{"id":103,"date":"2020-07-15T19:15:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T19:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aprilcrockett.fun\/?p=103"},"modified":"2020-07-15T19:15:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T19:15:28","slug":"bernice-brooks-kasbaum-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/2020\/07\/15\/bernice-brooks-kasbaum-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Bernice Brooks Kasbaum Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bernice Brooks Kasbaum Scholarship provides financial aid to underrepresented groups in an attempt to recruit and improve retention of these diverse students in Computer Science.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>History:<\/strong> Mary Patterson established four endowments, including the Bernice Brooks Kasbaum Scholarship, for the purpose of recruiting and retaining students in the College of Engineering.  Mary is quoted as saying &#8220;I want to do everything I can to encourage young people, because they are our future.  I tell everyone that the one thing they can\u2019t take away from you is your education.&#8221;  Mary Patterson named this scholarship after her grandmother, Bernice Brooks Kasbaum.  Patterson said &#8220;She was always encouraging us to stimulate our intellect. She was definitely an influence on me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Eligibility:<\/strong> Students must be a prospective female student in good standing in accordance with current institutional policies, must declare Computer Science as their intended major, and must have a minimum ACT Math score of 23.  Preference is given to NCWIT Aspiration Award winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bernice Brooks Kasbaum Scholarship provides financial aid to underrepresented groups in an attempt to recruit and improve retention of these diverse students in Computer Science. History: Mary Patterson established four endowments, including the Bernice Brooks Kasbaum Scholarship, for the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/2020\/07\/15\/bernice-brooks-kasbaum-scholarship\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bernice Brooks Kasbaum Scholarship<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8,12,20,31,35,38,45],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","tag-activities","tag-bernice-brooks-kasbaum","tag-computer-science","tag-female","tag-kasbaum","tag-mary-patterson","tag-scholarship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.tntech.edu\/csc-diversity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}