Kathy Gibbons Jackson Memorial Scholarship

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Scholarship information

Kathy Gibbons Jackson completed her undergraduate degree at Northern Arizona University, and was an elite runner. Kathy held the world’s record for 1000 m and 10,000 m, and was a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team. She received a MS degree with a specialization in exercise physiology in 1981, and moved to Boulder, Colorado to become a track coach at the University of Colorado. Kathy was an excellent student and had dreamed of doing her PhD at ASU. Kathy was killed tragically in January 1982 during a training run in Boulder. The Kathy Gibbons Jackson Memorial Scholarship was established in Kathy’s memory in 1982 by her husband, Mr. Raymond Jackson, and her mother, Ms. Marion Gibbons. This scholarship supports junior or senior undergraduate kinesiology students or graduate students studying clinical exercise physiology.

Amount: 
Varies
Criteria
Minimum GPA: 
3.00
FAFSA Required: 
Yes
Must Demonstrate Need: 
Yes
Residency: 
Arizona resident
Enrollment status: 
Full-time
Academic level: 
Junior
Senior
Graduate
Location: 
Downtown Phoenix
College: 
Health Solutions, College of
Contact info
College of Health Solutions
chsscholarships@asu.edu
Application information
Deadline: 
Wednesday, February 01, 2023
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This scholarship is not accepting applications for the 2023-2024 academic year until Saturday, October 1, 2022 – 12:00am. Consider bookmarking this scholarship using the bookmark button above.