Public Employee Press

New scholarship named for Lillian Roberts

The DC 37 Education Committee has established a new scholarship named for Executive Director Lillian Roberts.

The Lillian Roberts Scholarship for Continuing Education is funded by contributions from Laborers Local 924.

"The committee wants to acknowledge Local 924 President Kyle Simmons and his members for their important role in making this new scholarship possible," said Committee Chair Shirley Williams, who is the president of Real Estate Employees Local 1219.

Williams thanked Barbara Kairson, Viviana Tillman and Valerie Francis of the DC 37 Education Dept. for their assistance to the committee in creating the scholarship.

To be eligible, you must be pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree or be enrolled and have completed at least one year of study in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited college or university with a minimum grade point average of 2.75 or have completed the first course in a certificate program at an accredited technical school with a grade of at least C.

Your course of study must be one that will benefit the community you live in or be in human services, education, health care or labor studies.

The scholarship will be awarded once a year by lottery drawing at a meeting of the DC 37 Education Committee.

For 2013, the application deadline is Nov. 1, and the scholarship will be presented in December. Applications are available from the DC 37 Education Committee, 125 Barclay St, New York NY 10007, Room 814, or on the union's website, www.dc37.net.