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OWA Now Accepting Nominations for the 2021 Leadership Scholarship

Award recipients will be announced in November.

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3 years ago

October 21, 2020

(PRESS RELEASE) The OWA will once again award Leadership Scholarships to two OWA members for an amount of up to $2,000 each. These grants are to be used for the professional and personal development of each recipient and are funded through the Individual Contributor donations. The purpose of the Leadership Scholarship is to offer a professional mentoring opportunity to OWA members, reward those who have volunteered their time and efforts to help the OWA reach its goals, and to promote the founding principles of the organization: to connect, inspire, and lead future leaders.

Nominations for the 2021 scholarships will be accepted October 1-31, 2020, so nominate a colleague or self-nominate, if you yourself are interested in receiving this award! Please note the following criteria:

Nominee must be a current member of the OWA.
Nominee must have served on (or be actively serving on) an OWA Committee.

Nominate now.

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