From NLGJA    -- Bruce Drushel

Dear Educators:

Have you told your students about the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists
Association's (NLGJA) Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship Award?

The $5,000 scholarship award for 2006 will be granted to a lesbian, gay,
bisexual or transgender (LGBT) student who plans a career in journalism 
and
is committed to furthering NLGJA's mission of fair and accurate 
coverage of
the LGBT community.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate their passion and commitment to 
the
profession. Selection will be based on journalistic and scholastic 
ability.
Applicants also must demonstrate an awareness of the issues facing the 
LGBT
community and the importance of fair and accurate news coverage.

Applicants must be enrolled in the 2006-2007 school year to be eligible.

DEADLINE: Fully completed applications must be postmarked no later than
February 1, 2006. The recipient will be invited to and announced at
Headlines & Headliners, NLGJA's 11th Annual New York Benefit on 
Thursday,
March 16, 2006.

For more information and to download guidelines for applying, please 
visit
http://www.nlgja.org/students/student_index.html.

Please share this e-mail with your students and forward widely within 
your
academic departments.

Thank you!

Jason Lloyd Clement
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Jason Lloyd Clement
Communications & Marketing Manager
National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA)
1420 K Street, NW, Suite 910
Washington, DC  20005
202.588.9888 ext. 12 (v)
202.588.1818 (f)
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Join more than 650 LGBT journalists and news media professionals in
Miami Beach at NLGJA's 2006 National Convention, "Out in the Sunshine," 
and
the 3rd Annual LGBT Media Summit from September 7-10, 2006, at the Eden 
Roc
Renaissance Resort & Spa. Visit nlgja.org for more information.

------- End of forwarded message -------Bruce E. Drushel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Miami University
Oxford OH  45056