Scholarship

The 2012 scholarship recipients have been announced. Click here to see the winners!

The Linda Cowden Memorial Scholarship

The Linda Cowden Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Linda who died in July 2004 following a courageous battle with cancer. She was the administrative assistant and liaison to area Deaf clubs for more than 10 years.

The Linda Cowden Memorial Scholarship is a scholarship of $1,000 that will be awarded to:

• a Deaf or hard of hearing person who has been accepted into a program to continue his or her education past the high school level, academically, or vocationally or;
• a hearing person who has been accepted into a program leading to a profession serving the Deaf or hard of hearing communities.
• The applicants must live in one of the 16 counties of Tennessee that Bridges serves (Cheatham, Davidson, Dekalb, Dickson, Houston, Macon, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, and Wilson Counties).

The Minnie Pearl Scholarship Program

The Minnie Pearl Scholarship is a four-year, undergraduate scholarship open to D/deaf and hard of hearing students who have been accepted to an accredited four-year college or university in the United States.  The Minnie Pearl Scholarship will pay up to $1,000 per year, for four years, for a maximum of $4,000 per person.  Scholarship recipients will receive $1,000 per year for four years, payable directly to the school, if a 3.0 cumulative grade point average is maintained. Bridges anticipates offering one scholarship per year.

Applicants to the Minnie Pearl Scholarship must meet all of the following criteria:

• Currently is a high school senior with at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
• Have significant (severe to profound) bilateral hearing loss.
• Be a mainstreamed student.
• Be a United States citizen.

The Minnie Pearl Scholarship was established in 1986 with the help of Henry and Sarah Cannon (otherwise known as Minnie Pearl).

Acceptance for both the Linda Cowden Memorial Scholarship application and the Minnie Pearl Scholarship application has ended.

We will be announcing the winners soon.

If you have any questions, please call Kate Haygood at (615) 248-8828 ext. 21 or email kh@hearingbridges.org.