ABOUT THE ENDOWMENT

In 2019, Dr. Pat Golemon’s family and friends approached University of Houston-Downtown to establish a memorial scholarship in her memory. We agreed to build a PERMANENT endowment; our intent is to continue the work of Dr. Golemon during her career as an academic at the University of Houston-Downtown, teaching students just not communications theories and practices but about “real-world” applications of the skills they were learning.

 

Pat’s successful and varied career in business and industry gave her a unique point of view on communications in corporate and business settings. She knew that students with strong communication skills could better succeed in their chosen fields.

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Our goal is an annual scholarship to provide students -- especially those non-traditional students Pat felt so drawn to -- with an extra opportunity to pursue their educations.

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A scholarship will be awarded once per academic year to a full-time or part-time undergraduate or graduate degree-seeking student in good standing at the University of Houston-Downtown. The student should be pursuing a degree in English, Communication Studies, or Technical Communication and have a minimum GPA of 3.0.

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The recipient(s) of the scholarship will be determined by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Scholarship Selection Committee based on consideration of GPA, a writing sample, and any other materials requested by the CHSS Scholarship Selection Committee to determine which candidates have the strongest potential for academic success.

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