Harry and Barb Charlton Newcomer Scholarship Program

2009 Charlton Scholarship Program
Deadline: Friday, April 3, 2009

The scholarship committee will meet immediately after the deadline to decide the Class of 2009. Final notice will be given as soon as possible, but no later April 17, 2009.


QUESTIONS?
Contact Dan Hurley at hurleyd@upstate.edu or 315.464.4832.


THE PROGRAM
The Harry and Barb Charlton Newcomer Scholarship Program offers up to five registrations and on-site expenses scholarships for the SUNYCUAD Annual Educational Conference to newcomers in a SUNY institutional advancement office.


ELIGIBILITY
This program is designed to offer professional development opportunities to new advancement professionals employed at SUNY institutions. Specifically, eligible applicants include: (1) professionals who have been in their professional field less than three years total, and (2) professionals who have changed from one discipline to another within the last three years. (For example, this means moving from publications to alumni work or from community relations to fundraising. It does not mean moving from one type of work to another in the same discipline, i.e. annual fund to major gifts.)


APPLY
To apply for the scholarship, write a compelling essay, no longer than a page and a half, on why you should receive a Charlton Newcomer Scholarship. Minimally, please address the following within the essay:

  • Steps you have taken to advance your professional development.
  • Value you would derive from the educational conference.
  • Value your campus would derive from your participation in the educational conference.

Include a cover page for your essay that includes:

  • Your name
  • Your professional title
  • Your campus
  • Your phone, fax and e-mail address
  • Your immediate supervisor's name, title and e-mail address

Send the cover page, essay and a resume to the selection committee to arrive before the deadline.
Applications may be sent by mail, fax or e-mail to:
Dan Hurley
Assistant VP for Government and Community Relations
SUNY Upstate Medical University
750 East Adams St.
Syracuse, N.Y. 13210
Fax: 315.464.4519
hurleyd@upstate.edu


JUDGING CRITERIA
A panel of past SUNYCUAD presidents determine the recipients. Winners will be judged on:

  • the career potential of the candidate (60 percent);
  • the candidate’s ability to express him or herself (30 percent weight); and
  • the candidate’s statement about the resources available for career development at his or her institution (10 percent).
  • The ideal candidate expresses a high degree of motivation, has taken an active role in his/her professional development and is from an institution with limited resources for professional development.


ABOUT HARRY AND BARBARA CHARLTON
Harry Charlton and his late wife Barbara served the State University of New York in a variety of posts from the State Teacher’s College at Oswego to Central Administration. Over that time, they played a pivotal role in the gestation, development and success of the State University of New York Council for University Affairs and Development and its predecessors, SUNY/CURC and the PR Council. In recognition of their past service as a member, past president, Central Office liaison, executive secretary, and executive secretary emeritus, the Board of Directors of SUNYCUAD established the Harry and Barbara Charlton SUNYCUAD Newcomer Scholarship Program at its 1993 annual meeting.