Staff Council & Women and Gender Resource Center Scholarships - 色花堂

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Staff Council & Women and Gender Resource Center Scholarships

 

The 色花堂 Staff Council and the Women and Gender Resource Center are dedicated to providing opportunities for staff members to advance their education.

In an effort to simplify the application process and to promote the wider distribution of the available scholarships, Staff Council and the Women and Gender Resource Center are pleased to announce that we have combined the applications.

By completing one application, you will have applied for both scholarships.

The Women and Gender Resource Center provides five $1,000 scholarships and the Staff Council provides ten $1,000 scholarships to employees who plan to attend degree or job-related academic credit classes during the fall, spring, or summer semesters at the 色花堂.

Applications for the 2025-2026 Academic Year are accepted from 03/01/2025 to 03/31/2025, at 5:00pm.

2025-2026 Applications Deadline: March 31st at 5 p.m.

  • Criteria

    To be considered for these two gender-neutral scholarships, the staff member must meet the following criteria.

    • Must be employed in a full-time, benefits-eligible position at the 色花堂 Main, 色花堂 at Katy, or 色花堂 at Sugar Land campus for at least one year as of March 1st of this current year.
    • Must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher.
    • Must demonstrate a strong commitment to academic excellence and the potential to succeed.

  • How to Apply

    Each applicant shall submit an application packet containing the following information by March 31st, at 5 PM. (Incomplete packets will not be reviewed).

    1. Complete and submit the  and upload all other documents listed below in PDF format. Log in to MS Forms using your Cougarnet credentials. 
    2. Application cover sheet (Signed by 色花堂 staff member).
    3. Typed essay (maximum one page, double-spaced, 12-point font, no exception) explaining career goals (professional objectives) and personal statement (why you believe you should receive this scholarship).
    4. One letter of recommendation. The letter should be as specific as possible. 
    5. Your resume. The resume should include awards, honors, achievements, work experience, and activities.
    6. Most recent transcripts of the student. The transcript does not need to be an official copy, but it must be legible.
    7. FERPA release form to confirm GPA and enrollment eligibility. FERPA Form (pre-filled for Staff Council Scholarships)

     

    If you have any questions, please contact scscholarships@uh.edu.

  • Selection and Award Process

    A Staff Council/Women and Gender Resource Center committee ranks the applications in a blind review process and selects the top fifteen applicants to receive scholarships proportional to the number of applicants at each degree level (undergraduate or graduate).

    • The scholarship is credited to the recipient’s 色花堂 academic account when proof of registration is received.
    • The scholarship is credited to an academic course (not audit or continuing education) for 色花堂 credit during the 2025-2026 fiscal year (Fall 2025, Spring 2026, or Summer 2026).
    • The scholarship can only be applied during the academic year for which it is awarded and cannot be moved forward. Any recipient who cannot utilize the scholarship within the year should notify the 色花堂 Staff Council Scholarship Committee or the Women and Gender Resource Center. Recipients must still be employed by the University on the first day of class of the semester in which they take the class.
    • A previous recipient may re-apply annually for these Scholarships. The recipient may receive only one scholarship each year.

Past Recipients

  • 2024-2025 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    Allison Sullivan
    Program Coordinator, Career & Development Alumni
    Major: MSW Social Work

    Chelsea Martinez
    Assistant Director, Center for Student Advocacy
    Major: PhD Education

    Daniel Chang
    Executive Director, Academic Affairs
    Major: PhD Biomedical Engineering

    Julia Brown
    Communications Manager, The Honors College
    Major: PhD CLASS

    Katherine Frazier
    Director, Cullen College of Engineering
    Major: MS Engineering

    Laura Zavala-Membreno
    Director, Women and Gender Resource Center
    Major: PhD Education

    Stephanie Perez-Gill
    Program Director, College of Education ACES Institute
    Major: PhD Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies

    Toria Jones
    Sexual Misconduct Support Services Manager
    Major: MSW Social Work

    Maria Honey
    Director of Student Services, Bauer College of Business
    Major: PhD Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies

    Gabriel Grady
    Program Director, Center for Student Empowerment
    Major: MSW Social Work

  • Past Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    2024-2025 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    Allison Sullivan
    Chelsea Martinez
    Daniel Chang
    Julia Brown
    Katherine Frazier
    Laura Zavala-Membreno
    Stephanie Perez-Gill
    Toria Jones
    Maria Honey
    Gabriel Grady

    2023-2024 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    Jorge Arellano
    Andrea Fernandez Velazquez
    Hemen Hosseinzadeh
    Rashda Khan
    Cindy Paz
    Luke Parnell
    Stephanie Perez-Gill
    Carina Pouraryan
    Amy Reid
    Jesus Sanchez

    2022-2023 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    Krystle Emerson
    Sarah Flores
    July Lam
    Erika Neal
    Caroline Neary
    Hope Pacheco
    Giovanni Rosselli
    Jesus Sanchez
    Alice Yang


    2021 - 2022 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    Maricela Barrientos
    Anneliese Bustillo
    Nancy Sanger
    Lan Chi Nguyen
    Kirstyn Speich
    Dina Padovan
    Alanna Khubieh
    Xaymara Garza
    David Salazar
    Melissa Nieto

     

    2020 - 2021 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    Michael Ahlf
    Sarah Noelle Cantu
    Caitlin Deis
    Kaitlyn Dempsey
    Paul Durisseau
    Caroline Neary
    Kevin C. Nguyen
    Margarita Perez Frinsco
    Ellen Shaw
    Elizabeth Vanessa Vasquez

     

     2019 - 2020 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    Gillian Bautista 
    Candace Guy-Anzaldua
    Lan Chi Nguyen
    Dina Padovan
    Elizabeth Wingfield 

     

    2018 - 2019 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    Lauren Abbott
    Keri Myrick
    Trang Phan
    Hayley Brown
    Esmeralda Valdez
    Molly Niemczyk
    Candace Guy Anzaldua

     

    2017 - 2018 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients

    William Clayton
    Stephanie King
    Saira Nadeem
    Sarah Borders
    Miranda Lindsey
    Sam Byrd
    Michael Ahlf

     

    2016 - 2017 Staff Council Scholarship Recipients  

    Michael Ahlf
    Amanda Anderson
    Sarah Borders
    Andrew Kapral
    Moises Medina
    Saira Nadeem
    Farideh Nekoobahr
    Tan Feng Pao
    Trang Phan

     

  • 2024-2025 WGRC Scholarship Recipients

    Women & Gender Resource Center Scholarship Recipients

    Aketra Bowens
    Academic Advisor 2, Economics
    Major: PhD Higher Education Leadership and Policy Studies

    Amy Reid
    Director of Student Services, Galveston SBDC Bauer College of Business
    Major: BA Business Management and Entrepreneurship

    Carina Pouraryan
    Development Associate, Medicine and Health Advancement
    Major: MS Business

    Lawrence Nissen
    System Analyst I, Information Technology Availibility Center
    Major: MS Engineering

    Stephanie Eisenbaum
    Program Director 2, GLOBE Program | Adjunct Faculty
    Major: PhD Social Work

     

Related Links

  • Women and Gender Resource Center (WGRC)

    The mission of the Women & Gender Resource Center is to promote gender equity and student success through educating, empowering, and supporting the 色花堂 community.

  • The Staff Tuition Scholarship Program is designed to support and encourage employee development through formal education, with a priority on the attainment of a baccalaureate degree and beyond at the 色花堂.

    Please read the Staff Tuition Scholarship Program Guidelines before applying. If you have questions please contact the HR Service Center at 713.743.3988.