CFPR Student Scholarships

DATES TO KNOW!

Application opens:
Monday August 26, 2024

Application deadline: 
Thursday November 21, 2024

Award notifications sent:  
January 2025

Scholarship Award Recognition:  
Rising Stars and Guiding Lights Recognition Breakfast

CPRS Conference Week in Sacramento

Who is Eligible?

Scholarships are available for students majoring in all aspects of recreation, parks, park operations, natural resources management, recreation therapy, commercial recreation, tourism, community recreation, recreation/aquatic management, recreational sports management and recreation leadership. If you are not in a degree program of a related field, you must be actively working in a field mentioned above.

Evaluation Criteria

Scholarship applications are evaluated based on four overall criteria:

• Experience in the field; paid and/or volunteer (CPRS, on-campus, etc.)
• Demonstrated financial need and/or hardship
• Academic and professional achievements
• Leadership and professional potential

General Guidelines

• Undergraduate applicants must have:
• Completed or be enrolled in courses that add up to a minimum of 60 units with at least 12 units in their major.
• Graduate applicants must have:
• Completed at least 9 units
• Only completed applications with professional recommendation, and transcripts to verify GPA will be eligible for review.
• Scholarship winners may only be eligible to be awarded twice (2 years) per degree.

Review and Award

Applications are reviewed in December by the CFPR Scholarship Committee. The Committee is comprised of professionals and educators from Northern and Southern California, a representative from the CPRS Board of Directors, and the Executive Director of California Park & Recreation Society.

• Recipients will be notified by email in January
• Recipients will be recognized throughout the year and at the Rising Stars and Guiding Lights Recognition Breakfast in Sacramento during CPRS Conference

Congratulations to our 2024 Student Scholarship Recipients!

	CPRS Past Presidents Scholarship ($2,000) Michael de Guzman, CSU Northridge
CPRS State Board Scholarship ($1,000) Rachel Sutton, California State University, Long Beach
	Dr. Robert E. Meyers Jr. Memorial Scholarship ($1,000) Allison Isham, Sacramento State University
CPRS District 10 Scholarship ($1,000) Amanda Cross, Cal State University, Long Beach
	CPRS District 12 Scholarship ($1,000) Karina Lopez, San Diego State University
CPRS District 12 Past Presidents Scholarship ($500) Elliot Crocker, San Diego State University
	Dr. Fred Brooks Development & Operations Section Scholarship ($1,500) Megan Delaney, San Diego State University
Dr. Fred Brooks Development & Operations Section Scholarship ($500) Rafael Mendoza, Sacramento State University
	Jane Adams Administrators Section Scholarship ($1,000) Lue Yang, California Baptist University
Ann Arge Nathan Spirit Award Scholarship ($1,000) Mika Pauline Garrote, Cal State University, East Bay
	Ann Arge Nathan Spirit Award Scholarship ($1,000) Kai Moff, Cal State University, East Bay
Total Aquatics Management Scholarship ($1,000) Brooke Walsh, San Diego State University
	USA Shade Scholarship ($1,100) Ben Forchini, Cal State University, East Bay

Questions?

For general Scholarship Program questions, please contact our CFPR Scholarship Chair:  Justin Schmillen

For website, submission form questions or technical assistance, please contact CPRS HQ:  Maryam Kakar, 916-665-2777