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Scholarship Winners
Austin T. Brown Technical Communication Scholarship • Shirley G. Carter Memorial Scholarship

Shirley G. Carter Memorial Scholarship

• The Scholarship Fund
• Scholarship Awards
• Current Status
• The Society for Technical Communication
• Donations

Shirley G. Carter, a member of the Washington, DC Chapter, was the first African-American female elected to the Society Board of Directors. She was an STC member since 1976. After serving as Region 3 Director-Sponsor from 1979 to 1982, Ms. Carter was an Assistant to the President for Member Programs until 1984. Ms. Carter was instrumental in the Metro Baltimore Chapter's formation, which was chartered during her term. Ms. Carter was responsible for the publication of one of the STC anthology series, Word Processing and Automated Publications Systems. Ms. Carter worked for the General Services Administration as a management analyst in the Office of Information Resources Management. She was a part-time instructor at the Graduate School of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. She continued to be active in STC until her death. Shirley G. Carter died on July 16, 1986.

Shirley Carter was also a member of the Association of Information Systems Professionals, the Federal Word Processing Council, the National Association for Government Communicators, and the USDA Graduate School, Subcommittee Writing and Editing.

The Scholarship Fund

The scholarship fund began in 1991 with a seed grant from the Society of $2000. The scholarship was a living memorial to Shirley G. Carter and made it possible for us to expand our scholarship offerings to the college and post-graduate levels while we continue our long-standing Austin T. Brown Technical Communication Scholarship at the high school level. The scholarship committee was managed by Paula Hollingsworth, a past president of the chapter.

Scholarship Awards

When possible, the chapter awards scholarships of $1,500 to an undergraduate student and $1,500 to a graduate student. The scholarships are intended to further the education of individuals who may, upon graduation, make contributions to the technical communication profession in Maryland, DC, or Virginia.

See the list of recent previous scholarship winners.

Current Status

The college-level scholarship program was inactive for some time because the self-perpetuating aspect of this fund did not materialize for various reasons. We began a fund-raising campaign in 2001 to rejuvenate the Shirley G. Carter Memorial Scholarship and increase funds for the Austin T. Brown Technical Communication Scholarship. Grant requests from the Society were approved to replenish the funds and we began the new scholarship program for the 2002-2003 school year.

There is no Education Committee Manager this year, so the chapter is unable to offer a scholarship award this year.

Enquiries about the scholarship, or interest in managing the Education Scholarship Committee, should be sent to the chapter president at .

The Society for Technical Communication

The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is a Section 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational, scientific, and charitable organization dedicated to furthering the art of communicating technical information and promoting the education, improvement, and advancement of its members. STC is the world's largest professional organization serving the technical communication profession. STC is over 54 years old, with 160 chapters, 20 SIGs, and 18,000 members worldwide.

The Washington, DC Chapter (WDC), the Capital Chapter, is one of the largest in the Society with over 600 members. Our members are employed by private firms, government agencies, and academic institutions, or work as consultants. They share their expertise with the community and with newcomers to the technical communication field in many ways.

Members of STC communicate in many ways. They are writers, editors, teachers, publishers, graphic artists, designers, researchers, producers and presenters of audiovisual materials, and marketing specialists. Their level of knowledge and experience ranges from that of college students to renowned experts. Equal numbers of men and women are STC members.

How to Donate to the Scholarship Fund

You may use our PayPal account or pay by check.

Using Our PayPal Account

You may use our PayPal Verified account to make a secure online donation to the scholarship fund using your credit card, debit card, bank account, or by paying money from a funded PayPal account. To use our PayPal account, click the PayPal button below. See the PayPal FAQ for information about using PayPal.

Paying by Check

To donate by check, please write on the check that the payment is a "Shirley G. Carter Memorial Scholarship donation" and mail your check, payable to STC Washington DC Chapter and mail it to

Federal Tax ID for the STC Washington, DC Chapter: 54-6065028.

Federal Tax ID for the Society: 31-4424296.

For more information about making charitable donations see Corporate sponsorship and sustaining organizations.

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