The Harley & Doris Roen Scholarship

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Scholarship information

With a deep commitment to supporting access to higher education and student success and an understanding of the difference that scholarships make in helping students complete their degrees, we establish the Harley and Doris Roen Scholarship at ASU in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts.
Growing up in rural Wisconsin in the 1920s-1930s, Harley and Doris Roen developed strong character traits of independence, stick-to-itiveness, resilience, as well as a concern for others in their community.
The grandson of Norwegian immigrants, Harley first learned English as a second language when he began elementary school. Although he chose to end his formal schooling after eighth grade to turn his focus to farming with his brothers, he has had a lifelong curiosity about the world, a love of learning, and an appreciation for the payoff of an investment in education.
When a barn fire destroyed his livelihood mid-career, he took a job selling Ford cars and, before long, he and Doris bought the dealership, launching an entrepreneurial family business that changed the future course of the Roen family.
Doris, who endured hard times as a child and lost her father to cancer early in her 20s, displayed a lifelong empathy and concern for children facing difficult challenges. She devoted her career to working with children and adults with special needs.

Amount: 
up to $1,000
Criteria
Minimum GPA: 
2.70
FAFSA Required: 
Yes
Must Demonstrate Need: 
Yes
Residency: 
Arizona resident
Non-Arizona resident
Enrollment status: 
Full-time
Academic level: 
Incoming first-year student
Incoming transfer (undergraduate)
First-year student
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Location: 
Downtown Phoenix
Polytechnic
Tempe
West
Lake Havasu
Pinal
Yuma
Pima
Online
College: 
Integrative Sciences and Arts, College of
Additional criteria: 

Students graduating before the Fall 2022 semester are not eligible.

Donor preferences: 

The donor’s first preference is to have the award go to a student with foster care background who is enrolled in any academic degree program in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) and who has demonstrated academic stability by maintaining a GPA of at least 2.7.

Contact info
Michelle Watson
michelle.watson@asu.edu
Application information
Deadline: 
Friday, January 20, 2023
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This scholarship is not accepting applications for the 2023-2024 academic year until Thursday, September 15, 2022 – 12:00am. Consider bookmarking this scholarship using the bookmark button above.