ALBERT AND DOROTHY BURGARD SCHOLARSHIP IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

This account was established through a bequest of the estate of Dorothy Burgard. CRITERIA: The student must be enrolled at Western Illinois University, Majoring in Elementary Education and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program (TEP), A minimum grade point average of 2.75 is required. The student is preferably a resident of Hancock or McDonough County, Students must write an essay on the “characteristics of the teachers that influenced you to become a teacher.”