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Scholarship Information

One of the main purposes of the AA&A organization is to maintain a scholarship fund for a few eligible USI students. Our goal is to continue to raise money in order to help as many students as we can each year.

If you need some financial assistance the AA&A currently awards two $500 scholarships during Honors Week in March to those USI students who qualify. Applications will be accepted during the months of November and December. Click here for the application.

The applicant must:

  • be a full-time student one semester prior to applying,
  • be a full-time student when scholarship is taken,
  • maintain a 3.0 GPA, and
  • be in need of financial assistance; however, may be receiving other financial aid.

Applications will be available again November 2011.

2011-2012 Scholarship Recipients - Bio's

JESSICA ELLISON

  Jessica is a senior Nursing & Health Professions student, studying in Radiologic and Imaging Sciences.

April Michelle GarrettMICHELLE GARRETT

  Michelle is a senior in the occupational therapy program and will graduate with her master’s degree in May of 2013.  She looks forward to finding a job that will give her the freedom to combine her passion for helping people with her love for animals through the integration of animal-assisted interventions, such as therapeutic horseback riding.  Michelle feels that her experiences at USI have helped her develop the confidence and skills necessary for reaching her career goals.

 

Zachary WatsonZACHARY WATSON

  Hello my name is Zachary Watson, and I am a senior at the wonderful campus of the University of Southern Indiana.  I study History, Mathematics, with an emphasis on Psychology.  I am proud to say that I have a 4.0 in BOTH of my majors.  I love my education and I love USI.  Upon my graduation from the University of Southern Indiana I will be able to teach fifth through twelfth in History, any of the social sciences, Psychology, and Mathematics.  The classes that I have taken at USI have broaden my understanding of many things.  I am a firm believer that nothing great in this world has ever been accomplished without passion, and passion sells!  And I am very passionate about many things.  In turn, I have always been motivated to do my best and get the knowledge and joy out of every experience, class, and minute of life that I have been given.

I am an advocate for a liberal arts education, I feel that a worldly education is absolutely paramount in building character and critical thinking skills.  I know that without the encouragement, push, and ideas given to me by my friends, professors, family, and especially my significant other, I know I would not be where I am today.  I am only 23 years old and I already own a business, Trix Stix with Zachary Watson, where I have found my sphere of interest and I use my personal brand of being an entertainer and motivational speaker to get out in the community and galvanize change…positive change!  Because, without change…there can be no future.  I have already performed in front of thousands of people at events at schools (elementary through college,) churches, conference centers, and stadiums.  The people and speaking skills I have learned while in college have indubitably made me a better orator.  The economic classes have given me an understanding on how to price and charge the value I bring to whatever venue I am hired for, and also on how to understand supply and demand.  My history classes have helped me understand the importance of our past and it has given me a strong base to make my prose and speech writing skills splendidly fantastic.  My mathematics classes have accelerated my critical thinking skills, which helps me solve enigmas that I run into during performances, and it has also helped me be able to be flexible and fast on a whim when something must be switched while on stage.  And my psychology classes have helped me understand the psyche of people's minds better, thus understanding how to stimulate the brain of people so that they become mesmerized by my performance and persona onstage. 

Overall, I know that my business as an entertainer or speaker has only boosted my resume so that if I end up not being able to sustain myself through the income I make during this business, then I will still be able to become the best middle or high school teacher the world has ever seen.  Essentially, I know that my future is going one of two ways:

1. The path of success by speaking and entertaining or
2. The path of success by being an exceptional teacher, while having this business on     the side. 

Either way, I will be continue to work hard, be ambitious, and not let anyone stop me from getting to my goals.

Lastly, I want to share something with whoever might read this...

"Don't Dream it...BE IT!"  Because, I am proof in front of you that you can use what you have and be successful!  In my case….simply three sticks!  Thus, I encourage everyone to "STICK with it!"