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Alice Zirger

Memorial Scholarship

CONGRATULATIONS to LUCILLE LAM, the winner of the Alice Zirger Scholarship for 2006. Click here for pictures!

A $1,000 scholarship, in memory of Mrs. Alice M. Zirger, is awarded to a female student in Asian Studies each year. The scholarship was established with a gift from the Zirger family to encourage study in the area of East Asia. The award is for one year and the recipient is eligible to re-apply for a second year.

Applications are invited from female students (preferably non-traditional), with above-average academic records in the minor or certificate program in Asian Studies. The student must also be completing or have completed second-year Chinese or Japanese. The deadline for the application is March 14, 2008 .

The following items constitute the application:

• Candidate's current transcript
• Two (2) letters of recommendation, one from a faculty member outside Asian Studies.
• A 2-3 page typed, double-spaced essay, stating the candidate's reasons for enrollment in the Asian Studies Program and how the scholarship would be used.

Please submit all application materials to Pat Bartlett, UF Asian Studies Program, 3312 Turlington Hall, PO Box 117365, Gainesville, FL, 32601 by 4pm on the deadline date.

Further information regarding the scholarship may be obtained from Pat Bartlett, Outreach Coordinator, (352) 392-2464 or patbart.ufl.edu

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