipient is
required to write a thank you note each year to the donor.