Year End <strong>Awards</strong>Award & DonorValueProgramCriteriaWillis, Repka, Lock MemorialScholarship<strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Prairie</strong> Bar Association1 @ $2000AnyAny post-secondary level program. Consideration will be givento participation in student government, community affairs orathletics. Strong consideration given to well-defined educationgoals leading to a career in Law. Must be continuing studies inthe next academic year.End of Year End <strong>Awards</strong>Year End <strong>Awards</strong> for the ArtsAward & DonorValueProgramCriteriaBig Country Radio-CanadianTalent Development AwardBig Country Radio 93.1 FMBill & Wendy McCrackenVisual Arts AwardWendy McCrackenCarmen & Gail Haakstad andFamily AwardCarmen & Gail Haakstad &Family2 @ $1000(2012/2013)1 @ $2001 @ $500MusicVisual ArtsFine ArtsMust be a Fine Arts student enrolled in Music. Available to afull-time student who will be continuing studies in the nextacademic year and selection will be based on quality of work,attitude, career goals and academic performance.Applicant must have demonstrated leadership, made a strongcontribution to the Arts community and has set an excellentexample for their peers. Selection based on academics,portfolio, relevant experience, education, and career goals.Available to part-time and full-time students.Available to a Fine Arts student enrolled in Visual Art who willbe continuing studies in the next academic year. Selection willbe based on quality of work, attitude, overall character andpotential of applicant.Emerson Drive Music AndDigital Design ScholarshipFriends, Fans & Supporters andEmerson Drive Band1 @ $500IDD MusicMust be completing the maximum credits for first year in theprogram. Must be continuing into second year at <strong>GPRC</strong> in thenext academic year. Selection will be based on academics,portfolio, relevant experience, education, and career goals.Euphemia McNaught AwardIn ArtBeaverlodge Historical SocietyEvy Newton McBryanMemorial AwardThe <strong>Prairie</strong> Art GalleryQ99 Radio AwardQ99, A Division of Bear CreekBroadcasting Ltd.Rogers Broadcasting/Rock97.7 Digital Design AwardRogers BroadcastingLimited/Rock 97.73 @ Varies1 @ $2752 @ $5002 @ $600Visual ArtsVisual ArtsMusic, Visual ArtsIDD Visual, IDDMusicThree awards: 1 @ $500 for a full-time student and 2 @ $250for a part-time student. Selection will be based on satisfactoryacademics, portfolio, relevant experience, education andcareer goals. Must be continuing in the next academic year.Must be a first-year student continuing in the program in thenext academic year. Selection will be based on academics,portfolio, relevant experience, education and career goals.Preference will be given to a Canadian citizen, however, nonresidentsare also eligible.One award for each discipline. Must have achieved a minimumG.P.A of 3.0 while enrolled in at least 24 credits in the relevantprogram. Must be continuing in full-time studies in theinteractive digital design stream at <strong>GPRC</strong> in the nextimmediate academic year.Must be a first-year student completing the maximum creditsfor first year with a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 while enrolled in afull-course load. Must be continuing in year two of the programat <strong>GPRC</strong> in the next academic year. Selection based onacademics, portfolio, relevant experience, education andcareer goals.
Giving to <strong>GPRC</strong>Your gift to <strong>GPRC</strong> pays extraordinary academic and societal dividends.Whether it's in the classroom, the laboratory, the library, or on the playingfield, <strong>GPRC</strong> students, faculty, staff and alumni share high ideals and a powerfulcommitment to make a difference in the lives of those around us.We invite our friends and supporters - individuals, corporations, foundations,and non-profit patrons of education - to join us in building on excellence at<strong>GPRC</strong>, knowing that we are exceptional stewards of the funds entrusted to us,and that we are faithful to the high standards the college brings to our Peaceregion, our city of <strong>Grande</strong> <strong>Prairie</strong>, our province of Alberta and our country ofCanada.Why Donate?1. To help students who have trouble financing their educationYour gift, no matter what size, shows your commitment in supporting the future of ourstudents. <strong>GPRC</strong> supporters have provided generations of students with aid in the form ofscholarships, bursaries, and other awards. Our alumni are doctors, lawyers, teachers andathletes, artists and executives, oil workers and trades people: people who fill the ranksof every industry and profession, making significant contributions to the communitiesthey live in. Student awards made many of their accomplishments possible.2. To express gratitude and give back to the collegeThe reasons for making a donation to the <strong>Awards</strong> Program for students at <strong>GPRC</strong> arepersonal and varied. Perhaps you are grateful for your <strong>GPRC</strong> experience and want togive something back. Maybe you would like to leave a legacy to benefit future <strong>GPRC</strong>students for generations to come. Or you may wish to take advantage of the tax benefitsof making a gift.Additional award funding is always needed. The College offers a variety of options forgifts to awards. Donors may choose to:• Contribute to an existing award or to establish new awards.• Fund an award on an annual basis or endow an award in perpetuity.• Designate the type of award, whether academic merit-based, need-based, oractivity-based.• Leave the award completely open, or designate it for international students,students with disabilities, students entering college for the first time, or part-timestudents.• Designate a department, degree program or major area of study for award support.