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Mayo Drake Student Scholarship Award

This scholarship – which was established in 1993 in memory of Mayo Drake – enables eligible library science students to attend the SCC/MLA annual meeting. Applicants should be contemplating careers in medical librarianship.

Applicants must be enrolled in or accepted for admission to an ALA-accredited graduate library school. (See the Directory of Accredited LIS Master’s Programs for address and accreditation information.)

Applicants must be either residents or attending graduate school in one of the following states: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, or Texas.

Application: Adobe Portable Document Format PDF Microsoft Word Document Word

Application deadline: July 14, 2023

 Applications can be submitted to Carole Gruhn at carole.gruhn@bswhealth.org.

Previous Mayo Drake Award Recipients

2022
  • Jamie Dougherty (Emporia State University, Emporia, KS)
  • Aundria Parkman (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
2021  No Award Given
2020  No Award Given
2019
  • John Bayhi (University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Tulsa, OK)
  • Rebekka Girard (Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX)
  • Christiana Julsaint (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2018
  • Laura Haygood (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Katherine Kus (Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX)
  • Emma Y. Silva (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2017
  • Aaron Pope (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Laura Rey (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2016
  • Rhonda Holt (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Erin Jumper (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Priya Bhagwan Parwani (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2015
  • Megan Bell (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
  • LeAnn Boyce (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
  • Stephanie Holloway (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
  • Alyssa Peterson (University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK)
2014
  • James Cheng (University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX)
  • Nicole Harris (University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX)
  • Nha Huynh (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Amanda Yamaguchi (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
2013
  • Lauren Colby (Texas Women's University, Denton, TX)
  • Kristina Hancock (Wayne State University, Detroit, MI)
  • Andy Taylor (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Peace Williamson (Texas Women's University, Denton, TX)
2012
  • Megan Donald (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Portia Vaughn (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2011
  • Phill Jo (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • April Schweikhard (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
2010
  • Brenda Gunter (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
  • Ruth Neal (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
2009
 Charlotte Holloway (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2008
  • Roy Brown (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Candice Galindo (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2007
  • Michael Coffman (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Dawn Kruse (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2006
  • Mandrell Bufford (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
  • Shelia Green (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2005
  • Adelaide Fletcher (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
  • Cindy Schuller (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
2004
  • Carolyn Harty (Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX)
  • Erin Norris (Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX)
  • Philip D. Walker (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
2003
 Lisa Huang (Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX)
2002
 No award given
2001
 Haoyang Peter Zhang (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
2000
 Felicia Little (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
1999
  • Melissa Holley (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
  • Tomeka Oubichon (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
1998
  • Leann Benedict (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
  • Nancy Burford (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
1997
  • Janice Allman (University of North Texas, Denton, TX)
  • Connie Kroll (Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX)
1996
  • Jovana Susic (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
  • Rebecca Woolbert (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
1995
Cecelia Brown (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK)
1994
Susan Carter (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)

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