The National JACL has kicked off its Scholarship Program for the 2012 academic year. The JACL offers over 30 awards, with an annual total of over $70,000 in scholarships. Awards are available in the following categories: Freshman, Undergraduate, Graduate, Law, Creative & Performing Arts, and Financial Aid.
The 2012 National JACL Scholarship Program informational brochure and applications are posted on the JACL website (www.jacl.org). They can be accessed by clicking on “Youth” on the menu bar.
Freshman applications are to be submitted by March 1, 2012 to the applicant's local JACL Chapter. Chapters shall then review the applications and forward the "outstanding" ones to the National JACL Freshman Scholarship Committee (c/o Salt Lake City JACL, P.O Box 584, Salt Lake City, UT 84110) by April 1, 2012.
All other National JACL Scholarship applications are to be sent directly by the applicants to: National JACL Scholarship Program, c/o Portland JACL, P.O. Box 86310, Portland, OR 97286. The deadline is April 1, 2012.
For additional information regarding the JACL National Scholarship Program, please contact JACL Regional Director Patty Wada at (415) 345-1075, jacl-ncwnpro@msn.com, or Jason Chang, National JACL Vice President for Planning & Development, at vpp-d@jacl.org |
(The local scholarship adhere to the national guidelines… but we have more leeway to extend deadlines for local funding if need be.)
The Houston Chapter JACL is pleased to offer two Memorial Scholarships and one Youth Fund:
- The Okumura Memorial Scholarship
- The Hada Memorial Scholarship
1) The Okumura Memorial Scholarship awards an annual
scholarship for as much as a $500 for an Entering Freshman.
The Okumura Memorial Scholarship was established in 1990 for Ray Okumura who lost his life in a fishing accident off
the
coast of Galveston. He was the son of Hootch and Cherry Okumura,
long-time members of the Houston Chapter JACL.
This scholarship
adheres to the same guidelines as the national scholarship and
the National JACL.
Entering Freshman Scholarship Application is
used as the basis for assessment.
2) The Hada Memorial Scholarship is limited to $500 and may
be given to one or two selected college student(s) of any classification
(e.g., Freshman, Seniors, Graduate Students).
The Hada Memorial Scholarship was established in honor of the
late George Hada, husband of Mary Hada. It is a continuous
scholarship of $1000 or more per year. So it can be awarded
each year. The Hada Memorial Scholarship was founded and
funded originally by Mari & Harry Okabayashi and Howard
Lindsey and his late wife Sylvia. Sylvia and Mari are the
daughters of Mary and the late George Hada. Now the
Hada Memorial continues to be funded primarily by Mari and
Harry Okabayashi.
The Hada Memorial Scholarship does not require
submission of the Entering Freshman Application but
the applicant should be a member of Houston Chapter JACL.
If not submitting an Entering Freshman Application, the applicant
should submit a written description of their achievements and
activities for consideration.
Applications for the National JACL Entering Freshman, Okumura,
and/or Hada Scholarships need to be submitted to the Houston
Chapter Scholarship Chair not later than March 1.
The application should be submitted to:
Patricia Rumble,
Scholarship Chair
Houston Chapter JACL
4806 Redstart St.
Houston, 77035
trish@mtherapy.com or call 713 784 9400 |
Houston Chapter JACL is also pleased to offer
3) The Youth Fund: is an important, multi-purposed fund, which can be used to send a student to regional
or national conference, to provide transportation to an award
relating the JACL or to help fund an event that will encourage
membership in JACL Houston. This fund is used on as needed basis;
and must be funded every year. |
Background of Houston JACL Scholarship |
Houston officially became a local chapter of JACL national in 1974.
At this time all scholarship applicants in the southwest region went
through Houston . The activity was minimal until we established a local
scholarship to compliment the national.
The Okumura Memorial Scholarship was established in 1990 and
recipients were alternately selected for several years by JACL and
Houston Lighting & Power. The following are the recipients
since inception of this memorial scholarship.
Allison Onishi (JACL) 1990
Jeremy Monthy ( Houston Lighting & Power) 1991
Kit Hirasaki (JACL) 1992
Wendy Hall ( Houston Lighting & Power) 1993
Tim Okabayashi (JACL) 1994
Derek Philips ( Houston Lighting & Power) 1995
Andrew Kondo (JACL) 1996
Joanna Sweigart (JACL) 1997
No applicants 1998
Eric Lindsay and Natasha Kondo (JACL) 1999
Chris Yamazaki (JACL) 2000
No applicants 2001
Christine Young (JACL) 2002
No recipients 2003-2010
In the year 1999, the Hada Memorial Scholarship was established and
the first recipient was Risa Nishimoto who received $500.
Recipients for the Hada Memorial Scholarship:
Eric Lindsay 1999 ($500)
Risa Nishimoto 2000 ($250)
Monica Matsumoto 2011 ($500)
Corey Beaumont 2011 ($500)
National Scholarship have been won by some of our local applicants as well.
Eric Lindsay and Mari Hagiwara received a national scholarship in
1999, Eric Lindsay, as an incoming freshman at Rice, and Mari
Hagiwara, as a graduate student.
In 2011 in addition to the $500 HADA scholarship, Monica Matsumoto
also received a National JACL Undergraduate Scholarship, the Alice
Yuriko Endo Memorial Scholarship, in the amount of $1000.
For more information on local scholarships and grants, please contact
the local Scholarship Chair, Patricia Rumble, at trish@mtherapy.com
or 713-784-9400 |